If you are an entrepreneur, business is a big part of your life. I advise business owners to live a three dimensional life – that is not ALL business. You need a family life, and time for fun/sports/hobbies. By filling up your heart and soul, you’ll be better at work and avoid burnout.
But if you are to master anything, that is be the best at something, then “balance” is out the window. You have to give a disproportionate amount of time and energy to something to be great at it. And being the best at SOMETHING is how we rise to the top.
A balanced life can only lead to mediocrity while your competitors devote more of themselves and outshine you.
That makes sense! If I’m understanding this right, sometimes one area over another might need more attention at certain times. This would be how we keep a bigger balance and a controlled balance? With this way of thinking we keep building in each area for growth and not letting any one area drop off.
We are going to have to agree to disagree that a balanced life leads to mediocrity, if you want to fight life and always be looking for mastery over things you will be constantly disappointed and life will not carry the meaning it can for you. A balanced life and acceptance leads to true happiness that man, by his own mastery cannot achieve! Respectfully PB
Extremely true. I hear this balanced life talk all the time and it is not true.
An amazing book that talks about this is Be Obsessed of Be Average by Grant Cardone