“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
“Don’t have work-life balance - at least in the sense of trying to escape from work so you can have a life. Work should be fun - so make work enjoyable and satisfying for everyone - among other reasons because it pays off.” ShouldTryingReasonFunPayBalanceSatisfyingEnjoyableWork Life BalanceLife BalanceWork And Life Balance Author:Don Tapscott
“The work-life balance is a harsh reality for so many women, who are forced every day to make impossible choices. Do they take their kids to the doctor...and risk getting fired? Do they work weekends so they can afford to send their kids to better childcare...even though it means even less time with their families? Do they take another shift at work, so they can pay for piano lessons for their kids...even though it means they have to stop volunteering for the PTA? It just shouldn't be this difficult to raise healthy families.” MeanRealityKidsChoicesDifficultPayImpossibleRiskBalanceHealthyLessonsDoctorsRaisesPianoWeekendHarshVolunteerWork Life BalanceLife BalancePiano LessonChildcareHarsh RealityWork And Life BalanceGetting FiredPtaHealthy Family Author:Michelle Obama
“There's no life-work balance. I think you have to have the discipline to have the life you want to have. And if you are stealing from one part of your life in order to make the other part work, you are going to pay for it.” IfsThinkingWantOrderPayBalanceDisciplineStealingWork Life BalanceWork And Life Balance Author:Seth Godin
“This is the worst time to miss a bill. Pay down any large credit card or other large revolving accounts if you can, because high balances will hurt your credit rating. And avoid opening any other accounts before the loan you're pursuing is closed.” IfsHurtPayWorstMissingBalanceAccountsBillsCreditOpeningCardsLoanRatingCredit CardRevolvingWorst Times Author:Craig Watts
“If you look at the balance sheet, the US is heavily in debt. If you look at the income account - the amount of interest the US pays abroad - it is almost exactly equal to the amount of interest that it receives from abroad. American assets held abroad are earning a higher rate of return than foreign assets held here.” IfsLooksInterestPayReturnAmountBalanceHigherEqualAccountsRateDebtIncomeAssetsEarningSheetsBalance Sheets Author:Milton Friedman
“The art of banking is always to balance the risk of a run with the reward of a profit. The tantalizing factor in the equation is that riskier borrowers pay higher interest rates. Ultimate safety - a strongbox full of currency - would avail the banker nothing. Maximum risk - a portfolio of loans to prospective bankrupts at usurious interest rates - would invite disaster. A good banker safely and profitably treads the middle ground.” ArtRunningInterestPayRiskMiddleBalanceHigherUltimateSafetyRewardsRateProfitDisasterFactorsInvitesCurrencyEquationsBankingLoanMaximumBankersInterest RatePortfoliosMiddle GroundBorrowersTantalizing Author:James Grant
“There is no perfect strategic decision. One always has to pay a price. One always has to balance conflicting objectives, conflicting opinions, and conflicting priorities. The best strategic decision is only an approximation - and a risk.” DecisionPerfectPayOpinionRiskBalancePrioritiesObjectivesStrategicApproximationConflicting Opinions Author:Peter Drucker
“Is there a market for somebody selling a credit card that helps people pay down their balances? I think the question is yes. But it would have to be sold by a bank that's really willing to invest in being a trusted partner with its consumers, because they will make less money on each consumer.” PeopleThinkingHelpingPayWillingBalanceCreditPartnersSellingCardsConsumersTrustedCredit Card Author:Richard Thaler
“If rather than setting the minimum balance as the lowest possible amount, so we keep people in debt for as long as possible, we raise the minimum payment and encourage people to pay off their credit cards, we're going to make less money, but we're going to have costumers that are more solvent.” PeopleIfsLongPayAmountBalanceRaisesCreditDebtSettingCardsSettingsMinimumLowestPaymentCredit Card Author:Richard Thaler
“It's always the balance between the individual's subjective experience and the social structural condition. As individuals we have access to more than we've ever had before. Giving up our data seems a small price to pay, especially if, as you say, we don't feel we have anything to hide.” IfsGivingFeelsSeemsIndividualSocialPayConditionsBalanceGiving UpAccessDataSubjective Author:Astra Taylor
“pay attention to what I eat and to how I balance that with physical and mental exercise. The same way I want to spend time filling my mind with the best information I can acquire from the best sources I can obtain, I also want to consume nourishment from the best sources for my body.” WayWantMindI CanBodyPayAttentionInformationSourceBalanceExercisePay AttentionAcquireEnd TimesFillingSpend TimeNourishment Author:Adam Rodriguez
