Soft Skills for the Professional Services Industry

CHAPTER 17Work‐Life‐Balanced‐Scorecard

IF YOU WANT TO be exceptionally successful, you must focus all your time and energy on the ONE Thing that leads to success. A life that must be in balance to be successful is a misconception. Life purpose and life meaning are the ingredients for a successful life. Those who know their life purpose and life meaning will pursue the things that are in harmony with their mission and sense of life. Extraordinary results require focused attention and time. Having time for the ONE Thing means not having time for another thing. And that makes balance an impossibility. Those who want to be successful will always have periods in their lives that make balance with other areas of life impossible. Those who want to be exceptionally successful will have even more phases in their lives that make balance with other areas of life impossible. However, if you want to be happy in your life, you need equilibrium in the different areas of your life. Therefore, you should not permanently focus exclusively on your professional life. Use your private life for a balance. You lead a happy life when your life is in harmony with your life's mission and purpose. However, if you permanently neglect your personal life, don't be surprised if you lack the balance and energy needed to achieve your life's purpose. As you get older, there is a high probability that an inner emptiness will appear. You are particularly successful professionally, but not happy because you have ...