Fundamentals of Level Three Leadership

27. Balancing Your Focus

Concept

There is another way in which we, I think, should pay attention to our balance in life. Most of us are aware of the balance between work and rest. This basic two-part cycle is what causes us to sleep, to take a break, and to go on vacation.

Please consider a third station or mental focus, learning. If we work, then we need a rest, and then go back to work, we are in danger of simply recreating every day in the same way, a kind of life-long Groundhog Day. (See the movie by the same name starring Bill Murray.) Only if we add a regular, habitual learning component to our regular routine do we have the chance of changing and of improving our situation in life.

So, now our balance model includes three stations of focus ...