An Act of Balancing

The ONE Thing

Chapter 8 Pages 81-97

Chapter Title: A Balanced Life

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This chapter was so good and informative that I decided to simply highlight my favorite parts. I do recommend that everyone still read this chapter once, twice or maybe even thrice.

An Act of Balancing

We all have a lot of things coming at us nowadays, especially as Real Estate Professionals. When we market ourselves, each day brings new people into our business, the problem is that we can’t forget about the people that called in yesterday, and the day before that….

Fact of that matter is that we’re NOT going to be able to give anyone our 100% best, if we try to please everyone. Ultimately we could end up giving everyone our worst. All of you “People Pleasers” know exactly what I’m talking about; although you may try to please everyone in your business and personal life, you can find yourselves pleasing no one including yourself.

I hope that you’ll enjoy this chapter as much as I have. Make it a great day and remember, you can’t please everyone so stop trying!

• Nothing ever achieves absolute balance. Nothing. No matter how imperceptible it might be, what appears to be a state of balance is something entirely different— an act of balancing.

• We hear about balance so much we automatically assume it’s exactly what we should be seeking. It’s not. Purpose, meaning, significance—these are what make a successful life.

• The act of living a full life by giving time to what matters is a balancing act. Extraordinary results require focused attention and time. Time on one thing means time away from another. This makes balance impossible.

• we went from a family unit with a breadwinner and a homemaker to one with two breadwinners and no homemaker.

• The problem with living in the middle is that it prevents you from making extraordinary time commitments to anything. In your effort to attend to all things, everything gets shortchanged and nothing gets its due. Sometimes this can be okay and sometimes not. Knowing when to pursue the middle and when to pursue the extremes is in essence the true beginning of wisdom. Extraordinary results are achieved by this negotiation with your time.

• When you gamble with your time, you may be placing a bet you can’t cover. Even if you’re sure you can win, be careful that you can live with what you lose.

• Leaving some things undone is a necessary tradeoff for extraordinary results. But you can’t leave everything undone, and that’s where counterbalancing comes in. The idea of counterbalancing is that you never go so far that you can’t find your way back or stay so long that there is nothing waiting for you when you return.

• The question of balance is really a question of priority. When you change your language from balancing to prioritizing, you see your choices more clearly and open the door to changing your destiny.

• When you’re supposed to be working, work, and when you’re supposed to be playing, play. It’s a weird tightrope you’re walking, but it’s only when you get your priorities mixed up that things fall apart.

~Matthew