Tag: Balance

The most expensive thing is now free

ATT ad offering iPhone 4s for free
Only three years ago this was the most expensive phone in the world

 

The rapid pace of positive change has our attention spans reeling.

Lack of focus and discipline is the leading cause of imbalance.

We know this.

But do we attack it?

Seriously.

Distractions are the enemy.

We know this too.

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The great art of balancing five simple categories in life

Vehicle instrument panel with five critical gauges
Our life comes with five critical areas, but no instrument panel to show them all in one place.

 

Being (1) decently organized is a critical success factor and we know it.

Kinda like (2) exercise.

And a (3) positive attitude.

And a forgiving, compassionate (4) spirt.

And even like spending our (5) working hours doing something that fulfills us.

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The best, simplest, explanation for finding balance in life

Two authors who work together at a world class company
Balance isn’t between work life and home life (it’s five things, not two)

 

For a variety of reasons, and especially those reasons being led by media of all sorts, we have some nebulous notion of balance.

Balance isn’t absence of stress. Which is what many people think is the byproduct of balance.

Balance is taking a personal inventory (at whatever intervals we choose) and giving ourselves a grade or evaluation on how much energy we are expending mentally, physically, spiritually, professionally (at work), and personally (at home).

Our energy ought to feel like no single area of the five is being neglected. It should feel like each area is symbiotic with the others.

When one is enhanced, all are enhanced.

When one is diminished, all are diminished.

And we want to be in a place were we can recognize it nearly instantaneously, and even to predict it in the future and take action now to mitigate it.

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