Thanks for your comments! Today was actually the 2nd workshop of this kind that I’ve run (so of course I came back to revisit the blog!) Today’s session was totally different but just as valuable! People’s take on imbalance is ever changing and I walked away with new ways of thinking of imbalance (and not thinking it’s so bad!).

The big topic for me today was moving. I sold my condo, have to be out by the end of the month and am relocating to LAS VEGAS!! I have a total sense of imbalance about the move (new city, totally new mentality/environment, don’t know many people, etc) but am also excited to be CHOOSING this new path.

Sure, there is imbalance right now as I uproot my life, sell almost all I own and move out west. But I am able to find a sense of balance WITHIN that by seeing what the short term imbalance gets me in the long run (which happens to be living at 1/3 the cost I have been living, which will free up time I previously had to work to pay bills so that I can pursue my REAL dream of publishing my book & becoming a professional speaker). SO…the sleepless nights & frazzled days full of packing actually put a smile on my face as I think of my ultimate destination.

Talking about that in the class today helped others see where they might find personal balance within imbalanced situations.

YAY for that! And YAY for your comments…they are much appreciated!

Cheers,
Leslie

I heard this today on a call:

‎”People will not let you teach them unless they think you understand them.”

People need to hear what’s true in their lives at the time. I believe not only have you shared a valuable lesson but I’m sure the trust and connection your audience felt with you must have been amazing.

Why?

Because you were real AND you brought a solution.

Great work and good post!
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You’ve got me thinking about what shape I’d be. Probably a reaaaaaaaally long, skinny rectangle (stretched thin) because I love doing lots of different things. Not to be well rounded…but because I like to learn new things and have different experiences!! I don’t want to be a circle (which sounds like the shape of someone trying to be well rounded to me) and you’ve clearly got the trapezoid covered, so I am going to try this long, skinny rectangle out for a bit & see how it feels!

Tia–Isn’t it crazy we can idolize someone we really don’t want to be like?! Weird, huh? I once heard a speech about finding a mentor and the speaker said, “Don’t find someone whose job you want…find someone whose LIFE you want!” That got ME thinking!! Whose life do I want?! It wasn’t anyone I was working with at the time…that’s how I knew it was time to GO! Now I look for role models with lives WAY outside the boundaries of 9 to 5. My leadership mentor, for example, just tried out living in Spain for 3 months. Turned out it didn’t fit…but how great that she shaped her life in such a way she could try!! THAT is the kind of life I want!!!

Leslie, it’s something for me to remember as I go through cycles of creation, that’s for sure. I never want to be a Phelps but I don’t want to be well rounded either!

Interesting point there – that we idolise those whose lives are off balance and yet don’t want to be like them or make the sacrifices they do. So do we then idolise people we know we’ll never be like or do we aspire to be like them secretly?

And should we maybe look at different role models for inspiration, people who aren’t achieving great heights and yet are very happy and successful on their own terms? hmmmmm… you’ve got me thinking!
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Really enjoyed this post Leslie. Truthful! Real!

If we’re living our own lives, then they will be imbalanced because we all gravitate toward different things. Let’s stop copying each other’s fake lives and live our own! Same thing with “getting into college” by being well-rounded. I don’t want to be well-rounded I want to be my own unique trapezoid, thank you!

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