Quotes About Balance

I've even been known to go to bed while my guests are still partying.

Things in Excess Become Their Opposite. It is possible to have too much of a good thing. In excess, most endeavors and possessions take on the characteristics of their opposite. Thus: Pacifists become militants. Freedom fighters become tyrants. Blessings become curses. Help becomes hindrance. More becomes less.4 Too much, too many, and too often of what you want becomes what you don't want.

As someone who read exclusively nonfiction for nearly 15 years, I can tell you two things: It's not productive to read two fact-based books at the same time (this is one), and fiction is better than sleeping pills for putting the happenings of the day behind you.

Believe it or not, it is not only possible to accomplish more by doing less, it is mandatory. Enter the world of elimination.

Lifestyle Design is thus not interested in creating an excess of idle time, which is poisonous, but the positive use of free time, defined simply as doing what you want as opposed to what you feel obligated to do.

There is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do. —BILL WATTERSON,

can't give you a surefire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.

When in doubt or overwhelmed, take a break and 80/20 both business and personal activities and relationships.

If [more] information was the answer, then we'd all be billionaires with perfect abs.

Things are never as good or as bad as they seem.

after Ben Franklin's famous quote: "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy,

The perfect day is caffeine for 10 hours, alcohol for 4. It balances everything out perfectly.

Jack used to say it's okay to take a day off from working out. But on that day, you're not allowed to eat.

THE KEY TO having more time is doing less, and there are two paths to getting there, both of which should be used together: (1) Define a to-do list and (2) define a not-to

If you are accustomed to working 50 weeks per year, the tendency, even after creating the mobility to take extended trips, will be to go nuts and see 10 countries in 14 days and end up a wreck. It's like taking a starving dog to an all-you-can-eat buffet. It will eat itself to death.

Para desarrollar tus aptitudes en un principio, aprendes a establecer prioridades; para conservar tus facultades debes defenderte de las prioridades de los demás.

The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure. There will be a wide margin for relaxation to his day. He is only earnest to secure the kernels of time, and does not exaggerate the value of the husk.

First of all, if we're serious all the time, we'll wear out before we get the truly serious stuff done. Second, if this book were all stern looks and no winks, all productivity and no grab-assing, you'd remember very little. I agree with Tony Robbins (page 210) that information without emotion isn't retained.

Going 16 hours without eating generally provides the right balance of autophagy (look it up) and anabolism (muscle building).

Así que me he vuelto, creo, mucho más consciente con los años de la naturaleza problemática de un exceso de competitividad.

Cómo me volvería menos competitivo para poder tener más éxito?"».

Just Because You Exercise Doesn't Mean You Deserve Sugar Water

Because I'm in control of my time. I'm on top of it. 'Busy,' to me, seems to imply 'out of control.' Like, 'Oh my God, I'm so busy. I don't have any time for this shit!' To me, that sounds like a person who's got no control over their life.

The secret to winning any game lies in not trying too hard.