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1 COVER
4 INTRODUCTION: THE MOST IMPORTANT NUMBER MY FAVORITE NUMBER THE VALUES-BASED LEADERSHIP JOURNEY
5 SECTION ONE: DEFINING BALANCE CHAPTER 1: BECOMING SELF-AWARE THE REALITY CHECK EMBRACING SELF-REFLECTION MY SELF-REFLECTION JOURNEY WHAT GOES UP ALWAYS COMES DOWN (AND VICE VERSA) RECALIBRATING YOUR LIFE BALANCE NOTE CHAPTER 2: WHY ARE YOU SURPRISED? BECOMING MORE AWARE THE COST—AND CONSEQUENCE—OF BEING UNAWARE COGNITIVE DISSONANCE WHEN LIFE GETS COMPLICATED SURPRISES WON'T WAIT UNTIL IT'S CONVENIENT NO AGE LIMIT ON SURPRISES NOTES CHAPTER 3: HITTING THE BRICK WALL FOLLOWING OTHERS INTO TROUBLE THE FORK IN THE ROAD THE SELF-DISRUPTED LIFE WHAT WILL THE NEIGHBORS THINK? IT TAKES TIME TO RECOVER NOTE CHAPTER 4: BUILDING NEW HABITS HABITS ARE HARD TO BREAK—AND BUILD SEVEN STEPS TO BUILDING NEW HABITS SELF-REFLECTION FROM START TO FINISH NOTES CHAPTER 5: THE ART OF BEING PLANFUL—AND SPONTANEOUS SPONTANEITY: THE BETTER HALF OF BEING PLANFUL THE PLANFUL CONTINUUM FOCUSING ON WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TRIAGE PRIORITIZATION WHEN PEOPLE MATTER MOST KEEPING LIFE FLUID
6 SECTION TWO: THE BALANCING ACTION PLAN CHAPTER 6: LIFE BALANCE IN REAL TIME KEEPING YOURSELF ON TRACK TAKING A LOOK AT YOURSELF SETTING BOUNDARIES AND SAYING NO WHEN YOUR LIFE PLAN CHANGES THE HORIZONTAL LIFE PLAN BUILDING TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY LIFE BALANCE AND PERSPECTIVE NOTES CHAPTER 7: STRENGTHENING FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COMMUNITY MY FAMILY LIFE A STRONG FAMILY TO SUPPORT BALANCE THE FAMILY CHALLENGE BALANCING THE FAMILY BUCKET KNOWING HOW TO SAY NO THE IMPORTANCE OF FRIENDSHIPS BUILDING YOUR COMMUNITY THE WORKPLACE AS A COMMUNITY CELEBRATING THE BROADER COMMUNITY NOTES CHAPTER 8: HEALTH: THE ALL-PURPOSE BUCKET IN OUR YOUNGER DAYS THE CORPORATE ATHLETE MAKING HEALTH A PRIORITY SLEEP: IT'S NOT OPTIONAL YOUR MENTAL HEALTH CREATING LIFETIME HABITS THE FITNESS PROJECT THE LIFELONG ATHLETE HEALTH AS A TEAM SPORT PURSUING HEALTH HOLISTICALLY THE BUCKET CONNECTION NOTES CHAPTER 9: THE IMPORTANCE OF FUN