Harold Kushner, in When All You’ve Ever Wanted Isn’t Enough, says this:  “What is life about?  It is not about writing great books, amassing great wealth, achieving great power.  It is about loving and being loved.  It is about enjoying your food and sitting in the sun rather than rushing through lunch and hurrying back to the office.  It is about savoring the beauty of the moments that don’t last, the sunsets, the leaves turning color, the rare moments of true communication.  It is about savoring them rather than missing out on them because we are so busy and they will not hold still until we get around to them.”

What is your life all about? Stop today and write out you answer to that question. 

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Is there a key to life balance? One of them is to learn to self govern. You’ll never learn how to achieve lift balance with out first learning to govern your own life. This mean be discipled. 

The US forefathers said that “good governement was based on self government.” In other words, we could minimize government intrustion and involvement if people who self govern. In our foundig days that was doable because people held to a basic ethic rooted in their Judeo-Christian faith that included values like hard work, self discipline, taking responsibiliy , treating other with dignity, being honest, following through and seeing life a holistic – all areas of life a vital and requiring intentional cutlivaiton

But, today we’ve move far away from that. So how do change? Here are some tips:

1. Take responsibility for your life. Don’t be a victim!
2. Let your word be your bond. Do what you say you’ll do!
3. Treat othes with dignity. Practice the golden rule!
4. Realize that all areas of life are important – private and public. So, give attention to all of these areas weekly!
5. Follow through. Don’t be a quitter!
6. Put others first! Don’t make your family or associates build their lives just around you!
7. Build the value of life balane into your kids, friends, co-workers and community. Multiply yourself!

So, what do you think? Give me your wisdom, questions, push back, illusrtrations, etc.

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What holds you back from worklife balance? Thre are many things if you’re like me.

I just listened to a great webinar on the OnPurpose Leader where Kevin McCarthy shared his insights from a survey where he asked 550 small business owners what their greatest obstacles to success were? He came up with this list by percentage?

1. 33% say Time Management
2. 28% say ME
3. 22% say Fear
4. 8% say Business Issues
5. 6% say Money
6. 4% say Other

What would you say? What are those obstacles that hold back your ability to achieve success?

And, frankly this has a lot to do with how you define success doesn’t it? Because at the end of the day we all move toward our definition of success. So what holds you back from success depends upon what success means to YOU. 

I’ve concluded that many in the culture and media define success as power, prosperity, position, prestige and/or pleasure. How about you?

I’ve interviewed hundreds of leaders all around the world on success and how they would define it at the end of their lives. None of them referred to the 5 P’s mentioned above. They all said what you would probably say – how did my kids turn out, what kind of relationship did I have with my spouse, friends, colleagues, did I make a difference and maximize my life, was I successful in ALL areas of life – faith, fitness, family, friends, finances, firm (business), fun (entertainment and re-creation) and favor (giving back). 

The bottom life is are you living a life of contribution and positive impact and are you living a complete, integrated, balanced life? Are you achieving life balance?

It starts with some personal assessment like the one referred to above. So, what about you? Maybe you have other areas that hold you back. What are they? Try to come up with a list and let me know your insights?

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