“Those of us who grew up in the '50s and '60s, we had the dream that this could be turned around, and the earth could be back in balance, and that we could level the playing field with men and women and pay, and you know, minority groups having equal opportunity. We just magically thought this was all going to happen: we were going to have clean food, and organic this, and conscious that, and it just didn't happen.” KnowsMenDreamHappensEarthOpportunityLevelsPayGroupsFieldsGrewBalanceEqualGrew UpConsciousMen And WomenCleanMinoritiesEqual OpportunityPlaying FieldsMinority Groups Author:Bonnie Raitt
“I'll take anyone I can get that will pay money to see me. And if there's more of me in the world, people who think they're good people and comedians who have a good message or whatever, then that's great. If there's some kind of balance there that's good.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldKindI CanPayBalanceMessagesComedianGood People Author:Jen Kirkman
“There's a dilemma over how to balance concrete economic interests with critical opinions on the state of human rights. It's the human rights that suffer, and that's a great price to pay.” HumansStatesSufferingInterestPayOpinionRightsEconomicBalanceHuman RightsCriticalConcreteDilemma Author:Vaclav Havel
“We need to upgrade and modernize America`s infrastructure.Our budget is going to have to figure out how to balance those priorities and pay for it and our big goal is to leverage the private sector dollars as much as possible so that the public taxpayer isn`t paying for all of this.” NeedsBigsAmericaGoalPayFiguresBalanceDollarsPrioritiesBudgetsInfrastructureTaxpayersPrivate Sector Author:Paul Ryan
“I'm continuously playing this game of what's real and what's not real, and having to balance and judge and realize that there are things that carry real weight in the world and actually have power in them. And there are things that are just pointless, and you don't have to pay attention to those things.” WorldRealGamesRealizingPayAttentionJudgingBalanceWeightPay AttentionPointless Author:Amandla Stenberg
“The art feeds my mind and soul and the job pays my bills. Finding the balance can be a challenge, but I am very fortunate for it.” MindArtSoulJobsChallengesPayBalanceFindingsBillsFortunate Author:Guinevere Van Seenus
“We don't invest in financial literacy in a meaningful way. We should be teaching elementary school children how to balance a checkbook, how to do basic accounting, why it's important to pay your bills on time. First, education. Begin the learning process as early as possible, in elementary school. Second, encourage and support entrepreneurism. Third, policy. I know it's a priority of the US Treasury to augment financial inclusion and increase financial literacy.” KnowsWayShouldFirstsChildrenImportantSchoolProcessPaySupportTeachingPolicyBalanceThirdsIncreaseBillsFinancialPrioritiesMeaningfulInclusionLiteracyAccountingLearning ProcessTreasuryElementary SchoolFinancial LiteracyUs Treasury Author:Kabir Sehgal
“Credit card companies are jacking up interest rates, lowering credit limits, and closing accounts - and people who have made timely payments are not exempt. So even if you pay off your balance - and that's tough when interest rates are insanely high - there's a good chance your credit limit will be slashed, and that will hurt your FICO score.” PeopleIfsMadeInterestHurtChancePayCompanyBalanceLimitsToughAccountsRateCreditCardsScoreClosingPaymentCredit CardInterest RateTimelyGood Chance Author:Suze Orman
“I have always advocated doing everything possible to pay off credit card balances; it's good financial management and the ticket to a strong FICO credit score.” StrongPayBalanceManagementFinancialCreditCardsScoreTicketsCredit CardCredit Scores Author:Suze Orman
“I get so frustrated when people tell me it's unrealistic to create an eight-month emergency savings fund, or have money saved for a home down payment, or pay off their $5,000 credit card balance.” PeopleHomePayMonthsBalanceEightCreditSavedCardsSavingFundFrustratedEmergenciesPaymentSavingsCredit Card Author:Suze Orman
“I see around 100 shows a month, going from Niketown-size palaces where you feel like yelling, to storefronts in Bushwick. Each has to pay the bills; keep artists happy; and cope with collectors (oy!), curators (ay-yi-yi), critics (woo-hoo!), and occasionally plumbers. That their fiscal life often hangs in the balance only adds to the energy.” FeelsShowsArtistEnergyPayMonthsBalanceBillsAddCriticsSizePalacesCollectorsYellingPlumberCurator Author:Jerry Saltz
“It's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money - that's all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do. The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot - it can't be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that you will have enough to pay for something better.” IfsWellsLittlesSometimesDoneEnoughMotivationalRunningLawLosesDealsCommonBusinessPayToo MuchRiskBalanceEconomicsAddIncapableLowestSomething BetterMotivational BusinessUnwiseLittle MoneyCommon Law Author:John Ruskin