Book excerpt: The world is getting smaller and spinning faster. Bosses, families, and responsibilities constantly demand more. But there's good news: you have a choice in your experience. You can search for-and achieve-fulfillment and peace of mind. The answer is in your mind-set. In Finding Personal Balance, Will Ellis pieces together a brilliant mosaic of leadership lessons, management practices, ancient wisdom, and common sense into "The Choice Cycle." By practicing a few straightforward principles, you'll embrace your freedom to choose your attitude, mind-set, feelings, and thoughts about any situation. By focusing on results, instead of problems, you can change the course of your life. Ellis proffers solutions through stories of others' experiences with life's difficult challenges. He presents a simple process for analyzing yourself and your situations. Whether it's dealing with stress at work, reacting to a hostile driver on your ride home, or coping with an illness or injury, Ellis equips you with tools for change. All of us can be survivors in life and not victims of our circumstances. With lan, Ellis leads you to a new way of thinking. Find your personal balance, and you'll find peace in a world of stress and change.