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10/30/03 edition is below, highlighted in blue... We'd like to welcome all our new readers to THE BALANCING ACT family of 142,158 weekly subscribers! "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not
everything that counts can be counted." ----------------------------------------------------------------- THE BALANCING ACT The only FREE weekly publication dedicated to Helping you create a life of Health, Wealth, and Balanced Abundance in today's hectic world. October 30, 2003 Volume 1, Issue 15 ----------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT TO EXPECT IN THIS ISSUE ----------------------------------------------------------------- - Note from the Editor ----------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE FROM THE EDITOR ----------------------------------------------------------------- If you're like me, you often find you've quit trying to accomplish an important task just one step too soon, or you've quit reaching for a desired goal just one step away from fulfillment. It's like the man who struggles to open the pickle jar, then hands it, in frustration, to his wife who simply turns the lid and off it pops. We all know the man was truly the one who loosened the lid, yet it's the wife who gets the credit for opening the jar. It seems to be human nature that we give up too easily, believing that "if it was meant to be, it would come without a struggle." Hogwash! Michael Jordan, one of the greatest basketball players of all time, missed thousands of baskets in his career. His secret to stardom, however, is that he never gave up on the game. Thomas Edison, one of the world's greatest and best-known inventors, failed hundreds of times before successfully discovering the secret to electricity. He continued trying until he got it right. This is true of anyone who has ever accomplished anything worthwhile. We, too, can aim for greatness by never giving up. Read Ken Darby's words of wisdom on this topic in today's issue of The Balancing Act. Sincerely, Meredith Landino REMEMBER: Each month we will dedicate one entire issue to answering your questions. If we don't know the answer to your question, we'll find someone who does! Simply send an email to mailto:BalancingAct@healthywealthynwise.com?subject=My_Question and look for your answer in the next issue. ----------------------------------------------------------------- MESSAGE FROM OUR SPONSOR ----------------------------------------------------------------- Everybody and their brother is talking about this new TV-like network with all kinds of GREAT educational programming. I just wanted to let you know in case you haven't heard about it yet. Check out Mastery TV at http://shmyl.com/cvl. I think you're going to LOVE it! Have a GREAT day! Liz ----------------------------------------------------------------- If you've been feeling you want more success, happiness, or fulfillment in your life - but don't believe deep down it's really possible - I'm here to tell you that: 1. It definitely IS possible, and... However, it probably won't happen unless you do some things differently. 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Go here to find out - I think you'll be pleasantly surprised: http://www.healthywealthynwise.com/products/attitude/attitudesl.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- DO YOU GO FAR ENOUGH? ----------------------------------------------------------------- Over the years, my husband and I have usually managed to decode the cute but confusing gender signs sometimes put on restaurants' restroom doors (Buoys and Gulls, Laddies and Lassies, etc.), but every so often we get stumped. Recently, my husband Dave wandered off in search of the men's room and found himself confronted by two marked doors. One was labeled "Bronco," and the other was designated "Cactus." Completely baffled, he stopped a restaurant employee passing by. "Excuse me; I need to use the restroom," Dave said. Gesturing toward the doors, he asked, "Which one should I use?" "Actually, we would prefer you to go there," the employee said, pointing to a door down the hall marked "Men." "Bronco and Cactus are private dining rooms." I wonder why they put those names up like that. Cute, but when in a hurry? I have a friend who ran an auto garage once. He named his washrooms Elton (John) and Olivia Newton (John). Yet this joke does point out one mistake we all make when we are seeking. It shows us that we often do not go far enough. We give up too soon or we become confused easily. Had the man in the joke gone further down the hall, he would have had his answer. So, too, with us. If we only hang in there and keep going, if we only put in the last little bit of effort, if we refuse to give up, we will come across our answer. All of life, and everything in it, is like climbing a mountain. The mountain is never the challenge. Overcoming oneself is the challenge. That is what happens on the mountainside. The climber learns who he/she is. When we look at life that way it is a big help to consider carrying on, to go the extra step. That is where our pot of gold is... after that extra step. When you don't take that step, you miss it. Worse, it sets up a pattern within you where too often you don't take that extra step. You miss out on a lot. Get in the habit, the practice, of taking the extra step, then another one and another. Soon your objective will be in sight and you will win. Do You Go Far Enough? * * * Ken Darby writes articles, books and other material helping people achieve their goals. An Internet business may not be for you, but then it might be! Go have a look. Ken has laid out the steps and methods in a clear and to the point series of short letters. Send a blank email to: mailto:professional@rr-email.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- THIS WEEK'S RESOURCE ----------------------------------------------------------------- Do you remember all of the excitement of the Mark Joyner Farewell Package a few months ago? 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Since then, I've done a fair amount of learning about personalities, relationships, and integrity. What I've learned is that we're all two-faced. I'd go so far as to say we're all multi-faceted! When we're young and immature, we make the mistake of believing we have only one way of being, one way of interacting. But as we age and experience more unique and complex relationships, most of us accept that there are shades of gray when it comes to behavior. We simply can't (and shouldn't) always act the same way in every circumstance, with every human being. Life is too complex. Instead, we learn we're actors in plays we've created, and for perfectly logical reasons - to get what we want and need from the world. It doesn't matter how many acts we have or what our acts are, but that we realize our acts are our creation - they're identities fabricated by our minds. And just as we created them, we can change them as we need or want. It's when you start believing you are your acts that you run into trouble. You know, like believing that because you wear a suit to work, you're a Big-shot Businessperson, or because you do nice things for people, you have to be an Always Pleasant Person. Acting can be fun, so long as you clearly understand that your acts are not the natural you. The natural you is not your personality, your beliefs, your identity or your body, but is more akin to your soul. It's who you are when no one's watching. Be okay with being two-faced. Know when your acts serve you and when they don't, and change them if you need to. Smile and accept them, knowing you're as multi-faceted as a perfect diamond. * * * Wendy Jameson, MA, offers life and business coaching through her company, Potentiate (http://www.potentiate.net). She's the author of The Low Carb Survival Guide e-book and co-creator of the email-based Self-Manager Success Program. 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