I Need Balance in my Life

Overview

Achieving the dream of the 21st century

This book provides a range of down to earth strategies for achieving a work-life balance that often seems so far out of reach for executives both stretched and stressed. It also provides valuable insights for the manager searching for ways to create a thriving but happy business environment.

Although we try many ways to achieve balance, we are in fact trapped by the lives we have worked so hard for and balance seems out of reach and running away from us. Dr Cowley describes how and why we feel as we do, and spells out the steps to create balanced lives.

Content

1. Work – signals of imbalance
2. Family – signals of imbalance
3. Me, myself and I – signals of imbalance
4. Feeling things – signals of imbalance
5. Other signals of imbalance
6. You have to work at it
7. What are the components you want in your life
8. Time versus money
9. When am I going to start enjoying the present
10. My ego, image, reputation – i live for others
11. The meaning of success
12. Tempted to extremes – find new partner, job
13. What do i need in order to feel good?
14. What makes me feel bad? How to change this
15. How much money do I really need?
16. Where is my pressure coming from
17. The emotional drain of fear
18. Is it real or is it my perception?
19. Who is conditioning me?
20. Am I able to make decisions?
21. Do I have knowledge, education, wisdom?
22. What patterns of behaviour am I trapped in
23. Am I getting old? past it? left behind?
24. Who do I trust to tell me the truth?
25. Can I feel better physically?
26. What drives me? When will I be content?

The author

Dr James Cowley is a marketing and consumer behaviour strategist. he was co-founder and Managing Director of New Focus Pty Ltd, the international marketing strategy and research company.