“In life, satisfaction is experienced when activities are brought to a state of completion. Loss of energy and loss of control are functions of incompletion. The result of completing things releases one's ability to create. Prioritize any items that need to be completed, set a completion date, then do it.” InspirationalNeedsStatesEnergyLossAbilityResultsActivityFunctionSatisfactionReleaseItemsCompletionPrioritizeCompleting Author:William Arthur Ward
“Right now we have obtained a human rebirth and have the opportunity to attain enlightenment through Dharma practice, so if we waste this precious opportunity in meaningless activities there is no greater loss and no greater foolishness.” IfsHumansOpportunityLossPracticeGreaterRight NowActivityWasteEnlightenmentMeaninglessFoolishnessRebirthDharma Book:Modern Buddhism: The Path of Compassion and Wisdom - Volume 1 Sutra Source: Modern Buddhism: The Path of Compassion and Wisdom - Volume 1 Sutra
“There is always hazard in military activity, but we must decide between the positive loss of inactivity and the risk of action.” ActionLossRiskMilitaryActivityHazardsInactivity Author:Robert E. Lee
“The [liberals] consider profits as objectionable. The very existence of profits is in their eyes a proof that wage rates could be raised without harm to anybody. They speak of profit without dealing with loss. Profit and loss are the instruments by means of which the consumers keep a tight rein on all business activities. A profitable enterprise tends to expand; an unprofitable one tends to shrink. The elimination of profit renders production rigid and abolishes the consumer's control.” MeanEyeSpeakLossExistenceActivityInstrumentsRaisedRateProfitProductionsHarmProofConsumersEnterpriseShrinksProfitableAbolishEliminationReinsProfit And Loss Author:Ludwig von Mises
“There is no fullness of joy in the next life without a family unit, including a husband, a wife, and posterity. Further, men are that they might have joy. In the eternal perspective, same-gender activity will only bring sorrow and grief and the loss of eternal opportunities.” MenMightJoyNextOpportunityLossGriefWifePerspectiveSorrowActivityHusbandEternalIncludingGenderUnitsFullnessPosterityNext LifeFamily Unit Author:Dallin H. Oaks
“There are estimates that we daily walked for 10 - 20 kilometers for hundreds of thousands of years. The world's best problem solving machinery grew up under conditions of consistent, strenuous physical activity. It makes sense that when we don't recreate the environments in which the organ was forged, we get a loss of function. And that when we do restore those environments, we get that function back. The effects of aerobic exercise on executive function skills is a powerful empirical example of this idea.” WorldYearsIdeasProblemLossPowerfulEnvironmentConditionsEffectsExampleGrewExerciseActivitySkillsGrew UpFunctionMake SenseConsistentExecutivesOrgansProblem SolvingMachineryForgedPhysical Activity Author:John Medina
“Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional activities as banks try to rebuild their balance sheets.” TryingYearsLossModernBalanceActivityConsequenceAspectInvestmentFinancialScalesTraditionalGamblingMassiveSheetsBankingLendingRetailCasinosBalance SheetsInvestment Banking Author:Vince Cable