Importance of Balance

Good Ideas happen when you are in balance. Nearly all of us run full-speed ahead out-of-balance, or at least I do.

I have developed a way to determine my balance and I want to share it with you. Let's start with FAITH, and whatever that means for you. Stephen Covey in Seven Habits of Highly Effective People speaks well on this subject.

Before we proceed any further, let's investigate what FAITH means to you. For many, it automatically refers to religion. For some, it could be spirituality. I heard that the difference between religion and spirituality is those seeking religion are looking to avoid hell and those seeking spirituality have already been through it!

FAITH can be what you believe in - for some, it is their work life. For others, it's their immediate family. Some people only have FAITH in cold hard cash. Whatever it is, you must first determine what it is, then find where you are on the scale in terms of where you want to be, with 0 meaning you have no FAITH, and 100 means you are exactly where you want to be in FAITH in your life.

Think of a scale between 0 and 100 and determine where you are on that scale with relation to FAITH. Since you are reading this, you are already off of 0, so you are at least at 10.

Inspirational Message

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLN2k0b3g70

Fish, Cats & Loops

I took the unique opportunity to visit with Dr. Stephen Lundin, author of Fish!, Cats, and Loops, among other books. What an incredible person he is, with a gift of sharing complex subjects in simple terms that are easy to implement.

For instance, in FISH!, he promoted Pike Place Fish in Seattle, one of many Seattle fish markets, with a distinct flair for customer service and fun. They sell the same fish as the other markets in the neighborhood, yet sell much greater volume due to their business principles. Dr. Lundin's book about the market's four business principles became a Wall Street Journal bestseller and continues robust sales.

The story of the book's evolution is even more amazing. Dr. Lundin was in Seattle to film a documentary when one of the filmmakers found Pike Place Fish. The filmmakers recognized the amazing market and asked Pike Place Fish if they could film the lively activities there.

Here's the interesting part: the fish market said, "Yes! We have been waiting for someone to come by to film us!" The fish market put their film request 'out there' and waited for it to be answered. The Law of Attraction brought all the right people together.

Here's another interesting side story: Dr. Lundin noted that a vegetable market stood directly across from Pike Place Fish. The vegetable market complained about the crowds from the attraction of the fish market and eventually went out of business. Can you image what would happen if the vegetable market had given thanks for the crowds and started promoting their wares?

See the FISH! film here