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Finding Life Balance, Day 8: Find the Courage to be Faithful

Sheri Riley — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:00:39 +0000

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In day 7 of our Life Balance series, we urge high achievers — whose journey to excellence can be filled with reward, hard work, and quite a bit of stress — to find the courage to be faithful.

Method 8: Don’t walk in fear today. Rely on faith and the power of now.

Stepping out of your fears and into your greatness requires great courage. Sometimes we are so busy with the work of life that we don’t sit still and take the time to listen to our heart. Being courageous means not allowing life to steal, kill, or destroy your dreams, hopes, aspirations, and plans, but living in the now, the moment, the presence of your power to receive life, and the fullness of all life has to offer and even more abundantly. It takes courage to be honest with yourself, acknowledge your personal truth, and be present in your quest to live that truth. The easiest thing for high achievers to do is be successful. But living in the fullness of who they are —and want to be — while also maintaining their success takes true grit.

Check us out tomorrow for our final day of our Life Balance series, Day 9: Exponential Living.

Day 2: Seek Peace in Not Some — But All — Aspects

Day 3: Create in Yourself a Giving Heart and Spirit

Day 7: Build and Nurture Healthy Self-Confidence

Day 9: Practice Exponential Living

Finding Life Balance, Day 7: Build and Nurture Healthy Self-Confidence

Sheri Riley — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:00:30 +0000

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In day 7 of our Life Balance series, we urge high achievers — whose journey to excellence can be filled with reward, hard work, and quite a bit of stress — to nurture an unbreakable inner confidence.

Believe it or not, whatever you want is available to you if you have the confidence and belief that you can have what you want and that you deserve it. This does not mean confidence in our degrees, our knowledge, job titles, position, social status, etc. Instead, it is about having a pure and honest confidence in the person you are. Many successful people have achieved career success through their fear of failure. And while such fear can be a powerful and effective motivator, it can also limit your sense of accomplishment and impede growth in other areas of your life. For many high achievers, confidence is built on external validations like applause, accolades, wins, or promotions. And their ensuring quest to feel this rush keeps them from being engaged in other areas of their lives. True confidence should come from a life well lived and enjoyed … not the proverbial feathers in your cap.

Check us out tomorrow for Day 8′s method: The Courage to be Faithful.

Day 1, Healthy Living Goes Beyond Watching Diet

Day 2: Seek Peace in Not Some — But All — Aspects

Day 3: Create in Yourself a Giving Heart and Spirit

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10 Signs You Work Too Much

BlackEnterprise.com — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:00:44 +0000

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You’re irritable, don’t give enough attention to yourself and loved ones, and you’re likely to take your laptop and/or BlackBerry with you at all times to catch up on work. You can’t even take a real break, answering your boss’ calls even while on vacation. You’re constantly thinking of your next professional move, even in your sleep.

It’s okay to be a hard worker, but some of us take it overboard, constantly on the grind yet never stopping to reap the benefits of the effort.

If this is you, looks like you might be headed straight to burn out. Check out Madame Noire, to find out the tell-tale signs that you’re working a bit too much, and how to give yourself permission to take a breather.

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Finding Life Balance, Day 6: Make Joy and Contentment Your Lifestyle

Sheri Riley — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:00:42 +0000

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In day 6 of our Life Balance series, we urge high achievers — whose journey to excellence can be filled with reward, hard work, and quite a bit of stress — to recognize that happiness is a choice and to take steps to build a lifestyle that is based in contentment and joy.

Method 6: Make the choice to be happy and build a lifestyle of contentment and joy.

One of the definitions of the word overwhelmed is “to give too much of a thing.” When you truly desire to live a life that is fulfilled in all areas, you are destined to have more to do than you have the time, energy, and ability or help to accomplish or complete. The feeling of being overwhelmed is when you have what you need and are overflowing with what you want.

When you have so much success, opportunity, potential, clients, projects, options and prosperity that you can’t handle or manage everything, your reaction is that you are overwhelmed. So what about those times when you’re overwhelmed with challenges, struggles, health issues, and other life concerns? Know the plan for your life is perfect and the struggles are never to defeat you but to make you stronger and uncover your true power. Surrender and find peace living in the overflow, joy and abundance of being overwhelmed.

Check us out tomorrow for Day 7′s method: Building Lasting Confidence.

Day 1, Healthy Living Goes Beyond Watching Diet

Day 2: Seek Peace in Not Some — But All — Aspects

Day 3: Create in Yourself a Giving Heart and Spirit

Day 7: Build and Nurture Healthy Self-Confidence

Day 1, Healthy Living Goes Beyond Watching Diet

Finding Life Balance, Day 5: Take a Moment to Pause and Evaluate

Sheri Riley — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:00:02 +0000

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In day 5 of our Life Balance series, we urge high achievers — whose journey to excellence can be filled with reward, hard work, and quite a bit of stress — to take time outside of the grind to process and evaluate their process and progress.

