Titles of Endearment
October 23, 2009
One day I was in the car listening to the radio when it was announced that a famous TV star had just passed away. The radio personality listed off the shows and movies this actor had starred in over his successful career as they normally do when this happens. It was quite impressive what the man had accomplished through his life and the awards he had earned.
As I was listening the thought came to me that these radio and TV style Obituaries are full of work related accolades and accomplishments and say little if anything about the person they actually were. Where is the line mentioning how great a father, brother, husband this person was? It is understandable that not every rich and famous person has these personal titles worth mentioning, but for those that do is it not worth mentioning?
What Title do you most aspire? What Title would you hope they mention on a broadcast around the world? Lawyer, Business Owner, Mayor, or Father, Sister, Grandma, and Son? For most of us these Titles of Endearment are what we live and die for each day. It is why we work so hard and sacrifice so much. These titles are etched on headstones in cemeteries and lovingly repeated in homes throughout the world.
Let us each remember the Title of Endearment that we are living for in our everyday struggle for Life Balance.
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Life Balance. Its About Relationships.
October 7, 2009
I have spent the last year and a half speaking and training Life Balance. In each speaking engagement or training session I teach the 3 Steps of Life Balance; Prioritize your 10 Vital Areas, Get out of Repair, and Achieve your Top 3.
In my experience when I ask a participant to Prioritize their 10 Vital Areas, Relationships with Spouse, Family, or Friends always make it into the Top 3. Why does this happen? I’ll explain.
According to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, Affection, Belonging, and Esteem are what people need after food and shelter. Even at birth studies have shown that infants that are not held suffer in their health and may even die. Affection, Belonging, and Esteem all are satisfied in a relationship and it is these relationships that we as human beings innately crave.
For this reason, I will now use this Life Balance Blog to focus on Relationships. Like Steven R. Covey says, “Begin with the end in mind.” Life Balance is the method and Loving Relationships is the end in mind. Each week I include one simple tip to help in all 4 areas of Relationships; Spouse, Family, Friends, and Community.
May we all take the time and Balance our Life in order to spend it building these Relationships.
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