Louis Massaro identifies seven life areas that determine your overall wellbeing: relationships, health, personal growth, experiences, business, wealth, and contribution. He had built a decent business and some wealth but was failing in relationships, health, personal growth, and contribution.
When she showed me these categories, I realized relationships. I had nothing. No real solid, steady relationship. My health. I was going out three, four nights a week. Dinners with more food than you could imagine on the table, Drinks all around. Not working out, not exercising. Growth is personal growth. I wasn't doing anything for. I wasn't reading books. I wasn't doing anything. Experiences, fun, free time. I'd hop on a flight to Vegas once in a while for a night or two or go to the Bahamas or do something like that. But not. No real meaningful stuff. My business was good still. About a year before the shit hit the fan. Wealth. I was on track, right? I was doing okay. Had some money put away, contribution. I wasn't doing anything for anybody other than myself. I wasn't donating anybody. I wasn't mentoring anybody. I wasn't volunteering at all. We did some things with the business for, you know, toys for Todd's, things like that, which was great, but no real true contribution.
