Free Articles on Self Improvement and many other topics
Another free Self Improvement article for you by Ann Golden Egle
Titled: New Management Skills with Balance, Rhythm and Flow Get the Self Improvement category RSS Feed

New Management Skills with Balance, Rhythm and Flow

Article Summary: 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.

Whenever any new idea begins to be incorporated into our lives, we feel somewhat awkward. Making (and keeping) New Year's Resolutions is a prime example. We have great and healthy intentions, but our first steps toward their accomplishment are baby steps - wobbly, unsure, and cautious. Your resolutions are strong, but when it comes to implementing them, they just don't feel 'right' 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 doesn't know that he might fail. 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.

In comes the fast food type of mind. We want results now. If they are not fast enough, we give up. This new effort needs the rhythm to occur naturally, so get out of the way and permit it. 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 the natural flow of things, balance follows naturally, time seems to just evaporate and our productivity escalates along with a sense of great joyfulness and fulfilment. When we are not in rhythm, it's an uphill battle.

This week, take time to discover which areas of your life are balanced. In those areas where balance is missing have probably lost their rhythm and their flow as well. 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.

Take the "I'm going to have fun with this" approach; add in a bit of patience and then enjoy what you discover.

Article Source: http://www.upublish.info

About the Author:
Ann Golden Egle
Fresh changes in your career will help you accelerate your success. Enjoy Master Certified Coach Ann Golden Eglé's weekly Success Thought for the Week as an aid to success. You can sign up here: http://www.GVAsuccess.com or email: info@GVAsuccess.com.