Health and Leadership
Here’s Why Leaders Need More Energy and How They Can Boost It.
Chapter 8: Awareness of mitochondrial health for leaders and entrepreneurs
Extract from the book titled “Powerful Life-Changing Hacks That Truly Transformed My Life” by Dr. Mehmet Yildiz
Why Leaders Need More Energy
Business leaders and entrepreneurs need abundant energy to thrive and perform with passion.
Physical, mental, and emotional energy determine success factors for high performance in this frenetic world.
Based on personal experience, this article highlights a critical life factor: mitochondrial health for leaders.
Have you ever seen a lethargic leader or an entrepreneur?
Imagine a leader for a moment: fatigued, tired, depressed, and sad.
How would you feel about following and taking directions from that leader?
Excellent leaders and entrepreneurs are energetic and passionate professionals depicting sustainable high performance. These leaders are full of beans, shining with self-confidence; hence we admire this distinguishing attribute.
You get my point on the importance of energy for excellent leaders and entrepreneurs!
In this short post, I highlight the importance of mitochondrial health for leaders and essential considerations.
The reasons for this awareness and actions are the energy we need to thrive and perform to rise above mediocrity and perform sustainably. I point out and highlight 20 key considerations to improve our mitochondrial health aiming to increase our energy.
Every single cell in our body needs the energy to function.
It is so fundamental that if there is no energy, there is no life.
In business environments, low energy equates to low performance. This concern is not exclusive to leaders. All professionals need energy; however, excellent leaders and entrepreneurs need more energy for performance.
Let me give you a brief background and set the context for biological energy production in high-level scientific terms.
What is Mitochondrion?
The mitochondrion is the singular noun for the mitochondria, which are known as the energy powerhouses of our cells. The more energy our cells need, the more amount of mitochondria are required.
In scientific terms, mitochondria are organelles that create ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate). This process happens via cellular respiration by breaking nutrients and creating energy molecules for our cells.
This diagram depicts the high-level structure of a mitochondrion.
I provided more information about mitochondria in the attached story.
Tiny Yet Mighty Mitochondria: Why and How to Take Care of Them.
Importance of mitochondrial health for leaders
When our mitochondria are damaged or malfunctioning, our overall energy levels, and daily performance drop dramatically. We start feeling lethargic, tired, and lazy. Low energy can be noticeable mentally, emotionally, and physically.
Leaders must be aware of mitochondrial health and take necessary measures to protect their mitochondria from producing an abundance of energy to perform. Energy is a critical requirement for leadership performance and success.
Mitochondrial health is a well-researched topic in medicine and medical science. There are many ongoing cellular studies by many research institutions.
We know that, at high level, our nutrition, exercise regimen, sleep quality, recovery and resting habits have considerable impacts on the healthy functioning of mitochondria. Health practitioners, performance coaches, and leadership mentors pay special attention to this critical phenomenon in leadership discipline.
It is known that stress, toxins, and excessive heavy metals can have a substantial negative impact on the proper functioning of mitochondria.
Even though genetics play an important role, ongoing research and a growing body of knowledge suggest that we can improve the health of mitochondria and prevent damage by leveraging positive lifestyle choices.
What can we do?
From my extensive research of the topic for my personal transformational experiments, I identified and practiced the following key factors for mitochondrial health considerations.
I have provided the list for consideration. The critical items are converted in the attached article.
1. Effective stress management
2. Eliminating toxins and heavy metals from the body, and living in toxin free environments
3. Decreasing body fat percentage to healthy levels
4. Improving strength and lean muscle mass
5. Eating nutrient-dense food — consuming healthy fats are essential
6. Having adequate exercise (regular strength training)
7. Having quality and adequate sleep
8. Having enough rest
9. Meditation and mindfulness
10. Recovering after exercise and before starting exercise
11. Using dry saunas — perspiration
12. Exposure to cold — cold shower
13. Having a stable blood glucose level
14. Hormonal balance — particularly keeping insulin under control
15. Having adequate levels of vitamins, minerals, electrolytes
16. Optimal Vitamin (hormone) D levels
17. Optimal level of magnesium
18. Adequate sunshine
19. Fresh and clean air
20. Clean and purified water
There are some medical tests for the health of mitochondria; however, these tests are still in their infancy and not widely available to the public. The best strategy and viable option are to protect our mitochondria and increase their density with the above-mentioned health considerations.
The denser mitochondria we have, the more energy we experience.
I also introduced two concepts related to mitochondria. They are mitophagy and mitochondrial coupling, as explained in the attached stories.
Initiate Mitophagy and Make Mitochondria Denser in 7 Steps
6 Tips to Uncouple Mitochondria and Increase the Chance of Living Longer
I hope they can provide you with valuable insights.
Perspectives from my personal experiments
The following articles from my personal experiments can provide additional perspectives on some measures to consider for mitochondrial health and gaining sustainable energy.
Conclusions
Excellent leaders and entrepreneurs need to take personal responsibility for their health and perform with sustainable energy. By taking personal responsibility and required actions, we can produce optimal results.
If we keep staying in our comfort zone, we may lose the density of our mitochondria. The 20 points captured in this article can keep us in our stretch zone.
As a leader and entrepreneur, you may check my article about performing at optimal zones reflecting my personal experience.
Understanding and considering the 20 points summarised in this article, taking necessary measures, and making required adjustments in our lifestyle, it is possible to have healthy mitochondria and maintain sustainable energy levels for high performance.
The healthier and denser our mitochondria are, the more energy we can have.
Having an abundance of energy is absolutely an essential requirement for excellent leaders and entrepreneurs. Energy is a critical success factor for thriving and performing sustainably.
I hope this article inspires leaders to consider the health of mitochondria and increase energy to shine as excellent leaders in society.
Links to Previous Chapters of this Book
Chapter 9: Powerful Life-Changing Hacks That Truly Transformed My Life
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