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Long-term motivation for goal pursuit also comes from connecting your goals to internal drivers such as confidence, skill development, and relationship building instead of limiting them to just surface-level accomplishments such as getting ripped abs or losing 20 pounds.

Body by Design Kris Gethin 2011

This is one reason why I find SF so powerful - by wrapping a story in a fictitious setting and time, one can present the structure of an insight without fear of surface-level cultural associations impeding the interpretation of it.

"Dune", Plus Often-Neglected Other Novels by Frank Herbert 2009

So now that you know that meditation requires more than just good intentions and a surface-level interest, grab your mat and cushion and get ready for the ride of your life!

Mark Eckhardt: PBS's 'This Emotional Life': Taming the Bull: Why Meditation Is So Difficult...And So Rewarding Mark Eckhardt 2010

Undoubtedly, many airborne voyagers would forgo trips is they had to use slower, more time-intensive, surface-level travel.

Joseph Nevins: Flying & Activism Joseph Nevins 2010

So now that you know that meditation requires more than just good intentions and a surface-level interest, grab your mat and cushion and get ready for the ride of your life!

Mark Eckhardt: PBS's 'This Emotional Life': Taming the Bull: Why Meditation Is So Difficult...And So Rewarding Mark Eckhardt 2010

So now that you know that meditation requires more than just good intentions and a surface-level interest, grab your mat and cushion and get ready for the ride of your life!

Mark Eckhardt: PBS's 'This Emotional Life': Taming the Bull: Why Meditation Is So Difficult...And So Rewarding Mark Eckhardt 2010

While it has a surface-level 'see how little its changed?' overtone, the picture soberly asks if any of it really matters.

Scott Mendelson: Review: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Is Smart, Suspenseful, Engaging, Terrific Scott Mendelson 2011

"One can make a surface-level argument that the underlying technology platform could be considered a kind of 'critical infrastructure,' " said Mario Mancuso , a former U.S. undersecretary of commerce who now is a partner at law firm Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP.

Regulators Line Up to Vet Potential Deal Thomas Catan 2011

However, going beyond a surface-level reading one finds a number of eerie similarities between Afghanistan and Vietnam in terms of military, political and strategic blunders committed by the U.S.

Michael Hughes: Obama's Vietnam Michael Hughes 2011

Undoubtedly, many airborne voyagers would forgo trips is they had to use slower, more time-intensive, surface-level travel.

Joseph Nevins: Flying & Activism Joseph Nevins 2010