What Balance Looks Like for YouWritten by Angie Dixon
Recently, in an online group, we talked about “balance” and an article one member had read decrying demise of balance altogether. We all had different ideas about what balance is and how to reach it, and I realized, after a number of posts, that we were all right.I believe it is possible to “achieve balance in our lives.” What I don’t believe is that way you create balance is going to match way I create balance. I don’t believe that dividing my time 50/50 or 25/25/25/25 is right for me, though it may be for you. How do YOU create balance? Easy. Find times when you feel like things are going exactly as they should, that everything in your life is perfectly in alignment, and that you’re doing what you need to do, when you need to do it. That’s balance. Then “creating” balance becomes RE-creating it. Once you know what to do, you can do it again. And again. When you’re struggling to find what’s next out of middle of a dozen or more things, when everyone feels downhearted and discouraged because they’re not getting enough of your time even though you’re running between chores and family as fast as you can, you’re not in balance.
| | The REAL Secret of SuccessWritten by Angie Dixon
I used to see a chiropractor who handed out a little leaflet entitled “Dr. Hickman’s Guide to Success in Business.” It was very nice, had his picture on front and was professionally printed. On inside it said, “Get a job and go to work every morning.” There is a secret to success, believe it or not, and I’m going to tell you what those people who are “successful” do, that people who are “not successful” do not do, either because they’re unwilling or because they don’t know it would make difference. Successful people do things no one likes to do. They do “grunt work” of marketing and running their businesses. They stuff envelopes. They follow up with prospects. They do research and find web sites willing to link to them. They do what no one else wants to do, and it pays off.
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