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I Don't Think Focus Is In Itself Ever A Bad Thing. But Focus Of The Wrong Kind, Or Managed Poorly, Can Be.

Companies In The East Put A Lot More Emphasis On Human Relationships, While Those From The West Focus On The Product, The Bottom Line. Westerners Appear To Have More Of A Need For Achievement, While In The East There's More Need For Affiliation.

However, I Began Meditating At About That Time And Have Continued On And Off Over The Years.

For Better Or Worse, Intelligence Can Come To Nothing When Emotions Hold Sway.

All The Classical Meditation Traditions, In One Way Or Another, Stress Nonattachment To The Self As A Goal Of Practice. Oddly, This Dimension Is Largely Ignored In Scientific Research, Which Tends To Focus On Health And Other Such Benefits. I Suppose The Difference Has To Do With The Contrast In Views Of The Self From The Spiritual And Scientific Perspectives. Scientists Value The Self; Spiritual Traditions Have Another Perspective.