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When balancing work and life as a see-saw, it is a management problem, tiring, and a constant tradeoff. Most outcomes of reaching new heights are at the sacrifice of one for the other. Work-life harmony is about thriving and flourishing through enjoying the process. It integrates what attracts energy and enjoyment with a back swing of doing what needs to be done.
This is more important than work-life balance [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
Aligning what is wanted and what is worth congratulating for is the first step for seeking eudaimonia. Actively pursue this alignment enough and one starts thriving. Ultimately, the reason to design for harmony is to thrive and flourish.
This is more important than work-life balance [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
This creates alignment between inner desire and a potential future state that is truly yours
This is more important than work-life balance [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
with those two lists, figure out where you can start acting. What can you stop doing that does not help bring more of those things into your life, and where can you start doing more in areas that will be helpful?
This is more important than work-life balance [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
What would you congratulate someone on? Make a list of the top 10 things you give a shoutout or celebrate someone else for. Life milestones, achievements, personal updates, or something on the daily.
This is more important than work-life balance [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
What do you want? Make a list of the 10 things that you want your life to have in it.
This is more important than work-life balance [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
One key difference between the sense of happiness and the state of eudaimonia is in its active pursuit. Aristotle mentions it needs to be in doing things. Seek activity. It is neither passive nor an abstract emoji but in the doing.
This is more important than work-life balance [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
Usually, when in good spirits, someone either moving towards what they want and it feels good or they are giving a shoutout to someone else because they are excited for that person.
This is more important than work-life balance [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
While contemporary happiness is associated with a fleeting feeling of [insert your subjective word — contentment, satisfaction, fulfillment, excitement — tor emoji — 😀🥧😆🌞 — of choice here] , eudaimonia is a state of wellbeing. To understand how eudaimonia is a state, let’s break it down into its two core parts eu = good daimonia = spirit (no, not the woo woo Spirit, just inner well being)
This is more important than work-life balance [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
It also doesn’t matter what pulls you forward at any moment because there is a feedback loop you can lean into the other. Work and life or life and work become more integrated in the swing forward into growth.
This is more important than work-life balance [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
For work life harmony, this means understanding what are personal attractors and detractors for energy. Attractors are the things you want to do. They bring enjoyment, excitement, and delight. It’s an effortless pull forward because there’s a swinging force to lean into. They give energy as they are the kinds of things you want to kick towards. Detractors are things you don’t want to do, but need to do. They can either be investments for your future self or things that are responsibilities best left tended. Ultimately, it feels like a push to get them done. In knowing what attracts and helps b…
This is more important than work-life balance [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
The difference between the battle of work-life balance v. the integration of work-life harmony is in looking at the conservation of energy. Jeremy has one effort that he uses to push himself forward into more momentum. He wants to do that because it helps him build height. It’s exciting to kick legs forward. Then, he sits back and enjoys the ride to prep for the forward swing again. He wants to kick up. He wants to invest energy in swinging forward so that he can go higher. The end goal is to maximize the arc of his swing set.
This is more important than work-life balance [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
Rather than work-life balance as a see-saw, a constant give and take, think about work-life harmony, as a swing set with an integrated back and forth. A movement in which small investments in one direction feed into a swing back to the other.
This is more important than work-life balance [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
If everything is a task to manage then everything is a task to balance. If everything is seen as something that is taking from another, then what is giving to the system? There must be a better way to play in the playground of life.
This is more important than work-life balance [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
We all know the people that begin to take this game to the extreme. They begin performing acrobatic stunts in work, which then spin into supportive and outwardly impressive things in life.
This is more important than work-life balance [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
If life was a playground, then figuring out work-life balance would be like being on a perpetual see-saw. In areas where work goes up, life goes down. Where life goes up, work goes down. We have limited time, attention, energy, and resources. Saying yes to one thing creates an automated response of no to the other.
This is more important than work-life balance [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
“Make each day your masterpiece.” “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.”
