Author: jeff noel

Retired Disney Institute Keynote Speaker and Prolific Blogger. Five daily, differently-themed personal blogs (about life's 5 big choices) on five interconnected sites.

How Can Balance Ruin It?

Balance Is Nearly Impossible
Balance Is Nearly Impossible

Do you have a mentor when it comes to balancing work life and personal life?

I don’t.

Why?

That’s a great question. I’d like to know why myself.

Having balance means saying no more often than some like. It means declining “opportunities”. It means creating some flexible boundaries.

These are all things that may be frowned upon by ambitious folks.

Believe it or not, but many people casually despise others for their apparent “balance”.

You will have to make a decision. Which is more important.

But you already knew that.

PS. I’ll stack my ambition up against anyone. Mine is simply counter-intuitive, not less.

Relying Too Much On Speed?

Run & Blog On The Beach?
Run & Blog On The Beach?

Running and blogging have similarities.

You need to practice to be good.

You need to set goals.

You need to continuously learn, if you want to get better.

You need to approach it from many angles to be really proficient.

You need to seek out the best, most effective methods to get the best results.

You need to have fun.

You need to rest.

Pull A Hamstring?

Let Us Learn From Our Mistakes
Let Us Learn From Our Mistakes

The hamstring muscles are some of the biggest muscles we have.

Tearing a hamstring can have anywhere from a mild to devastating impact.

Same goes for business relationships. A “tear” can have the same range of consequences.

One of the leading contributors to pulled hamstring muscles is over-training.

Same with business.

Work too long and too hard, and you just might “pull a hamstring”.