Are We Well-Balanced or Well Informed…Know The Difference!!!

The concept of being a well-balanced human is appealing, attractive and sounds ideal. In reality is there such a human being? That is poised, know everything and is still normal. My answer is a big NO. Research has shown that we are incapable of being a well-balanced individuals. In our minds, we think we are, atleast most of us. In reality it is not true. We try very hard to be balanced and we fail daily - dismally nogal. Being informed does not equal being well balanced. Being well informed means you read a lot and know about many aspects of current issues and trends. Well-Balanced is having good or equal amounts of all the necessary parts of something. I differentiate the two by, word (well informed) and deed (well balanced). You can be well informed and not be well balanced but you cannot be balanced if you are not well informed. I am using well balanced as a metaphor as I strongly believe we are not but we attempt to.

We have managers and leaders that mentor us on a daily basis. They are not well balanced, they always show bias to a certain extent, either the individual or the aspects of work. Many of us comes from a certain background which normally shapes us. It pioneered us into the world, our basis will tend to refer to our area of interest and expertise. If there is anything we do better all of us, is to compartmentalise. We choose which area we would like to focus on and we do it. As a friend of mine always say a friend to many is a friend to no one. Jack of all trades and master of none. It is unimaginable to have a human being who knows each and every aspect or subject in the same amount of details. Most people that attempt to be well balanced, end up utterly confused. A well balanced individual in reality got to live all the 11 cultures and their beliefs in SA, in the same amount of details. Not thinking about the world over. However, it is easy to read and learn about the same to a larger degree. See!!!

What we actually do in reality is specialise. We specialise in many things and excel in doing it. Those things that you do well without much effort are your strength and should focus on them. Research has shown that most people that are trying to be well balanced, have a weak belief system. Their belief shift as the situation changes. They are vulnerable and do not have strong base - foundation. To a greater degree are shaky. In the extreme practice heathenism. Which one can argue that it is ethnicity as well? The fact is we are not well balanced and we will never be.

Now stop trying to be well balanced and strive to be well informed. Your brain can never be tired from learning from other people and the world we live in. You need to accept yourself and acknowledge that you will never know everything in this world. Then choose your belief system and follow it to the tee and still be well informed. Your base control system will shields and protect you. Having a strong system that you believe in means - it's unshaken, grounded, rooted and established. Lastly one can be well balanced within a certain context. I am also committing the same offence trying to write an all-inclusive post. But I fail…there are things that I missed. That's just shows it is impossible.