PERTINENT INFORMATION LTD. A center for information to help businesses grow faster "Giving You Valued Information"   Susan Pilgrim, Ph.D. specializes in engaging the spirit of individuals, teams, and organizations. Balance in Life Doesn't Have To Be Elusive

Balance in life is more important than ever before. Gone are the days when our most cherished identity was our profession. We now understand there's more to life than work, and we realize the value of our roles as partner, parent, sister, volunteer, and friend. Work will always be a given in life, and we must make way for spending time with family and friends, taking care of ourselves, and dealing with the logistics of daily living. Unfortunately, most of our energy goes to our work and the logistics, forfeiting attention to what truly matters in our lives and the lives we touch. It is our spiritual nature that compels us to seek balance between the important and the required. Deep within we know that balance will bring us a feeling of peace and the ability to handle whatever challenge comes our way. We desire to be InSync® with ourselves so our relationships and work are more meaningful. Maintaining what seems to be an elusive balance is possible when we learn to live InSync. Living InSync is about understanding yourself and others. It's about having a clear vision of what you want so you can pursue goals that will help you realize your dreams. When you live InSync, you readily enhance your performance at work and in your personal life because you naturally access and optimize your personal power. You use your mental capacity for making creative decisions, increasing your productivity, and taking gentle control of life. You direct your thoughts and behaviors to accomplish your goals. You look for and are open to opportunities. Your emotional, physical, mental, social, and spiritual dimensions continually evolve in harmony. When you live InSync, you create a life of balance and purpose. To get an idea about how InSync your life is, let's consider each of the dimensions. Take this quick self assessment to examine your current status. Respond affirmatively when you engage in that behavior most of the time. Then read about the InSync behaviors relative to that dimension. Are you physically InSync? Do you eat only when you're hungry? Do you rest and relax your body regularly? Do you refrain from smoking? Do you exercise regularly? When you're physically InSync, you understand that the care you give your body directly affects energy, clarity of thought, and longevity. You give your body adequate rest. You set aside time daily to relax. You fuel your body with nutritious foods and exercise it regularly. Are you socially InSync? Do you enjoy satisfying, personal relationships? Do you communicate openly with others? Do you consciously cooperate with them? Are you willing to extend yourself to help someone else? When you're socially InSync, you delight in giving to and receiving from others. You positively influence others' lives. You nurture your relationships by openly communicating and consciously cooperating. You treat others with respect. You laugh often and enjoy having fun with others. You maintain a broad support system. Are you mentally InSync? Can you think of more than one answer for most questions? Do you pursue personal as well as professional goals you've set for yourself? Are you organized so you can easily retrieve information? Do you expend your energy to do what's important? When you're mentally InSync, you set goals and priorities, making sure the important tasks are accomplished. You maximize the use of your time, energy, and resources. You're organized so you're more productive. You're creative and make responsible decisions. You deal sensibly with conflict and approach challenges with enthusiasm. Are you emotionally InSync? Do you treat yourself with dignity and respect? Do you allow yourself to feel whatever emotion you're feeling? Do you love yourself regardless of what others think? Does your self talk reflect a positive attitude? When you're emotionally InSync, you feel, acknowledge, accept, and appropriately express your emotions. You treat yourself with respect. You set aside time for reflection. The language you use is positive. You celebrate your gifts and talents. You love yourself without condition. Are you spiritually InSync? Do you forgive yourself and others? Do you celebrate your mistakes? Do you trust your intuition? Do you know your purpose in life? When you're spiritually InSync, you seek to know and fulfill your purpose. You celebrate the lessons you learn from your mistakes. You are trustworthy and trusting. You forgive yourself and others. You demonstrate integrity in all matters. You acknowledge that you're an integral entity in this expansive universe. You listen to your intuition so that the choices you make are the ones that will benefit you the most. There are no right or wrong answers -- no specific score to achieve. This exercise is to help you assess where you are right now in your life. It's designed to create an awareness about the multidimensional essence of your being. You may find that you have more affirmative responses in certain dimensions. These are the ones that get your attention. You may choose to seek ways to increase your focus on life's other dimensions. If you want to live InSync, it's essential that you attend to each dimension daily -- no matter how busy you are or how short the time might be. Engage in behaviors that enhance each of your dimensions. Living InSync isn't complicated. To do so, however, attention to your actions, attitudes, and beliefs and your intention to respond to what you know and learn about yourself is imperative. Living InSync is far from an elusive ideal. It's a pragmatic way you can choose to live. When you live InSync, you feel you're in gentle control of your life because you're committed to honor, nurture, and strengthen the multidimensional person you are. You ensure that your own needs are met so you can give to others freely. Living InSync makes the difference in whether you live a busy life or whether you live one that's purposeful and synergistic. For a healthy, balanced and intentional life, choose to live InSync with yourself and, in turn, with others. Newsletter and Ezine Resource Find exactly what you're looking for In our quest to provide you with tools and information to help you change the way you work and live, we've gathered a comprehensive list of newsletters on all aspects of business and life. The benefits are all there. Click here to go there.

A Practical Guide for Taking Gentle Control of Life Living InSync is a way of life, a way of living, a lifelong process that exemplifies the mind-body-spirit interconnectedness in life. The essence of being InSync is found in the five dimensions of life--physical, emotional, mental, social and spiritual.Living InSync® means assessing and optimizing your personal power, understanding yourself and others, envisioning what you want from life, making conscious choices and pursuing goals to be the person you want to be. By assessing your personal power, you become creative, decisive and productive and can take gentle control of your life. Living InSync® offers a personalized, proactive, step-by-step approach to help you assess where you are in life, who you want to be, and where you want to go. Maintaining a balance between and within the dimensions offers you a perpetual challenge because the evolving nature of your being is dynamic and ever-changing. By responding to life's challenges in new ways and by recognizing that perfection is a static, nonexistent state, you'll experience insights about yourself and the unlimited opportunities for success and peace. You'll find that when you live InSync with yourself, you're more InSync with others and the Spirit.

Dr. Susan Pilgrim, author of Living InSync® -- Creating Your Life with Balance and Purpose (Health Communications Inc.) and Moving InSync® with the Spirit (in press), and president of Life Investments, is an Atlanta-based international speaker, business consultant, and coach. She specializes in engaging the spirit of individuals, teams, and organizations. Her work represents a unique blend of experience and education in the areas of business management, education, and psychology. She customizes programs to meet the needs of the client and designs them to increase personal, professional, and organizational productivity. Susan's committed to positively influencing the lives of those in her audiences. She encourages all who experience her work to invest in themselves so they can get what they want in life. She earned her B.S. at Presbyterian College, her M.Ed. at the University of South Carolina, and her Ph.D. at Georgia State University. Her memberships include the National Speakers Association, American Society for Training and Development, and the Georgia Society of Association Executives. Her columns appear in a number of business, health, and personal development publications. Susan Pilgrim, PhD 877.467.9627 209.825.9459/fax spilgrim@transbay.net

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