The Paul Principle - Are you Ready for Opportunity?

I am a believer in creating the best you possible and that means regularly looking for your life lessons and evolving on purpose. And, most of the time that's what you get here in The Balanced Living Journal. Balanced living means all parts of your life supporting the best you possible.

So, I was tickled when I read Andrea Lee's blog today which is focused on The Paul Principle, meaning: In any given business, the growth of the business will rise or fall to the level of the business owner's personal development.

She shared a great story as an example of how we can have fantastic ideas, help banging at our front door, yet the opportunity passes us by because we have not yet done the work we need to grab opportunity in the moment.

But, I don't think this is just related to business. I think we can apply the Paul Principle to our lives in general. So - I alter this principle a bit to read: In any person's life the feeling of satisfaction and success is directly related to the person's personal developement.

Maybe we can call it the Catherine Principle.

Yes, focus on your business skills, yes, focus on your parenting skills, yes focus on learning new things that make the world better - but please don't forget about honing your greatest tool - you!

What opportunity has passed you by simply because you were not ready? A great relationship, the perfect job, a delicious adventure? Work on you now - don't wait until you have to.

Defintiely read Andrea's blog - not only this post, but others. She's smart, she's funny, and she always has something great to say - whether you're a coach or not.

Andrea makes an offer in her blog to send you the Clean Sweep - a fantastic tool to help you determine what's working great in your life and what you can clean up a bit. I use the Clean Sweep all the time with my clients - get it from Andrea, or get it from me, but get it and take it. It's a great tool to know where you stand in your life.

Send me an email at Catherine@coachbalance.com with Clean Sweep in the subject and I'll be happy to send you a copy.