Are you succeeding in your online business and losing your life?

Are you succeeding in your online business and losing your life?

Are you…
• writing a daily blog and creating a following?
• responding to all your emails?
• creating and joining online groups?
• offering and attending teleseminars and webinars?
• travelling to social business building events?
• building your lists and updating your automatic responses?
• creating a regularly published newsletter?
• submitting articles to online article sites?
• writing and publishing books and ebooks?
• mentoring your followers and downlines?
• offering live seminars?
• seeking joint ventures and affiliate marketing opportunities?
• stayng up late and waking up early to get all your tasks done?
• writing lists and crossing off items as you complete them?
• thinking and talking about your business all the time?

If you have answered “Yes” to several of these questions, you are on your way to becoming a social business network workaholic. Hopefully, with all that time and attention and hard work, your business is now booming. But what is happening to the rest of your life?

If you are married or living with a significant other, have you ignored your partner’s requests for attention, affection and quality time together? If you have children too, have they been clinging to you or avoiding you when you tell them not to disturb you while you work a little bit more?

If you are single, have you dated anyone lately or have you just put your entire social life on hold? Do you cut your phone conversations short and only arrange for brief social contacts before getting back to your computer? And, to me one of the worst offenses, do you find yourself talking on your cell phone, texting or reading your emails – while you are sitting in a restaurant or at a social event with a date or your current life partner?

In this 21st century, and now even more so during this economic downturn, many of us are spending more time focused on business and less time smelling the roses, enjoying companionship, or relaxing with our loved ones. And this is taking a toll on our relationships. If you have been expecting your partner to be supportive, to understand what you are attempting to accomplish, and to be there when you feel you have reached your goals, think again. Workaholism and lack of nurturing in a relationship will almost inevitably lead to relationship disaster.

Yes, of course, for a certain period of time at the early stages of building a business, you may have to spend a great deal of your time and energy focused solely on the details of your business. However, as soon as you get a slight breather, as soon as you have a spare moment, put your focus and attention back onto those you love, those with whom you hope to share you business success.

Don’t become another statistic of someone who has succeeded in business, but lost their family and friends and life, in the process.

For a personal consultation, contact DrErica at http://www.budurl.com/Wellness or at http://www.budurl.com/Reawakening. Right now, you can discover how well you are balancing the many aspecrs of your own life. Take the Create Healing and Love Now Personal Assessment and receive your customized free report at http://www.budurl.com/Createloveheal. Keep your eyes open for the Create Healing and Love Now Seminars, coming to South Florida in July 2009, to personally assist you to balance all the areas of your life as you heal and create more love.

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Comment by Philip Schulthies on July 1, 2009 at 7:23am: Very good point! With the ever changing world as we have it today, it is very easy to neglect certain aspects of our lives. Perhaps we should step back and smell the roses a little more. Phil Schulthies

Comment by Nancy Beahm on July 1, 2009 at 6:37am: Good blog and always great to remind people of perspective and balance. Everything in life is about balance and moderation.

Comment by Mary McLemore on July 1, 2009 at 4:43am: Actually, neither of these scenarios apply to me. I don't have a social life and have not dated since breaking up with my last "boyfriend" over 5 years ago. At the same time, I have not put loads of time into starting up my business, either. I am disabled, live in pain every day, and this affects my level of energy and my desire to accomplish much. I'm working on both of these, but it is a long haul. If I had to choose one of the scenarios in the question? I would choose family over being a workaholic. I don't want to be rich. I just want to be comfortable. Right now, I am neither. But, as I said, I'm still plugging along!

Comment by w15n03 on July 1, 2009 at 4:00am: Very good blog, thanks.

Comment by John Madafferi on July 1, 2009 at 2:24am: I agee, with most of the comments made by all of the contributors and with the good advise from Dr Erica Goodstone.
I also love my work, but I also love my wife, my children, my friends, in fact I love my life.
I have a good balance of work, play, and fun! It sort of just developed, after many years of chasing my fortune, I came to the realization, that it was not coming, and that it was not worth the effort in trying to make it come my way, without it effecting my lifestyle which I had build up over the last 15 years or so, and so now I make sure my lifestyle comes first, family and friends, and then my business is now listed at around 3-5 position.

Love, understanding, patience is what we all need more of, so work on those!! for a happier lifestyle, which in turn, makes you a happier individual, and a nicer person to associate with the rest of the world.

John Madafferi

Comment by adnan ghalib on July 1, 2009 at 2:15am: Thank you Dr. Erica for the enjoyable article. I seem to be trying to build my business all my life but unfortunately not getting anywhere. I welcome advice from all the esteemed members of this site on how to achieve success.Also I must say, I find some of the comments here very informative on how the other are doing it. Thank you.
All the best to you.

Adnan Ghalib
alghalib_co@yahoo.com

Comment by Jheney L Puia on June 30, 2009 at 11:28pm: I do believe success does not come by one night , it take time to get real strong foundation. !!
Jheney

Comment by Dr. Erica Goodstone on June 30, 2009 at 11:06pm: I still believe that following my bliss will lead to prosperity. But sometimes there is a time delay - much longer than anticipated.

Comment by Susanna Jade Angolani on June 30, 2009 at 10:47pm: Balancing "work" with our daily lives is certainly the 50 million dollar effort. The way I balance these details is to love what I do, whether it be writing on my blogs, networking, twittering, facebooking, sharing videos, creating videos, designing and augmenting my websites, or contributing on the many social networking sites to which I belong. I live inside my machine, kind of like Alice in Wonderland. This is a fabulous, magical world where anything is possible, but one must be mindful and discerning. Money can be made, money can be lost. Money cannot be eaten. I follow my bliss, and the money comes.

Prosperous Regards,
Susanna

Comment by Linda Tygenhof on June 30, 2009 at 10:01pm: I have managed to put my priorities in proper perspective: God, Family, then career. God provides me with the time needed to devote to my family, then my business. I work hard and know that my efforts will be rewarded. After all, I am involved in my businesses because of my devotion to my family. God makes it possible for me to love them and help them through their trials and tribulations.

Blessings
Linda