Quotes About Balance

The Power of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential . . . in Business and in Life, Essential Zen Habits: Mastering the Art of Change, Briefly, and several other books.

Si sientes continuamente la contraproducente necesidad de tener volumen de trabajo y de hacer muchas cosas, escribe esto en un post-it:

The Shortness of Life: Seneca on Busyness and the Art of Living Wide Rather Than Living Long.»

Personally, I now aim for one month of overseas relocation or high-intensity learning (tango, fighting, whatever) for every two months of work projects.

Si lo que tienes es estrés, recurre a Pema.

If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.

Siddhartha: "I can think, I can wait, I can fast.

Being busy is not the same as being productive.

No, no lo estoy". Porque tengo mi tiempo bajo control. Estoy por encima de él. Me da la impresión de que "ocupado" implica "fuera de control". Como: "Oh, Dios mío, estoy tan ocupado. ¡No tengo tiempo para esta mierda!". A mí me suena a que esa persona no gobierna el timón de su vida.»

Too much, too many, and too often of what you want becomes what you don't want. This is true of possessions and even time.

In a world where we emphasize the creation of new products through rapid iteration and experimentation, we often forget to step back and make sure that the future we are racing to is one we truly want to create.

Living Well" (Barron's, March 20, 2006, Suzanne McGee). 4. Goldian VandenBroeck, ed. From Less Is More: An Anthology of Ancient and Modern Voices Raised in Praise of Simplicity (Inner Traditions, 1996).

what a beautiful metaphor this is for not mistaking the husk—the outer accoutrements of productivity like busyness, or a full calendar, or a clever auto-responder—not mistaking those for the kernel, the core and substance of the actual work produced. And he then says, 'Those who work much, do not work hard.' I

Time is light, time is dark. You either dance, or you fall.

ut = -uux - uxxx. Why is it that this equation gives rise to the remarkable stability of the solutions that was observed experimentally by Russell? Intuitively, the reason is that there is a balance between the dispersing effect of the uxxx term and the shock-forming effect of the uux term.

There are people who own cars and are getting free cell phones. A car helps one find a job, too. Where do you draw the line?

The principle is simply this: What you accomplish for God beyond your home will typically never be greater than what you practice with God within your home.

Power is a natural state of being that comes from uniting with the vast flow of nature and operating from an experience of accord with that flow.

many of us presume nature has no value beyond our ability to exploit it.

When I have learnt to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do now.

He had the theological dexterity of a gymnast, but he lived like a relational paraplegic.

Because of the coexistence of sin and grace, we all shift between denying and affirming our humanity.

Apart from sleeping, how do you spend most of your time? Like money, time is a window into your

This passage is not encouraging unwise activity that overloads your schedule with church events and obligations. Nor does it ask you to turn normal relational moments into abnormal witnessing encounters.