Comments on: Do we really want balance in life?

By: Hobosic

Hobosic — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:07:37 +0000

Hi, Super post, Need to mark it on Digg
Hobosic

By: Curtis Provost

Curtis Provost — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:07:02 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. I had the exact same thought when I read the article, and was going to reply when I read your post. Anything I would say would be redundant.

By: Lisa Austin

Lisa Austin — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:05:04 +0000

Thanks for your response Art! Anything goes in comments as far as I’m concerned. Interesting your view of balance in life. maybe a another word could have been status quo…

By: Tom Pierce

Tom Pierce — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:02:16 +0000

Great post, Lisa. I’ve been realizing that one of the things I enjoy most about being a consultant is the imbalance that it creates in my work life. It took me almost a decade to realize it, stop fighting it, and go with it. In the past year or so I’ve had similar feelings of empowerment and energy.

By: Art Schlussel

Art Schlussel — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:00:51 +0000

I understand the point you are making in the article, and generally agree with the premise that people and organizations need to continuously be challenged, stretched, and even surprised in order to learn and grow. What I don’t get is the title. I think it is a stretch linking wanting balance in life with the non-equilibrium discussion. In my opinion balance in life is not the same as equilibrium in life. Balance for me is not being equal at all, rather it is having multiple interests in both work, play, and home life so that I am not concentrating all efforts in one segment of life. In my world balance and maintaining a state of non-equilibrium coexist quite well together. Perhaps it was just a play on words and I’m reading too much into it. Good article though, it got me thinking and worked up enough to comment. Kind of got me off balance and upset my equilibrium.