We typically focus on leadership, strategy, and success in business—but how often do we consider the health of our most valuable asset: our brain?
Running a business or leading a team requires constant decision-making, problem-solving, creativity, and resilience. And the brain plays a vital role in how we navigate challenges, seize opportunities, and manage the demands of our personal and professional lives.
By investing in brain health, we can improve our ability to:
Enhance Focus & Productivity: A well-nourished brain helps you stay focused on tasks longer, reducing the feeling of overwhelm.
Boost Creativity & Innovation: Mental sharpness fuels the ability to think creatively, find solutions, and stay competitive.
Support Emotional Resilience: Maintaining a healthy brain helps you manage stress, handle adversity, and maintain emotional balance when under pressure.
What are some simple practices for a healthy brain?
Protecting our brain health is an essential part of sustaining the high energy, focus, and creativity we need to succeed in our businesses and personal lives. Here are a few practical strategies to maintain and enhance brain health, even with a busy schedule:
Prioritize Quality Rest & Sleep. As you may know sleep is crucial for brain function. It’s during sleep that the brain consolidates memories, processes information, and removes toxins that accumulate during the day.
Fuel Your Brain with Nutrition. Eating a balanced diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants, and nutrients supports brain health. Include brain-boosting foods like salmon, leafy greens, berries, nuts, and seeds in your diet to improve memory, mood, and concentration.
Exercise Your Mind & Body. Physical exercise increases blood flow to the brain, which improves our cognitive function. Likewise, mental exercises like puzzles, reading, or learning new skills can help keep the brain sharp. I’ve recently started playing tennis after many years as a way to combine exercise and mental agility.
Manage Stress. Life can be full of stressful and unexpected situations, which can take a toll on our health, memory and emotions. During the day I’m making more of an effort to slow down, become more mindful and take short breaks to calm down and refocus.
Foster Meaningful Connections. Building a strong network of personal and professional relationships not only supports our emotional well-being and helps prevent mental decline, but also enhances our mental agility through collaboration and shared ideas.
Your brain is your biggest competitive edge! By prioritizing healthy brains, we’re not just benefiting our personal well-being, but also boosting our performance and leadership.
What’s been adding value…
Watching Dr Andrew Huberman talk about optimizing cognitive function at every age, watch here and Huberman’s Nutrients for Brain Health and Performance, watch here
Replacing any remaining plastic in my kitchen after watching The Doctor’s Kitchen on Toxic Cookware Lurking In Your Kitchen Causing Disease & Inflammation with Dr. Rupy Aujla. It’s really scary to learn how much plastic we could be ingesting! Watch here
Reading “Dynasty. The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar” by Tom Holland
