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

Many people today feel that their lives and work are somehow out of balance, lacking in direction and meaning. But trying to reconcile seemingly opposing forces can make you feel as if you are permanently stuck on a teeter-totter.

When The 5 Elements of Success of any system - a business, a family, a relationship - come into balance, the whole can become greater than the sum of its parts. The Balancing Act - an exciting process of discovery and creation - leads to this extraordinary state in life, love, and work. Improve personal and professional relationships, lead with confidence and integrity, increase the productivity of your business, achieve under stress, create wealth, and regain time for neglected priorities. With stimulating text and engaging assessment tools, it's easy to bring your life and work, step-by-step, into greater balance and harmony.

How can you bring your life back into balance?

The Balancing Act helps you explore The 5 Elements of Success to find the roots of - and resolve problems in - life, relationships and work. The 5 elements are listed below, starting with the most obvious element and ending with the most subtle element.

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Structure: Work habits, how you structure time, physical resources (including finances), physical appearance and environment, care of body and health. (Corresponds symbolically to the classical element of Earth, the direction of "true North," and the Body.)

Interactions: Network contacts, personal and professional communities, communication skills, emotional intelligence, respect, trust, information flow. (Corresponds symbolically to the classical element of Water, the direction of West, and the Emotions.)

Mission: Purpose, passion, pride, focus, commitment, dedication, how you handle power, conflict, and competition, the meaning of your work and life within context of whole. (Corresponds symbolically to the classical element of Fire, the direction of South, and the Will.)

Vision: Your hopes and fears, the future you can see, inspiration, optimism, ability to learn and adapt to environmental change, clear-sightedness. (Corresponds symbolically to the classical element of Air, the direction of East [where the sun rises], and the Mind.)

Core Values & Identity: Your "gravitational center," nonnegotiable principles & personal ethics, who you really are (the best you), and the "why" of your life and work. (Corresponds symbolically to the classical element of Essence, the direction of Center, and the Soul.)

Step-by-step exercises help you:

  • integrate the diverse parts of your life so they are no longer at war with one another
  • improve important personal and professional relationships
  • live and work from your own "core"
  • exert leadership, no matter what role you have in your organization or community
  • deal better with change and stress
  • increase your wealth
  • create the time you need for whatever is important to you

Assessment instruments in The Balancing Act can help you understand the five key elements of life, relationships, and work. Concrete and colorful examples in the book illustrate how individuals and organizations experience lasting improvements. Try The Individual Balance Sheet.

When The 5 Elements of Success are aligned and in balance, life becomes greater than the sum of its parts - everything runs smoothly, with less effort.

 

Look inside The Balancing Act

Table of Contents

From the Introduction: Welcome!

 

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For Individuals

How to use this book

Try the Individual Balance Sheet

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