EAT, EAT, EAT, WORK, WORK, WORK, SLEEP, SLEEP, SLEEP, THEN DIE!

"Eat, eat, eat, work, work, work, sleep, sleep, sleep, than die!" These were the words form my spiritual guru, Lama Thubten Tsering, who was very kind to spend time with us and share his wisdom! We were at a Chinese restaurant and our guru was watching a few businessmen talking about their businesses excitedly and he made these profound comment which made us think there is definitely more to it in life than just living and making money!

Yes, we have to eat, we have to work, we have to sleep and we have to die sooner or later and that realization makes us think further on what is our purpose on earth and what makes a meaningful life?

I've conducted many seminars and I always share the importance of living a balanced life! Many businessmen or businesswomen made this mistake of building their career or wealth at the expense of their health and family life! There was a research done on top executives on what they regret in life and not one regretted having spent too little time at the office, most of them regretted spending too little time with their loved ones!

Here's the checklist on how to live a balanced life. I called it the wheel of life and it consist of eight sectors: Health, Family, Finance, Moral Obligation, Personal Development, Social Contribution, Dreams and Spiritual Achievement. Many people neglect these important areas in their lives.

Lama Tsering always ask this important question: "Are you happy?" and he asked it in a very sincere and fun way! And for his students he always ask us to "Check yourself!" and made it clear that we are responsible for our results by reminding us "You make it!"

These simple but powerful teachings will definitely help you live a better life! The bottom line is "Are you happy?" and if you are not happy, why not? That is when you have to "Check yourself!" You must review your thoughts and actions and find out what did you do right and what did you do wrong? You can only improve your life when you are willing to take responsibility for your results and that is why Lama Tsering tells us "You make it!"

Death is very certain but the time of death is very uncertain! We have experienced or witnessed how many people die it strange ways and unexpectedly and we tend to take our loved ones and friends for granted and expect them to live forever, they don't! Have you ever experienced trying to keep in touch with an old friend and later finding out that he is no longer around - he has left this world for good! Time flies and people die! We must treasure our loved ones, relatives and friends and be kind to them and help them whenever we can because they are not going to be around forever!

Many people are still not clear on what is right and wrong and I learned this from my spiritual teacher, Zopa Rinpoche at the Root Institute in India where he gave a teaching. He shared with us that if it hurt people it is wrong and if it benefit people it is right, it is as simple as that! So what you think, say or act, you got to ask yourself is it going to hurt or help people?

Every cause has an effect and every effect has a cause! When you look deeper into the effects or results of your life, you will realize that we are where we are today it is because of the things we think, do and say!

The state of your health depends on the food you are eating and the amount of exercise you do! The state of your wealth depends on what you think, say and do!

Charlie Tremendous Jones said it very well: "Five years from today the difference in your life will be because of the books you read and the people you meet!" You got to check on the things that go into your mind and the kind of people you are mixing with because they definitely will have a great influence on your beliefs, words and actions! There is a popular saying: Birds of a feather flock together. If you want to be rich, you have to mix with the rich and learn from them.

Zig Ziglar has given a very simple formula for success: "You can have everything you want in life if you just help enough people to get what they want in life." People basically want to be happy, healthy and wealthy! The key words are "Help People" You must constantly think of ways to help people and the more people you help the wealthier you will become! Look at all the rich and successful people and when you study how they became successful, you realized that everyone of them created wealth by providing value in the form of products or services that benefited people!

If you want a better life, remember these short, simple but powerful teachings: Are you happy? Check yourself! You make it!

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Bruce Seah, Asia No.1 Home-Based Business Coach. Bruce loves to help people make money offline and online to achieve their dreams. For Bruce's free ebooks on how to make money offline and online, go to: http://www.BruceSeah.com Feel free to share this article at your website, ezine or email - please include the author's name and website.