{"id":16025,"date":"2025-02-24T20:42:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T02:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/?p=16025"},"modified":"2026-02-01T15:00:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T21:00:42","slug":"how-boundaries-often-lead-to-the-best-possible-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/how-boundaries-often-lead-to-the-best-possible-life\/","title":{"rendered":"How boundaries often lead to the best possible life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Boundaries can lead one to the greatest success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Boundaries-Moody-Blues-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Boundaries establish great success\" class=\"wp-image-16343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Boundaries-Moody-Blues-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Boundaries-Moody-Blues-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Boundaries-Moody-Blues-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Boundaries-Moody-Blues.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Boundaries set the stage for great success\/Simon Berger on Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After 40 years of studying highly successful people in . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/how-to-channel-purpose-beyond-a-successful-career\/\">art<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/engage-success-with-the-federer-formula\/#more-1659\">sports<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/halloween-advice-from-stephen-king-dont-die-without-4-charms\/\">writing<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/the-must-watch-holiday-movie-of-the-year-get-ready-for-an-inspirational-lift\/\">politics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/how-to-be-successful-with-a-long-and-happy-life\/\">business<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/steve-mcqueens-formula-for-a-happy-life\/\">entertainment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>. . . I believe the most accomplished folks have one thing in common.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They set boundaries by saying &#8220;no&#8221; to most requests on their time because they recognize the relative unimportance of almost everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, the most successful folks in the world save their time for the best choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four come to mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-1-prioritize-time-for-your-biggest-talent\">1. <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Prioritize time for your biggest talent<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What is your biggest talent? Your lead story? What is the thing you are gifted to do above all others?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clarifying your best talent allows you to say \u201cno\u201d to any offer that doesn\u2019t revolve around it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nora Ephron, known for writing the screenplays of movies like <em>Sleepless in Seattle<\/em> and <em>When Harry Met Sally<\/em>, distinguished herself by capturing the gist of a story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cI realized that journalism was not just about regurgitating the facts but about figuring out the point.  It wasn\u2019t enough to know the who, what, when, and where; you had to understand what it meant.  And why it mattered.\u201d <\/strong> Nora Ephron<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you know the point of your life?  The gist of your story?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In every set of abilities, there is an essential talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Corraling time around your best talent leads to the greatest fulfillment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-2-boundaries-are-the-secret\">2. <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Boundaries are the secret<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The secret is eliminating many good things and cleaving to the one great thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boundaries against decisions based on comparison or approval save wasted time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go all in on the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/how-to-channel-purpose-beyond-a-successful-career\/#more-11304\">essential purpose<\/a> of your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cThe crime which bankrupts men and states is that of job-work;-declining from your main design to serve a turn here or there.\u201d <\/strong> Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-3-use-this-parachute\">3. <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Use this parachute<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you sense lousy direction, uncommit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This can be more complicated than committing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the courage to back out saves time, energy, and money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A good example is the world&#8217;s first supersonic jet, the Concorde.  It flew at Mach 2, faster than a speeding bullet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The British and French governments spent over $1 billion to develop and build the aeronautical wonder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, my wife, Judy, flew the Concorde from JFK to London with Vogue Magazine travel editor Richard Alleman in 1985.  She shares the stunning experience in her soon-to-be-released coffee table travel book, <a href=\"https:\/\/papergirlsworld.com\/\"><em>Paper Girl&#8217;s World<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was glamorous, yes. But it was not so alluring for the French and British governments. 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