How to find breathing space…. when you feel like your business is taking over your life.

4 Comments

1. Liz Fritzlaff
   Posted January 19, 2009 at 10:07 pm | Permalink

   Absolutely! Put so beautifully. As an extension to this idea, we can
   identify our personal values and the values of our business. Not only do these not need to be the exact same values, it is healthy that they are not! For instance, we may have serenity, peace, relaxation or family in our personal values, and these may not be appropriate for our businesses. Alternatively, there may be values that we want only for our business and not necessarily for our personal lives, such as success or “being the best”.
   And for a final thought…do our business values allow the space for others to join, share in our vision, help us grow our business and even allow us more time (down the track) to step back and focus more on our personal lives again?

2. jamie
   Posted January 20, 2009 at 2:44 am | Permalink

   What a fantastic article. I so appreciate your perspective and relate to the content. As a coach and a creative, I find my work to be deeply connected to who I am as a person. As things grow, it helps me see that some of the struggle I’ve been going through is really separation anxiety and completely to be expected. Thank you!

3. Leonie
   Posted January 20, 2009 at 1:02 pm | Permalink

   Thanks Yollana this is really helpful for me, and I’d like to work with the suggestions, Cheers LZ

4. yollana
   Posted January 28, 2009 at 9:04 am | Permalink

   Oh dear… Lost a few comments when my new look website came online… Sorry guys
   @jamie… I’m glad this perspective helped. How wonderful for you and your business to be at the stage of “separation anxiety”… I take it that means it’s growing up!

   @Liz.. Thanks for extending the concept in this way with the thoughts around values… Your comment abou coming back to our personal lives makes me wonder about much we “separate” ourselves from our business… How much do we personally invest… How much do we personally risk… How intimate are we? In a world where we are desperately in need of ethical, helpful, transformational businesses, could too much space mean that you end up feeling personally disconnected from what your does? Could it breed inethical or inequitable actions? Are there some people in the world who actually need to get closer to their business, not further away?

   @Trey and Suzie… I lost your comments after I read and replied to them.. So Sorry!

   @Suzie, I think I said, glad you stopped by and I’d be curious to hear what emerges for you as you think about this stuff.

   @Trey… You said something really interesting. Can’t for the life of me remember. Would you care to post again?