‘Motivate Yourself to Success’ by Marc Sanders
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37. Achieve a Balance in Your Life
It requires considerable planning to keep a healthy balance in your life. Many times, you focus on a particular aspect and the other fields suffer. If you are busy playing, your productive work may suffer. Similarly, if you are completely engrossed in your work your relationship with the people that are important to you, personally and professionally, may suffer.
Striking a good balance is not an easy task and requires constant adjustment.
You might have come across the word idiot savant. It defines a person who is a genius in one field and a dullard in other fields. The brain of such people show an unbalanced development and they suffer from this imbalance.
The brain of a normal individual seeks balance among its different faculties. It requires constant checking to notice changes and diversions in its normal course. The best way to deal with an extreme situation or leaning is to start accommodating and managing time for other activities as well, so each sphere receives adequate attention.
Very often, work can dominate your activities and you do not get enough time for physical exercise or relaxation. That gives you an unbalanced lifestyle. The paradox is that while you try to focus more on work, you do not remain as efficient as you would have otherwise with an organized lifestyle.
A true analysis of how you spend your time gives you notice of anywhere your time management is out of balance. This enables you to improve.
Copyright 2005 Marc Sanders