balance in life as simple as balance on a bicycle

© 2009 www.yesYOUcan.be & Mariana Florea CPC

LET’S SEE LIFE AS A BICYCLE!

On both we have to be in balance to enjoy a happy ride/ life…


LIFE IS COMPLEX AS A SWISS WATCH MECHANISM


Confucius said "Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”


SO LET’s SIMPLIFY THE WAY WE LOOK AT LIFE BALANCE


WALKING ON A ROPE?


TOO DANGEROUS…


JUGGLING MANY PLATES?


TOO SPECTACULAR…


HOW ABOUT A BICYCLE?


BALANCING ON A BICYCLE IS SIMILAR WITH BALANCING IN LIFE


LIFE TOO HAVE TWO IMPORTANT WHEELS


&WORK LIFE

WORK & LIFEOR

LIFE & WORK


SOME PEOPLE SAY THEY CANNOT MAKE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO…


« LIFE AND WORK ARE INSEPARABLE! »

and they struggle to

balance on one wheel…


SOME OTHERS CHOOSE TO HAVE ONE OR THE OTHER BIGGER…


IF THIS WAS A VIABLE SOLUTION HERE IS WHAT WE WOULD SEE ON THE STREETS TODAY


A PAST CENTURY MODEL?


GOOD BICYCLES HAVE TWO EQUALY SIZED WIRE-SPOKED WHEELS


THE WHEEL OF WORKVERY WELL STRUCTURED:

•Job description•Professional Development•Career Progress•Work content and process•Earnings/financial reward•Recognition/support•Relationships at work•Purpose and passion•…


THE WHEEL OF LIFELESS OR NOT AT ALL STRUCTURED:

•Vague or not planned at all•Good things taken for granted – healthy kids, clean house, no late payments for invoices, good food, well working car…•Relationships existing and developing in the rhythm of time and energy left after the working hours•No clear purpose and passion•…


WHEN BALANCE IS AN ISSUE, WE ALL HAVE CHOICES


LEARN FROM COMPANIES AND STRENGHTEN BOTH WHEELS


Be SMART* about your

PERSONAL LIFE!

*SMART

S – specific

M – measurable

A – appealing

R – realistic

T - timed

If companies pay those money to consultants to smarten their objectives, why not smarten yours too?


TEAM UP WITH THE RIGHT PARTNERS


KNOW WHAT YOU WANT!

or those knowing what they want direct your boat…


KNOW WHAT YOU DON’t WANT!

To be able to say NO

you need a bigger


REMEMBER!

ONCE YOU KNOW HOW TO RIDE A BICYCLE YOU NEVER FORGET IT…


DO YOU

LIVE TO WORK

OR

DO YOU

WORK TO LIVE?


About the author:• Mariana Florea, is a CPC – Certified

Professional Coach, member of the International Coach Federation.

• She supports busy professionals building successful and sustainable careers while enjoying a happy life.

• Her academic instruction is in the Economics with a focus on Management and she was trained by The International Coach Academy to be a Certified Professional Coach.

• She brings in Coaching the experience of working for 10 years in multinational companies in three countries: Romania, Luxembourg and Belgium.

• She coaches burned out busy professionals, working on automatic pilot and forgetting the global picture of their job and of course of their life. Mariana helps them to design and start living a well-balanced life and their professional success becomes sustainable.

balance in life as simple as balance on a bicycle

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