LEARNIG OBJECTIVES: 1. Understand why you need a balance of the 4 spheres in your life.
I realized that the value of scheduling is not in getting a million things done in world record time, but rather trying not to lose myself in the endless pursuit for success.
Just Space by Katerina Lengold
Life is just the time. It's what you do, how do you feel, with whom you spend your hours and days, what interesting things you do. And it's up to you to start doing it now. Don't delay.
Never Ever by Elena Rezanova
According to research, the healthiest, happiest, most joyful people have:
Hello, guys!
My name is Andrei Shcheglov and today we will talk about balance. At first glance, the word itself, and the whole concept of balance, is simple. But at first glance only.
The Happiness Balance Model, which includes the 4 dimensions of quality life, was developed by Nossrat Pezeshkian, a German scientist born in Iran, the founder of Positive Psychotherapy. And in 2009, Professor Pezeshkian was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology.
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First. The life of any of us can be visualized as a balance of four spheres through which we realize ourselves and discover the world. 1. The Sphere of Meanings. It includes our plans for the future, dreams, goals, faith, values, principles, and the meanings of our lives 2. Sphere - business. It's what we do: professional and business activities and our accomplishments, careers, studies, and science occupations. 3. Contacts or social ties. This includes close emotional relationships, family, friends, relatives, and our contact with other people. 4**. Body.** This sphere includes our physical health, our physical activity, how we feel and function, and how we look. Second. Our life is balanced ONLY when we pay approximately equal attention to all four spheres. Otherwise, the sphere to which we pay not enough attention will cause a problem or a crisis, unexpectedly for the person himself.
I can tell you by measuring this model on myself that if what you do every day (sphere-business) matches with what you dream about and aspire (sphere of meanings) and you are supported in doing this by your inner circle-family and friends (sphere of contacts and social ties)-you live a full life as a happy person. And you still have 25 percent more for yourself and your health (the body sphere).
When we look at the importance of balance, what other examples from life can we find?
Let's start with the body-if you don't take time for your body-health, physical exercises, sleep, nutrition-it will soon remind you of itself with illnesses and unexpected seizures. I was twice taken away from the office by ambulance - believe me, I know what I'm talking about. Workaholism is not the best way to spend your time.
By losing your intimate (I'm not talking about social networks, TikTok, FB, and WhatsApp) contacts with family and friends - devoting time only to yourself, your studies, business, sports, and TV shows - you will lose a very important element of your life - your sociality. You can argue that there are people who love socialization and people like the brilliant mathematician George Perelman - who do not. But one or two friends, family members, are the people with whom it is important to keep in touch. Unfortunately, it is often only when we lose this contact that we understand how we needed it and what support and strength it gave us.
If you do not pay attention to your business - study, business, work - sooner or later it will lead to the fact that you will lose your interest in it, you will not be able to progress and on the whole will stop in your development. Your grades, your income - everything will inevitably go down.
The Sphere of Meanings. This is probably the one thing we tend to forget about when we are young. Maybe some lucky people among us know exactly what the purpose or meaning of their life and work lies in. But, unfortunately, this is not so true for all of us. At the beginning of life, we usually rush like a speeding train and don't ask ourselves the questions: "What am I living for?", "What was I born for?", "What good have I done for myself, for others?" We are often so much preoccupied with the phantoms of fame, wealth, the external attributes of success, and first relationships. But sooner or later everyone asks themselves this question. Some of us do it when it's too late, for example, right before we die. There is a very distressing, but perhaps quite eye-opening for us, survey of American clinic patients who had only a few days or hours to live. Almost 86% of them regretted that they had not changed something in their lives, and most of the regrets were related to the meaninglessness of the work they had wasted their lives on, and 90% said they regretted that they had spent little time with their families, relatives and friends. Not making time for the sphere of meaning and not letting yourself follow your dreams can be the biggest mistake of your life. And the sooner you think about it, the better. Even fast trains make stops - so should you and you should ask yourself the right questions.