Workaholism: Hazards and Benefits

Are you succeeding in business and losing your life?

Are you...

writing a daily blog and creating a following?
responding to all your emails?
creating and joining online and local social networking groups?
offering and attending teleseminars and webinars?
traveling to social business building events?
building your lists and updating your automatic responses?
creating a regularly published newsletter?
submitting articles to magazines, newspapers, and online article sites?
writing and publishing books and eBooks?
mentoring your followers and downlines?
lecturing and offering live seminars?
seeking joint ventures and affiliate marketing opportunities?
staying 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.

Now is the time to take stock and get a handle on your life. The goal of success is to be able to enjoy your success with those who care about you and those you care about and love. If you focus only on your business and ignore your closest personal contacts, your business may flourish but people you care about will feel hurt and neglected.Don't become another statistic of someone who has succeeded in business, but lost their family and friends and life, in the process.

Dr. Erica Goodstone has helped thousands of men, women, couples, and groups to build upon their success and at the same time develop greater awareness of the issues in their relationships and their lives. She has helped men and women, individuals and couples, to overcome and alleviate stressors and discords, and to revitalize their relationships and their own mind-body-spirit connection. Dr. Goodstone can be contacted through her web site at http://www.budurl.com/Wellness and you can take the Create Healing and Love Personal Assessment and get your free report at http://www.budurl.com/Createloveheal