Balance & Lifestyle are the golden key to successes

Tony Kereluke • September 29, 2016

Take advantage of your Canadian lifestyle back yard

We often hear the phrase, "balance in lifestyle" however for many, this does not translate into reality. Balance in lifestyle is the single most important aspect of my life and has been since I started my own business.

In fact, lifestyle and balance is more important to me than simply making money!

When I started my first business in Calgary, Alberta which was a restaurant & hospitality consulting company in 2005. The main focus of this start up was to strip myself away from the corporate world and to establish a flexible balanced lifestyle. Monetary gain was not the primary focus of this start up. Yes, I agree that money is important but often times is not the single most important focus. When one center's their focus exclusively on simply following money it often times takes away from what the primary goal should be which is wealth & lifestyle creation. Often times leading you down the wrong path. Your energy and time should be spent on how to create success and how to build your business to higher levels. I found that by focusing on this actually resulted in greater revenue generation and better results acquiring new customers and clients.

At the end of the day, try and build a lifestyle for yourself where you can think clearly and think about creating & building something special. Creativity comes right out of you once you are balanced and properly aligned.

Tony Kereluke
CEO & Founder
Top Shelf Franchising Corp

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