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Forgoing resolution resuscitation attempts, this
month's balancebreak is all about GOOD.
Acknowledging that you might not ALWAYS be in
the
mood for any one form of good, chances are that
whenever you pause to ask yourself how you
WANT to
feel, GOOD will trump the alternatives.
The driver of
your enhanced state of being here is first
remembering to stop and even ask yourself the
question.
What's more - this month we've got a little
extra GOOD
to celebrate in debuting our new revamped
website -
putting our old v. 2002 to rest with fond
appreciation.
We're also thrilled to announce the creation
of our
WORKLIFE
SURVEY. This 10
Question Survey
identifies just what your experience is of
worklife
satisfaction.
And we're getting more vocal! In addition to
launching
our blog, I
Love My Job, where you can get great ideas
from all of
us at Balance, we've also been invited to
contribute to the
Huffington Post - check out our debut!
The
3:00 Rollercoaster
As always, balancebreak is all about you -
reminding
you of ways to take a break whenever it will
serve you
best. The ideas below will help you
cultivate the habit,
and even give you some ways to remember what
GOOD is to you so you can stay in that GOOD
state of
mind.
Be well,
Tevis Gale
Editor & Founder
Balance Integration
ps. check out our article on how to create a
corporate
yoga program in this month's YogaJournal -
page 26!
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Got Game?
In Sound On Sound Magazine, the
geek squad of
the music industry did a study of just what
makes a
great song great to see if the magic in one
song can
make magic happen if applied to the creation of
another song. They took the elements of James
Brown's "I Feel Good" and analyzed if various
components could strengthen other songs. Their
findings: a big GIANT yes. It seems that
the media
adage "Good Is Good" holds true for more than
just
adapting Iron Chef for U.S. audiences - what
resonates with us on an intrinsic level holds
no matter
if it is being applied under different
circumstances.
This month, we used this approach to setting our
intention for the year. First we called
Brooke Emery of
Attraction
Boutique for her favorite strategies for
having a
year worth celebrating. In describing our
ideal year,
the characteristics we
named included the obvious: geographic growth,
profitability, evolution of
services/offerings, continued
expansion of client base. Pretty good
business-speak,
but working with Brooke we realized that
something
HUGE was missing...
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Go-To Good
So if all this talk about GOOD and FUN is
putting you
in a bad mood, GREAT!
You see, just like the media adage "if it
bleeds, it
leads", as a culture we're pretty fixated on
the negative.
This is why it's important for us to become
absolutely
aware of what DOES put a good feeling in motion
inside of us.
In workshops on creativity and inspiration,
we often
ask folks "what makes you feel good?". Not a
complex question, but for the most part it
takes lots of
ums, looks of frustrated concentration, and
often
disclaimers and even requests for
clarification before
we can get a single response.
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From Should to Done!
According to Harris Interactive, we are less
likely to
include healthy habits in our
resolutions this
year. Apparently, we're all a bit burned by
having had
those fiery intentions to hit the gym every
morning fall
to the wayside as we hit snooze and enjoy
another 20
of shut-eye in winter's dark mornings.
Given that we DO want to feel better and live
more full
lives, what about all the little things any
of us CAN do
at a moment's notice with all the benefits
and none of
the guilt?
The following ideas are purely in support of
your
instant gratification...
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And now for your listening
pleasure...
For over a decade, Six Degrees has quietly
injected
new sounds into the music scene. In the
midst of
countless Buddha-Bar variations and lounge
becoming
more and more listless, they've been bringing to
audiophiles an experience of "world music"
that is
nothing short of world class.
Check out their site and enjoy some free aural
enjoyment. You can listen to label-founder Bob
Duskis' weekly show - "free form radio with a
global
edge!" - or click to their Emerging Artist
series for a
free track every week! THAT IS GOOD!
Good tunes!
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