Balancing Being Effective AND Trusting Our Intution

It is the balance between intuition - something that is innately quite human - with effectiveness - getting done what you have chosen to focus on - that makes us successful. Especially if we define success as more than how much money we have in the bank. Success for you is more likely defined in 'richer' terms....balance, happiness, a sense of peace, contribution....you know...how YOU really think of success, deeply and with consciousness.

I've found, especially in working with yogis, yoginis and generally folks who have a deep intentionality to live a balanced, heart centered (and ofttimes spiritual) life, they allow the balance we learn on the mat to be ignored in our work lives.

Balance is just that - allowing for effectiveness AND including your heart. Remaining cognizant of your intuition even as you track your time.

I've often notices over the years that folks who are well intentioned caring beings, who want very much to accomplish regrettably resist the tools that work. Here's a great article by Melissa Raffoni about how to use your time effectively. Apparently she works only with CEOs, a group who value their time highly, so we might learn something what she has to say. She quotes some material from Warren Blank in The 108 Skills of Natural Born Leaders

1. Break your responsibilities into categories

The categories will vary depending on your job function, but they must be both strategic and tactical—identify not more than six.

2. Ask yourself what percentage of your time you should be spending in each category

Before you assign percentages, Blank advises that you ask yourself this question: “Given what I truly want to accomplish today as a leader, what will be the best use of my time?

She goes on to talk about managing your time and auditing your time. These are such important skills if we want to learn to be effective AS we learn to live a heart centered work life. Balance requires work.....on and off the mat! These practices are the basics. Use them.....your work life will be more successful, and a successful work life COMBINED with a deeply gratifying inner life is a wonderful design!