You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.
The whole path of mindfulness is this: Whatever you are doing, be aware of it.
Live your life. Do the dishes. Do the laundry. Take your kids to kindergarten. Raise your children and your grandchildren. Take care of the community in which you live. Make all of that your path, and follow your path with heart.
If everything is noted, all your emotional difficulties will disappear. When you feel happy, don't get involved in happiness. When you feel sad, don't get involved with it. Whatever comes, don't worry, just be aware of it.
It is important to distinguish between sense-pleasure and sense-desire. There is nothing wrong with sense-pleasure. Pleasure and pain are part of our human experience. Sense-desire, on the other hand, is the grasping at pleasure or the avoidance of pain. This is what creates suffering-grasping and avoidance.
There is no 'perfect' in music. If I ever came off the stage and felt it could not be better, it would then be time to quit.
Before the castle gate all was as the fox had said: so the son went in and found the chamber where the golden bird hung in a wooden cage, and below
Americans are so dedicated to their jobs.
You know, I always root for the older athlete. I root for the second album. I root for solo careers after the rock star breaks the band apart.