Are You Out of Balance?

[tconnor]

Sales Tips #263
Are You Out of Balance?

It is impossible to maintain total life balance in today’s complex and demanding world but, this doesn’t mean that you have become one of life’s victims. Total and on-going life balance is an ideal that will never be fully realized. The key is to ensure that you are not out of balance in the same areas for years.

Just started a new job or career? You will most likely work longer hours in the beginning – this is normal. Just had your first child? You will want to spend all of your available time with him or her. Just got married? You will want to spend every waking minute with your new life partner. There is absolutely nothing wrong with any of the above behaviors or others due to a change in your life. The problem is when you sacrifice all other areas of your life indefinitely because of them.

In an environment of:

• constant accelerating change,
• corporate unrest,
• increased competition,
• higher expectations for performance,
• increased influence of technology,
• the drive for increased results,
• increased financial pressures
• reduction in management level employees,
• numerous other challenges and circumstances,

it is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain any sense of career and life
balance. It is also critical, to be effective in our career, that we need to:

• manage the stressors in our life.
• have time to play and relax.
• spend time with loved ones and friends.
• get adequate rest and exercise.
• have time to spend in personal development.

Being out of balance has numerous personal, health, career and relationship consequences. The cause of being out of balance for many people is:

• the drive for more income.
• the desire for better life style.
• the need for fulfillment.
• a lack of clear goals and focus.
• the inability to say no.

I guarantee that you know if you are out of balance and no one has to tell you that it is in your best interests to reduce or eliminate from your life the increased anxiety, stress, sense of longing and feeling that your life is out of control.

Please keep one thought in mind as you go through this week.

Yes, it is important to work, to try, and to sell – as well as doing the many other activities that will one day contribute to overall success and personal freedom.

However, it is also important to have fun, spend time with loved ones and enjoy life. To sell successfully requires that you are relaxed, confident, feeling good about yourself and your life, being in love with what you do and having the knowledge of why you are doing it. It isn’t necessary to sacrifice one area of life to find peace, harmony, happiness and balance. It is only necessary to know what we really want and to ensure that we are aware of, and willing to pay the price for, the trade-offs.

[freedomproject]

I think one thing to keep in mind is that you have to have clear written goals and then manage your time effectively to achieve those goals. That will help you maintain balance in your life so that you can separate business from pleasure.