Comments on: Balance In ‘Da Bronx [video] http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/balance-in-da-bronx-video/ Entrepreneurship, marketing, personal devlelopment Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:03:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: 7 ways being unbalanced can make your more productive « My reads on life,productivity & happiness http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/balance-in-da-bronx-video/#comment-6788 7 ways being unbalanced can make your more productive « My reads on life,productivity & happiness Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:19:19 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=951#comment-6788 [...] imbalance. We all crave balance, but sometimes it gets in the way of doing things that are important. Sometimes in order to be [...] [...] imbalance. We all crave balance, but sometimes it gets in the way of doing things that are important. Sometimes in order to be [...]

]]> By: Anthony Gianfrancesco - Harlem 6 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/balance-in-da-bronx-video/#comment-6734 Anthony Gianfrancesco - Harlem 6 Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:50:07 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=951#comment-6734 Cool video blog, nice park too. Cool video blog, nice park too.

]]> By: 7 ways being unbalanced can make your more productive « Journal of Eddie G http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/balance-in-da-bronx-video/#comment-6686 7 ways being unbalanced can make your more productive « Journal of Eddie G Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:45:24 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=951#comment-6686 [...] imbalance. We all crave balance, but sometimes it gets in the way of doing things that are important. Sometimes in order to be [...] [...] imbalance. We all crave balance, but sometimes it gets in the way of doing things that are important. Sometimes in order to be [...]

]]> By: 7 Ways Being Unbalanced Can Make You More Productive | TheHappySelf.com http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/balance-in-da-bronx-video/#comment-6627 7 Ways Being Unbalanced Can Make You More Productive | TheHappySelf.com Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:00:22 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=951#comment-6627 [...] imbalance. We all crave balance, but sometimes it gets in the way of doing things that are important. Sometimes in order to be [...] [...] imbalance. We all crave balance, but sometimes it gets in the way of doing things that are important. Sometimes in order to be [...]

]]> By: The Power of being Unbalanced « Matt Hutchins http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/balance-in-da-bronx-video/#comment-6613 The Power of being Unbalanced « Matt Hutchins Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:11:47 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=951#comment-6613 [...] imbalance. We all crave balance, but sometimes it gets in the way of doing things that are important. Sometimes in order to be [...] [...] imbalance. We all crave balance, but sometimes it gets in the way of doing things that are important. Sometimes in order to be [...]

]]> By: Bruce Elkin http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/balance-in-da-bronx-video/#comment-6611 Bruce Elkin Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:07:48 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=951#comment-6611 Hi Jonathan, Very nice video. I think you're talking about "integrating" your life, not balance. Or coherence and harmony, which often come from integrating the various parts of your life and work, with the most important things getting the most time and energy, but, as you say, you also give time and energy to other things. In an integrated life, the smaller, less important things are pursued for thier own sake AND in support of the most important things. It's a hierarchy of value that helps you generate coherence and harmony -- and more power to do what truly matters to you. Cheers! Hi Jonathan,
Very nice video. I think you’re talking about “integrating” your life, not balance. Or coherence and harmony, which often come from integrating the various parts of your life and work, with the most important things getting the most time and energy, but, as you say, you also give time and energy to other things.

In an integrated life, the smaller, less important things are pursued for thier own sake AND in support of the most important things. It’s a hierarchy of value that helps you generate coherence and harmony — and more power to do what truly matters to you.

Cheers!

]]> By: 7 Ways Being Unbalanced Can Make You More Productive | Zen Habits http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/balance-in-da-bronx-video/#comment-6603 7 Ways Being Unbalanced Can Make You More Productive | Zen Habits Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:30:04 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=951#comment-6603 [...] imbalance. We all crave balance, but sometimes it gets in the way of doing things that are important. Sometimes in order to be [...] [...] imbalance. We all crave balance, but sometimes it gets in the way of doing things that are important. Sometimes in order to be [...]

]]> By: Jonathan Mead http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/balance-in-da-bronx-video/#comment-6223 Jonathan Mead Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:55:47 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=951#comment-6223 I think the pendulum is necessary to swing in opposite directions, otherwise there'd be no reference point for what balance is. This is coming from a Libra, scale symbol and all. I must be a guru then, right? Right? Just sayin' I think the pendulum is necessary to swing in opposite directions, otherwise there’d be no reference point for what balance is.

This is coming from a Libra, scale symbol and all. I must be a guru then, right? Right? Just sayin’

]]> By: Duff http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/balance-in-da-bronx-video/#comment-6183 Duff Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:03:57 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=951#comment-6183 Great video post! Yes, I believe it is the Bronx, but I never would have known. :) I felt like I was going on a walk in the woods with you. Very fun. I love that you talked of balance in the context of feedback mechanisms. I've been reading a book on cybernetics (Aesthetics of Change by Brad Keeney) and the concept of feedback is perfect for discussing balance. In cybernetics, the word balance is not used. Instead one talks of stability and change, and what kinds of feedback mechanisms are responsible for stability and change. Oddly enough, stability (as in a thermostat) comes from constantly adjusting, constant change in pursuit of a stable range or goal. Change ironically comes from pursuit of stability, as in when you set a thermostat 10 degrees higher--the furnace turns on, changing the temperature in the room in search of a new level. There are times in our personal development to seek stability by constantly monitoring our set point, and there are times to change the temperature and get "out of balance" for a while until we reach a new set point. Great video post! Yes, I believe it is the Bronx, but I never would have known. :) I felt like I was going on a walk in the woods with you. Very fun.

I love that you talked of balance in the context of feedback mechanisms. I’ve been reading a book on cybernetics (Aesthetics of Change by Brad Keeney) and the concept of feedback is perfect for discussing balance.

In cybernetics, the word balance is not used. Instead one talks of stability and change, and what kinds of feedback mechanisms are responsible for stability and change. Oddly enough, stability (as in a thermostat) comes from constantly adjusting, constant change in pursuit of a stable range or goal. Change ironically comes from pursuit of stability, as in when you set a thermostat 10 degrees higher–the furnace turns on, changing the temperature in the room in search of a new level.

There are times in our personal development to seek stability by constantly monitoring our set point, and there are times to change the temperature and get “out of balance” for a while until we reach a new set point.

]]> By: Bryan Eye http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/balance-in-da-bronx-video/#comment-6181 Bryan Eye Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:41:04 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=951#comment-6181 Jonathan, I think it's cool how you are so connected in the city that you had the transportation dept. cue up that train going by at the right moment for you at that exact spot. ;) Jonathan, I think it’s cool how you are so connected in the city that you had the transportation dept. cue up that train going by at the right moment for you at that exact spot. ;)

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