Why managers must put their own fitness first - Pulis

Many a young manager will have experienced these factors, which could and would affect their health and wellbeing.

The turning point for me came when I spoke to an Australian triathlete just before I left Bournemouth in 1994.

His advice was pretty blunt and straightforward. He told me doing my job was physically hampering my own fitness levels - but more worrying were the stress levels that came with it, because they could have a major effect on my life itself.

It was only after having that conversation that I realised the compromises I was making for my career at the cost of my own health.