Method 5: Stop working so you can acknowledge your accomplishments and maximize your opportunities.

When you are constantly working, you seldom recognize your achievements. Without taking these moments to recognize your accomplishments, you are always stretching for what’s next and never appreciating and enjoying what you have completed. This cycle often leads to burn out, health issues, personal relationship issues, and low self-esteem. And, many times, it does not have a clearly defined end of moment of victory. When you change your mindset from working to maximizing opportunities, you reposition your thought process and how you approach your life. You are able to separate and segment your work from other areas of your life because maximizing the opportunity has a beginning and an end. You are quicker to recognize when to end or remove your self because you understand what you are spending your time on is meant to be an opportunity not a burden you spend time on with out benefit or value.

Check us out Monday for Day 6′s method: Happy is a Choice; Contentment and Joy are Lifestyles

Day 2: Seek Peace in Not Some — But All — Aspects

Day 3: Create in Yourself a Giving Heart and Spirit

Day 7: Build and Nurture Healthy Self-Confidence

Day 1, Healthy Living Goes Beyond Watching Diet

Finding Life Balance, Day 4: Channel Your P.O.W.E.R

Sheri Riley — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:00:04 +0000

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In day 4 of our Life Balance series, we urge high achievers — whose journey to excellence can be filled with reward, hard work, and quite a bit of stress — to tap into that P.O.W.E.R., learning to discern what elements should be nurtured and what should be purged.

Method 4: Seek ways to channel Your P.O.W.E.R ™ today.

High achievers should strive to tap into their personal P.O.W.E.R.: Perspective, Ownership, Wisdom, Engagement, and Reward. Perspective cultivates recognition of what is draining your life and what is enriching your life. This leads to Ownership of your relationship with yourself and with others. It allows you to establish your personal boundaries and define what and where you are to give of yourself and your time. This understanding of your own truth is a major component of Wisdom, which is gained from how you implement your life experiences into your life and evolve your thinking and decisions through expanding your knowledge and good judgment. This enlightenment brings consistent Engagement in the quality of your life. Your desire, energy, and personal encouragement will motivate you to commit yourself to stop spending 100% of your time on 10% of who you are — this is your Reward.

Check us out Monday for Day 5′s method: Stop Working So You Can Maximize your Opportunities

Day 2: Seek Peace in Not Some — But All — Aspects

Day 3: Create in Yourself a Giving Heart and Spirit

Day 7: Build and Nurture Healthy Self-Confidence

Day 1, Healthy Living Goes Beyond Watching Diet

Finding Life Balance, Day 3: Create In Yourself a Giving Heart and Spirit

Sheri Riley — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:13:31 +0000

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In day 3 of our Life Balance series, we urge high achievers — whose journey to excellence can be filled with reward, hard work, and quite a bit of stress — to find ways to give back, not only to help others but to ultimately contribute to positive reciprocity in their own path to success:

Method 3: Maintain a giving heart and spirit, and find ways to offer your time and to your community, family and friends.

Most know that giving back to society and those in need is one of the most meaningful activities we can engage in. In fact, many very successful people believe that giving is directly tied to their continued success. Having a giving heart and spirit not only creates more opportunities for you to provide for others, but doing so allows more opportunities for your continued success to manifest in your life, and others: what impacts one impacts us all. Achievement and accomplishments come from the work of our hands and minds, but true success and fulfillment comes from giving of the heart. Not just donating your time through charitable work or financial donations, but also allocating precious time to family and friends. Being present and accessible to loved ones is the ultimate gift for others … and yourself.

Check us out tomorrow for Day 4′s method: Live in Your P.O.W.E.R ™

Day 2: Seek Peace in Not Some — But All — Aspects

Day 7: Build and Nurture Healthy Self-Confidence

Day 1, Healthy Living Goes Beyond Watching Diet

Finding Life Balance, Day 2: Seek Peace in Not Some — but All — Areas

Sheri Riley — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:00:26 +0000

In day 2 of our Life Balance series, we urge high achievers — whose journey to excellence can be filled with reward, hard work, and quite a bit of stress — to seek peace in not just some, but all aspects of their lives. Here’s your quick challenge:

Method 2: Make peace a prominent goal in all areas for holistic success.

Cultivating and maintaining a peaceful life must be a goal of paramount importance. Distractions and life’s distresses both small and large will pull you away from this goal each and every time you allow it. Your thoughts are the training ground and springboard for your overall disposition and perspective on life. Many accomplished people never pause to revel in or acknowledge their success. They are constantly striving for what’s next. While not entirely a bad thing, when your desire to achieve becomes bigger than your desire to BE, your existence will be likened to a hamster running in an endless circle, never at peace and never at a point of rest.

Check us out tomorrow for Day 3′s method: The Importance of Having a Giving Heart and Spirit.

Day 3: Create in Yourself a Giving Heart and Spirit

Day 7: Build and Nurture Healthy Self-Confidence