Life appears to be a game of knowing how to care. What you care about will define what you experience.

If you care too much about protecting yourself, you will push people away. If you care too much about protecting others, you will push yourself away from your vitality, inner peace and purpose.

If you care too much about the next opportunity, you will risk losing what you have. if you care too much about protecting what you have, you will stagnate, become bored and lonely and grow restless.

The balance is easier said than done, but surely it’s the only way. Surely the balance is always possible when you intuitively connect to yourself and others. From there we give and receive sustainably and everyone who cares, wins. There always is the opportunity to be balanced, but we need to pause, dig deep and re-imagine our situation. There are always ideas that can provide a breakthrough and restore much needed balance.

I still struggle with balance in my work and family life. My problem is I love what I do so it can easily get the better of my time if I allow it. However, my family are precious to me and their happiness and well being is a major part of what motivates me to be successful. It can be very hurtful to find myself thinking I have to choose between my needs for myself and my family. That is a clue that I am lacking the imagination to satisfy both!

Sometimes building something takes much more effort but once that plane is in the air, you can back off the trust and cruise. What can be nerve racking is spending so much time and effort thinking you are going to get there, justifying why you are not available for your family in the short term. but short term becomes long term and may not deliver the lifestyle and balance you hoped for.

Then you face a family that learned to grow without you being there. Ouch! That would have to be devastating! The rich connections, depth of trust and respect are not going to be there if you neglect them for too long. And it’s not their fault! They wanted you more than anything. Yet you were always too busy when it mattered.

My folks worked long hours and I have that work ethic in me. However, even they warned me to leave the weekend for my family, which I usually do. But is that enough? I don’t think so.

I am very proud of my many of my achievements and my current company vision. But if I harm my family going after them, then I have nothing to be proud of!

How do you balance your goals? How do you make sure that all that effort is going to lead you to the place you need, so that the true measure of success is going to be kind to you? How do you manage the pressure of building a business while not sacrificing your relationship with your family?

My name is George Helou and I’m the founder of EP7 – Empowered for Purpose in 7 Steps. I am a best selling author, Life and Business Coach, Motivational Speaker, Work Culture Consultant. My latest book is Cinderella’s Secrets – The Untold Story of Ella www.onceuponeaview.com
My Office is located in Subiaco, WA. 08 9380 8350. www.lifecoachperth.com