In training, as in entrepreneurship, it’s all about pushing boundaries, testing hypotheses, learning from mistakes, and continuously improving one’s own processes. But sustained performance requires more than just ambition: recovery, sleep, and a mindful approach to stress are crucial. At the Healthspan Lab, Dietmar Grichnik and his team are investigating, amongst other things, how entrepreneurial decisions and behaviours affect the body. His key message: health is not simply a resource that we exhaust until we achieve our goals. It is the foundation for long-term performance. A video on longevity, entrepreneurship, and the art of balancing performance and health.
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How do we remain productive without jeopardising our health? Dietmar Grichnik, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Technology Management at the University of St.Gallen, discusses longevity, the startup mindset, and what entrepreneurs can learn from sport – and vice versa.
Summary In training, as in entrepreneurship, it’s all about pushing boundaries, testing hypotheses, learning from mistakes, and continuously improving one’s own processes. But sustained performance requires more than just ambition: recovery, sleep, and a mindful approach to stress are crucial. At the Healthspan Lab, Dietmar Grichnik and his team are investigating, amongst other things, how entrepreneurial decisions and behaviours affect the body. His key message: health is not simply a resource that we exhaust until we achieve our goals. It is the foundation for long-term performance. A video on longevity, entrepreneurship, and the art of balancing performance and health.
