“People try to get into your life. They try and keep you off-balance, keep you from making good decisions that will empower you - because if your attention field is sharp - you will see if anyone is in your life for ill reasons.” PeopleIfsTryingReasonDecisionAttentionFieldsBalanceIllEmpoweringGood Decision Author:Frederick Lenz
“In order to effectively interlock with higher spheres of mind and attention, you must have tremendous balance and control. You learn that it is more fun to have control than not to.” MindOrderFunAttentionBuddhismBalanceHigherSpheres Author:Frederick Lenz
“Meditate. Inspire others. Spend time by yourself. Manage your career properly. Work at something constructive, that doesn't injure others, and put your full attention into it.” AttentionCareersInspireBuddhismBalanceManageEnd TimesSpend TimeConstructiveInspire Others Author:Frederick Lenz
“Power plants break up the way you see the world; they can push you into the second attention; yet to continuously take them, weakens the subtle psychical body.” WorldWayBodyAttentionBreakBuddhismBalancePlantSubtlePower Plants Author:Frederick Lenz
“A lot of people trash their subtle physical body with psychedelic drugs. While they do certainly give you experiences in altered levels of attention, you pay a price for it. They definitely screw up the subtle physical. Hatha Yoga can be good for that.” PeopleGivingBodyLevelsPayAttentionBuddhismBalanceDrugYogaBe GoodSubtleScrewsTrashPsychedelicAlteredScrew UpsPhysical BodyPsychedelic DrugsHatha Yoga Author:Frederick Lenz
“You can detach your attention from yourself and go anywhere. You can wander the universe. Big deal!” BigsUniverseDealsAttentionBuddhismBalanceWanderBig Deal Author:Frederick Lenz
“For men, it's absolutely essential to stop believing that they're superior to women because that very belief engenders ego, which sets them off-balance. Therefore, they don't realize that they're being manipulated by the second attention of woman because their ego won't permit them.” MenBelieveBeliefWomenRealizingAttentionBalanceEgoEssentialsEnlightenmentSuperiorsPermit Author:Frederick Lenz
“I guess for me, balance isn't about treating your time like a pie chart and dividing it into equally sized slices for you, the kids, work, and so on. It's about the quality of how you spend your time, not the quantity--are you being present and focused on whatever you're doing while you're doing it? I truly believe that's how you can be the best version of yourself, whether you're in work mode, mom mode, or wife mode. When I know I'm giving my undivided attention in each of these areas, I don't feel so guilty about the time spent away from them.” KnowsGivingFeelsBelieveKidsAttentionQualityWifeMomBalanceAreasFocusedVersionsGuiltyBeing The BestQuantityPieDividingTime SpentUndivided Attention Book:The Honest Life (Enhanced Edition): Living Naturally and True to You Source: The Honest Life (Enhanced Edition): Living Naturally and True to You
“Humor requires perspective. Perspective requires focus. Focus requires balance. Balance requires attention to the present moment. In the 'now' one is freed from labels. Success and failure, good luck and bad—they're all constructs of your mind.” MindMomentsHumorSuccessAttentionFocusFailurePerspectiveBalanceLuckLabelsPresent MomentConstructsGood LuckSuccess And FailureGood Humor Author:Tom Bergeron
“Evidently stockholders have forgotten more than to look at balance sheets. They have forgotten also that they are owners of a business and not merely owners of a quotation on the stock ticker. It is time, and high time, that the millions of American shareholders turned their eyes from the daily market reports long enough to give some attention to the enterprises themselves of which they are the proprietors, and which exist for their benefit and at their pleasure.” GivingLooksLongEnoughEyePleasureAttentionMillionsBalanceBenefitsForgottenEnterpriseReportsOwnersQuotationsSheetsShareholdersBalance Sheets Author:Benjamin Graham
“When you have any kind of success in life, that's like the most dangerous moment that you're in because you're going to tend to think wow, I can just keep repeating what I've done. I'm a great person. People love me. All of the sudden they're giving me all of this attention. You get drunk on it and you lose your sense of balance and your sense of detachment. I know it's happened to me.” PeopleThinkingKnowsGivingKindPersonsI CanDoneMomentsLosesAttentionHappenedDangerousBalanceDrunkWowSuccess In LifeDetachmentGreat Person Author:Robert Greene
“I love what I do for a living, it's the greatest job in the world, but you have to survive an awful lot of attention that you don't truly deserve and you have to live up to your professional responsibilities and I'm always trying to balance that with what is really important.” WorldTryingImportantJobsAttentionResponsibilityBalanceDeserveAwfulAlways Trying Author:Tom Hanks
“We have heard all of our lives how, after the Civil War was over, the South went back to straighten itself out and make a living again. It was for many years a voiceless part of the government. The balance of power moved away from it--to the north and the east. The problems of the north and the east became the big problem of the country and nobody paid much attention to the economic unbalance the South had left as its only choice.” YearsWarCountryProblemBigsGovernmentChoicesLeftAttentionOur LivesHeardEconomicBalanceEconomicsPaidAdversityMovedSouthEastCivil WarReconciliationBig ProblemsVoicelessBalance Of Power Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“I don't profess to know how to balance the positive and the negative media attention. It's a gamble every time you put yourself out there, and, certainly, I'm always readjusting to it.” KnowsAttentionKnow HowMediaBalanceNegativeGamblePutting Yourself Out There Author:Scarlett Johansson
“Without doubt, the foremost band for decades has been the One O'Clock Lab Band at the University of North Texas. Through its many incarnations and under various leaders, they have demonstrated the highest qualities of musicianship imaginable, plus a willingness to balance their big band tradition with creative exploration. Astounding ensemble work, insightful interpretations of the arrangements, imaginative writing, and above all, a loving attention to musicality . . . these people play beautifully.” PeopleWritingHas BeensPlayBigsAttentionQualityLeaderCreativeDoubtBalanceBandHighestTraditionUniversityVariousDecadesClockInterpretationPlusWillingnessExplorationInsightfulTexasArrangementsImaginativeIncarnationLabsEnsembleMusicianshipMusicality Author:Gary Burton