{"id":25898,"date":"2021-03-04T13:36:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T17:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/?p=25898"},"modified":"2021-03-17T09:14:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T13:14:55","slug":"3-ways-to-find-balance-or-parallelism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2021\/03\/3-ways-to-find-balance-or-parallelism\/","title":{"rendered":"3 ways to find balance, or parallelism"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Take a tip from Charles Dickens<\/h3>\n<p>Charles Dickens famously used balance to introduce <em>A Tale of Two Cities<\/em>:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25901\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25901\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25901\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2021\/03\/3-ways-to-find-balance-or-parallelism\/3-ways-to-find-balance-or-parallelism-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-ways-to-find-balance-or-parallelism.png\" data-orig-size=\"312,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"3-ways-to-find-balance-or-parallelism\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It was the best of times; it was the worst of times&lt;\/strong&gt; Repeat and reverse, add &lt;em&gt;and&lt;\/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;so&lt;\/em&gt; and other ways to bring balance to your message. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/scales-stone-isolated-on-white-background-1350393596&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image by Oleksandr Lytvynenko&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-ways-to-find-balance-or-parallelism-300x288.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-ways-to-find-balance-or-parallelism.png\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-ways-to-find-balance-or-parallelism.png\" alt=\"3 ways to find balance, or parallelism\" title=\"3 ways to find balance, or parallelism\" width=\"312\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25901 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-ways-to-find-balance-or-parallelism.png 312w, https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-ways-to-find-balance-or-parallelism-300x288.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 312px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 312\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25901\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2021\/03\/3-ways-to-find-balance-or-parallelism\/3-ways-to-find-balance-or-parallelism-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-ways-to-find-balance-or-parallelism.png\" data-orig-size=\"312,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"3-ways-to-find-balance-or-parallelism\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It was the best of times; it was the worst of times&lt;\/strong&gt; Repeat and reverse, add &lt;em&gt;and&lt;\/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;so&lt;\/em&gt; and other ways to bring balance to your message. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/scales-stone-isolated-on-white-background-1350393596&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image by Oleksandr Lytvynenko&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-ways-to-find-balance-or-parallelism-300x288.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-ways-to-find-balance-or-parallelism.png\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-ways-to-find-balance-or-parallelism.png\" alt=\"3 ways to find balance, or parallelism\" title=\"3 ways to find balance, or parallelism\" width=\"312\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-ways-to-find-balance-or-parallelism.png 312w, https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-ways-to-find-balance-or-parallelism-300x288.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>It was the best of times; it was the worst of times<\/strong> Repeat and reverse, add <em>and<\/em> or <em>so<\/em> and other ways to bring balance to your message. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/scales-stone-isolated-on-white-background-1350393596\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Image by Oleksandr Lytvynenko<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h5 class=\"standalone\">It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,<br \/>\nit was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,<br \/>\nit was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity,<br \/>\nit was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness,<br \/>\nit was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair \u2026<\/h5>\n<p>To create balance, you might steal a tip from Dickens and:<\/p>\n<h3>1. Repeat and reverse.<\/h3>\n<table class=\"pinktable\" style=\"border: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center; border: 0px;\"><strong>Start with your original idea<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center; border: 0px;\"><strong>Repeat and reverse<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center; border: 0px;\">It was the best of times.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center; border: 0px;\">It was the worst of times.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center; border: 0px;\">It was the age of wisdom.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center; border: 0px;\">It was the age of foolishness.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center; border: 0px;\">It was the epoch of belief.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center; border: 0px;\">It was the epoch of incredulity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center; border: 0px;\">It was the season of Light.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center; border: 0px;\">It was the season of Darkness.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center; border: 0px;\">It was the spring of hope.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center; border: 0px;\">It was the winter of despair.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>2. Add <em>don\u2019t<\/em> <em>or<\/em> <em>not<\/em> before the second phrase.<\/h3>\n<table class=\"pinktable\" style=\"border: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center; border: 0px;\"><strong>Start with your original idea<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center; border: 0px;\"><strong>Add \u2018don\u2019t\u2019 or \u2018not\u2019 and repeat<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center; border: 0px;\">If you aren\u2019t willing to own a stock for 10 years \u2026<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center; border: 0px;\">\u2026 don\u2019t even think about owning it for 10 minutes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center; border: 0px;\">We are here to make money with you \u2026<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center; border: 0px;\">\u2026 not off of you.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center; border: 0px;\">I bear a message of challenge \u2026<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center; border: 0px;\">\u2026 not self-congratulation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center; border: 0px;\">I want your attention \u2026<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center; border: 0px;\">\u2026 not your applause.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>3. 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