Balance, Rhythm & Flow
Are you teaching yourself new management techniques? Have you reached a state of balance, rhythm and flow with them yet? Here are some helpful tips from a Master Certified Coach.
Starting something new is always awkward at first. Many of you know this from the New Year Resolutions you set earlier this year. Your initial steps are tentative, hesitant and unsure. You intended to develop a new eating or exercise program yet when you got right down to it, nothing felt easy or natural.
Just like a toddler first attempting to stand, you have no balance, rhythm or flow when entering a new regime. This toddler has what it takes - focus and tenacity. He will stand no matter how many attempts it takes. Once he masters the art of standing, his balance, rhythm and flow come naturally. Watch out; he’s off and running.
How are we so different when learning a new behavior? Unlike the toddler who hasn’t yet learned the art of personal sabotage, we set unrealistic expectations, are impatient, and readily criticize ourselves. We block our focus with excuses and procrastination.
Enter the MacDonald’s mentality. We want results now. If they are not fast enough, we give up. We don’t allow the natural rhythm of this new endeavor to occur. Instead, we move onto something more easily accessible, albeit self-defeating, like a cheeseburger.
All living things need rhythm. What would it be like to sit by an ocean without the soothing rhythm of the waves? What would the words of a song mean without the flow of music? How would our interpretation of these very same lyrics shift with a variety of rhythms?
We humans need sadness to appreciate joy, illness to value health, loss to appreciate abundance. We need day and night to balance one another out, seasons of the year along with seasons of our lives.
Rhythm is the gift. Side benefits are balance and flow. When we are in rhythm and flow, our balance naturally follows, time flies by, productivity increases along with joy and fulfillment. When we are not in rhythm, it’s an uphill battle.
This week, take time to discover which areas of your life are balanced. Areas that are not have likely lost their rhythm and flow. For example, awakening early one day each week to write or exercise creates no rhythm. Getting up early five days in a row for eight straight weeks creates rhythm, resulting in the balance and flow you’re after.
Have a little fun with this concept, have patience with yourself, and enjoy your discoveries.
Just like a toddler first attempting to stand, you have no balance, rhythm or flow when entering a new regime. This toddler has what it takes - focus and tenacity. He will stand no matter how many attempts it takes. Once he masters the art of standing, his balance, rhythm and flow come naturally. Watch out; he’s off and running.
How are we so different when learning a new behavior? Unlike the toddler who hasn’t yet learned the art of personal sabotage, we set unrealistic expectations, are impatient, and readily criticize ourselves. We block our focus with excuses and procrastination.
Enter the MacDonald’s mentality. We want results now. If they are not fast enough, we give up. We don’t allow the natural rhythm of this new endeavor to occur. Instead, we move onto something more easily accessible, albeit self-defeating, like a cheeseburger.
All living things need rhythm. What would it be like to sit by an ocean without the soothing rhythm of the waves? What would the words of a song mean without the flow of music? How would our interpretation of these very same lyrics shift with a variety of rhythms?
We humans need sadness to appreciate joy, illness to value health, loss to appreciate abundance. We need day and night to balance one another out, seasons of the year along with seasons of our lives.
Rhythm is the gift. Side benefits are balance and flow. When we are in rhythm and flow, our balance naturally follows, time flies by, productivity increases along with joy and fulfillment. When we are not in rhythm, it’s an uphill battle.
This week, take time to discover which areas of your life are balanced. Areas that are not have likely lost their rhythm and flow. For example, awakening early one day each week to write or exercise creates no rhythm. Getting up early five days in a row for eight straight weeks creates rhythm, resulting in the balance and flow you’re after.
Have a little fun with this concept, have patience with yourself, and enjoy your discoveries.
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