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
24. Patience Wait and calmly persevere. Not all change is progress. Anticipation in moderation.
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
23. Integrity Purity of intention. Concern for the betterment of others as an end in itself
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
21. Honesty Doing the things we know are right and resisting the pull to do what is wrong. Being tempted is not a problem, acting on temptation is.
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
20. Sincerity Say what is meant and do what is said. The root of abundance in relationships is sincerity. The base of being a good coach is sincerity. “ Sincerity may not make a friend, but it will keep one.”
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
19. Fight Determined effort to do the best possible
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
18. Resourcefulness Solving problems and overcoming challenges by dreaming up what is possible, taking initiative to make it happen, and analyzing to pivot or adjust.
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
17. Adaptability The ability to adjust to any situation at any given time. Change is a part of life, and the ability to grow and learn from it is better way to play than be crushed by it.
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
Guardrails: Selfish and ego based ambition lead to unsatisfying pursuits: status, fame, fortune, power or prestige. Noble pursuits are ones that elevate others and acknowledge the bigger picture.
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
16. Ambition Have the desire to achieve a goal. Do not set serious goals unless there is serious intention to do so. That serious intention is how coach defined ambition.
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
15. Competitive greatness Be at the best when the best is needed. Enjoy the challenge. Make others better. Along the way maintain peace of mind.
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
14. Confidence Respect without fear. Built on being prepared and having proper perspective.
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
13. Poise Celebrating the authentic self and never fighting it enables ease in any situation. Required: self control and confidence.
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
Poise and confidence are the compound results of aggregating others, and competitive greatness means little without the base.
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
11. Skill Knowledge of and ability to execute the fundamentals. Be prepared and have an attention to detail.
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
10. Condition Exercise and rest the mind, moral character, and physical body. Alongside training, sleep and nutrition are important. Seek moderation and avoid exertion.
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
9. Set intentions Focus on goals. Resist distractions. Be determined and persistent. When reaching previous goals, raise the bar and expand what’s possible.
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
“ The team that makes the most mistakes will probably outscore the other.”
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
8. Initiative Cultivate the ability to make decisions and think alone. Have the courage to take action. Move forward and learn from failure.
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
7. Alertness Always be observing. Stay open minded. Be eager, not just willing, to learn and improve. Ask why.
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
6. Self control Self control is the ability to have discipline to keep emotions under control. When emotions take over, mistakes are made. Judgement and common sense are impaired resulting in lower competency and consistency.
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
Level up the individual (6–12)
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
5. Cooperation Two together can do more than one alone. Work towards the benefit of all not at the self sacrifice of some. Listen if you want to be heard. Be interested in finding the best way, not in having one’s own way. Stay curious.
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
The highest form of flattery is imitation, but that is a low form of loyalty. Emulating what someone looks like is an attachment to an identity without necessary follow through.
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
Coaching story: When Coach first arrived to UCLA he was tempted to leave. It felt like a step down from Indiana. But as he signed a three year contract, he committed to stay.
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
4. Loyalty Be dependable. Follow through. Resist temptation to sway.
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
3. Friendship Mutual esteem + respect + devotion. A joint effort to maintain a two way investment in support. Good friends help each other. Bad friends use each other. One of the best benefits of friends is the accountability. Having others who can ask the hard questions and hold up a mirror for the answers and behavior.
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
2. Enthusiasm Infectious energy comes from true enjoyment. Without enjoying the process, there is neither fuel for hard work nor a reason to push harder. High fives are a hack for spreading enthusiasm in teams.
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
1. Industriousness = hard work + careful planning
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
This article will cover the structure he used to be one of the winningest coaches in college basketball history. He called it the pyramid and there are three main parts: Building blocks for realizing potential Peak performance to stay on top Mortar to hold it all together
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
The first few seasons he would benchmark his team’s performance to what showed up on the court from the other team.
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
He removed goal setting and achievement from his personal definition of success. He knew it was one part of it, but if the results were the only deciding factor, there would be both personal torment for losing as well as myopic view of development.
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
“Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.” — John Wooden
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]
Developing good humans was more important to him than building athletic superstars. His real sport was realizing human potential.
25 Principles for a Good Life from Coach Wooden [Michael Raspuzzi, Medium]