A good enemy is your strongest ally
A good ally sees your destination, a good enemy gets you there. Your ally walks beside you while your enemy fans the fire so you can’t go back.
Integrating our projects into our daily habits
For years I’ve been trying to figure out how to fit in all the things I want to do into one lifetime. I have so many passions that make my soul sing, and so many dreams that bring me truth, clarity and meaning. But how to pack it all in one lifetime and still feel free, alive, and complete everyday? That was the question that started The Equilibrium Journal. I kept thinking—if only everyone could build their lives the way they envision it, on their own terms…if there was a way we could wake up everyday inspired to keep growing our lives.
This week, I started a new routine.
This week has been a fulfilling one, mainly because I realized something. I realized that my days feel most complete when they reflect all the things that I value. I’m incredibly privileged in this regard, because I’m in a place right now where the projects I work on are a direct reflection of my values and the world I wish to live in. Each project targets a specific change I wish to see in the world.
Now working on every project everyday would be close to impossible, and frankly, I would burn out fairly quickly. So rather than spreading myself thin, I built a daily checklist that aligns with what these projects stand for.
I know so many people who are filled with passion, purpose, and drive, so many people trying to answer the same question of how they can pack all their dreams into one day. Is this you too?
If it is, please don’t settle. The life that you dream of—all it takes is a little work to make it happen.
Sending Equilibrium your way,
Hillary
The Triple Alignment Model
The Triple Alignment Model
Triple Alignment is a state of perfect alignment where all actions, decisions, and environments are directly driving the ultimate vision
The Relationship Triangle
The Relationship Triangle
Ever wonder why sometimes love isn’t enough? The foundation of a healthy, lasting relationship requires a balance of these 3 corners of compatibility. A lack of compatibility in any one of these areas can lead to
Partnership: Compatibility in life mission, vision, and lifestyle
Romance: Emotional, physical, and sexual compatibility
Friendship: Compatibility in values, and communication style
Worth Doing Slowly
“Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.”
— Mae West
The Taste of Flight
“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.”
Leonardo Da Vinci
The Gap Between Thoughts
“When one thought ends, right before the next thought begins, there is a tiny gap called ‘now.’ Over time we learn to expand that gap.”
– Spring Washam
What Your Boss Is Really Looking For
Your boss wants you to be:
- Relentlessly focused on making your numbers and completing projects or initiatives in a timely, responsible fashion.
- Well aware of the particular numbers or initiatives that are of critical importance to him or her. Are you fluent in those numbers?
- On top of the pulse of your organization, and of your customer and client base. You should know where the stress points are and what’s being done about them.
- Clear on where the business is going in the broader sense and in the longer term & why.
- Knowledgeable about your people and their people — their strengths, weaknesses, and potential & how their jobs tied to your organization’s strategy.
- Building a following of competent people who trust you, trust each other, keep you in the loop, and feel as if you are there to help and guide without getting in the way.
- Capable of identifying problems on the horizon, analyzing them, and problem-solving effectively — either alone or in collaboration with colleagues — on a timely basis.
- Able to play well with others consistently. That is, confident enough to say what you think and also confident enough to hear, respect, and possibly integrate others’ views into your own perspective.
Before You Give Up, Read This First.
Remember that the acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razor blades, including the kinds that come in the form of the words you swallow.
Remember that you shed your tired skin every twenty-seven days. You were not made to hold your past within you, you were not made to carry it all on your back. You physically let go of every bad thing that has ever touched you, of every pair of foreign hands that unbuttoned your shirt but never your demons; you let go of every regret, of every insecurity. You are always gifted a clean slate.
Remember that the carbon in your body is the same carbon that courses through this Earth, that makes up mountains. Let this remind you that you can stand alone, you can stand tall, for just like Everest, just like Fuji, you are a force to be reckoned with.
…Bianca Sparacino uses simple scientific facts to power magic
Pay Attention
“Pay attention to what you pay attention to”
Let There Be Spaces
Let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.Love one another but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other’s cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.Give your hearts, but not into each other’s keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together, yet not too near together:
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other’s shadow.Khalil Gibran