The Balancing Act:
Mastering The 5 Elements of Success in Life, Relationships, and Work

Table of Contents

The Balancing Act is arranged so that you can easily locate the material that is of most interest to you. The letters in parentheses following Contents entries provide direction:

(P) Personal Life
(R) Relationships
(L) Leadership
(O) Organizations
(W) World

Introduction: Welcome!

PART I - Finding Your Balance In Life, Relationships And Work

FINDING YOUR BALANCE
The Personal Balance Sheet (P)
The Relationship Balance Sheet (R)
The Organizational Balance Sheet (O)
Comparative Analysis of Scores

INTRODUCING THE ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS
The Elemental Circle - An Elegant Metaphor
Becoming Whole

THE GREAT ALLY INSIDE YOU
Learning, Healing, Leadership, Power, and Change
New Ways of Thinking about Familiar Things
Introducing Parts II and III of The Balancing Act

PART II - The Five Elements of Success

Chapter 1. MOVING FROM YOUR CENTER INTO A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD
The First Element
Finding Your Center of Balance (P)
Uplifting Relationships (R)
The New Leadership (L)
Creating Organizational Soul (O)
A Deeper Integrity (W)

Chapter 2. CHANGING YOUR MIND, CHANGING YOUR LIFE
The Light of Awareness
Lightening Up Your Life (P)
A Meeting of the Minds (R)
Inspirational Leadership (L)
Creating a Bright Future for Your Workplace (O)
When There Is No Vision, The People Perish (W)

Chapter 3. ACTING ON YOUR PASSION
Fire in the Belly
Discovering Your Personal Mission (P)
When Sparks Fly (R)
Power, Motivation, and Empowerment (L)
Lighting the Torch (O)
Burning Across the World (W)

Chapter 4. WEAVING A WEB OF CONNECTION
The Treasure House of Compassion
Feeling Fully Connected (P)
We Are All Related (R)
Dissolving the Barriers That Separate Us (L)
It's All About People (O)
An Inescapable Network of Mutuality (W)

Chapter 5. CREATING NEW REALITIES
All That Matters
Crafting Your Life (P)
Making Love Real (R)
Managing Form and Function (L)
Building Systems That Really Work (O)
May You Inherit the Earth (W)

PART III - The Whole is Greater than the Sum of Its Parts

Chapter 6. THE SPIRAL OF SYNERGY AND THE SACRED DANCE
The Spiral of Synergy
Your World Is Alive
The Sacred Dance of Silence and Sound
Becoming Real (P)
Making Beautiful Music Together (R)
Molding the Sacred Space (L)
The Elements of Success in Organizational Systems (O)
Awaken and Listen (W)

Chapter 7. INCREASING YOUR WEALTH: THE NATURAL LAWS AND FORMS OF PROSPERITY
Making Your Life Golden
The Natural Laws of Prosperity
The Infinite Forms of Prosperity
Increasing Your Wealth
Prosperity and the Balancing Act
A Blessing

APPENDIX A:
WORKING FROM YOUR CORE
Summary of the Ten Individual Core Types
Summary of the Ten Forms of Organizational Culture

APPENDIX B:
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE CORE TYPES
How the Core Types Develop Emotional Intelligence