~ Thomas Merton
I struggle daily with a difficult concept – AM I HAPPY? Better question may be - What is HAPPINESS? Ask anyone you know what they want in life and most people reply with "I want to be HAPPY". The challenge is… how do you define "happy"? What does happy look like? Taste like? Feel like? More importantly – how do you know when you have achieved it?
Thanks to the help of a trusted friend, I am developing a seminar on "Empty Success" (which you will understand entirely what that means if you have ever found yourself there). The concept is based around the idea of being HAPPY and how a BALANCED life model will drive you to success and "happiness".
Many of us are Rock Stars professionally or personally or spiritually or physically… yet how many of us are BALANCED in all areas. Do you feel SUCCESSFUL? Do you think you SHOULD feel successful? If you are like me, you may have an outward appearance of SUCCESS and ACHIEVEMENT, with a gnawing question… Why do I not FEEL what others perceive? I encourage you to explore this with me. Here is your first step...
SUCCESS STEP: IDENTIFYING AREAS OF NEED
1. Get a large piece of paper or white board.
2. Draw a large circle in the center and write "ME" in the middle.
3. Draw lines from the large circle to smaller circles in which you will put labels of the key areas of your life – work, family, recreation, religion, health, finances, friends, etc.
4. Label the smaller circles in GREEN ink for ones you are BALANCED in.
5. Label in RED ink the ones that you are UNBALANCED in.
6. FOCUS on only ONE of the UNBALANCED areas for the next week by writing down ideas of how you can achieve a greater balance.
7. Take these ideas and implement the ONE that will add the most value and work easiest into your system.
8. Spend 30 days on this and move onto the next UNBALANCED circle and repeat.
If you would like assistance in establishing this, please contact me – zachary@barkloudmarketing.com
Cheers,
Zach
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