A little more about Balance
Technological advancements are increasing the proliferation of information and competition into more and more areas of our lives. In this environment, a small number of us appear to thrive and flourish. For many however, juggling the many varied demands on our time can be challenging, stressful and even debilitating.
The increasing pressure to ‘sell more’, ‘make fewer errors’, ‘increase margins’, ‘cut wastage’ and generally ‘do better’, does seem to make sense. However, it is only part of the picture. Managing these demands over time requires a deep strength and flexibility of spirit.
It requires a balance that emanates from the inside out - a balance of the...
| rational | with | intuitive |
| left brain | with | right brain |
| outer world | with | inner world |
| work | with | play |
| head | with | heart |
| material | with | spiritual |
| doing | with | being |
| others | with | self |
The programmes have been designed on the assumption that, somehow most of us have ‘sleep walked’ our way into the left hand column. The FTB course will create a ‘breathing space’ to allow you to address your personal balance by encouraging a reintegration with the elements in the right hand column.
“The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.”
Euripides
Greek tragic dramatist
(484 BC - 406 BC)
“Order is not pressure which is imposed on society from without, but an equilibrium which is set up from within.”
Jose Ortega y Gasset
(1883 - 1955)
“Problems arise in that one has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you need for yourself.”
Jessye Norman
“We have never really solved the problem of balance. If we could solve the problem of balance we could solve the problem of human behaviour.”
Dr Edward de Bono