Dreams and balance
One of the people I enjoyed meeting and talking with when this venture started was Mark Forster. Mark wrote the book ‘Do It Tomorrow’ and delivered a time management workshop on the same subject to WaterAid staff. I have just read his earlier book ‘How to make your Dreams come True’ (in 3D HR Bookstore page 2).
This distinguishes the Push Mode of time management, closed lists and current initiatives to the Pull Mode of doing what you want, when you want to. Push is the language of ought, plans and schedules. Pull introduces the vocabulary of wish, dreams and letting your unconscious mind know when it’s right to do something.
The book is written as a dialogue between the Present Self and the Future Self and is strong on Appreciative Inquiry – recommending a daily “What’s Better?” list. It also links closely with NLP concepts that we each hold the resources to meet our own challenges within us and to regard obstacles and problems as learning points.
For my part, Mark’s book is a challenge to articulate my goals and dreams for 3D HR and to continue the improved work-leisure balance this enterprise has facilitated. {I am currently drafting a resource article on the balancing act of work and non-work and argue strongly against the phrase work-life balance as though work and life are opposites.}
It has also prompted me to install work monitoring software on my computer which enforces micro-pauses when the unconscious mind can grab a few moments for inspiration! Check out Workrave or Workpace.
