Despite Alan Quasha’s multiple responsibilities and participation in several philanthropic organizations such as the Brain Trauma Foundation, Mr. Quasha is still able to relax, and apparently little can “ruffle his feathers.”
How does Alan Quasha maintain his poised state of calm equilibrium in the face his many activities and highly intense life-style? According to Mr. Quasha, it is a philosophical approach to life and the aid of meditation that keeps him so “even-keeled.”
Alan Quasha began meditating when he was very young, when, as he puts it, “I juggled a lot of stuff,” which he found “hard.”
”I have found that, for me, meditation is a very good tool to help you be at peace with yourself on a regular basis, and be able to juggle a lot of things without getting too excited or letting the bad or good things that happen every day change the way you feel about yourself or the people around you.”
Alan Quasha takes an extraordinary view towards mistakes. He views mistakes as a part of life, and the best approach to take to your own mistakes and the mistakes of others is to learn as much from them and then move on. It is important to recognize that mistakes are inevitable and, taking the positive view, is an important way to learn. We must learn the lesson, move on, and hopefully not make the same mistakes again.
As far as getting angry or upset is concerned, that is just ridiculous, as Alan Quasha explains:
“I don’t get upset or angry. That’s not to say I don’t sometimes internally get quite upset about specific things that I wish were going differently. But jumping up and down, or letting that impulse get the best of you, seems pretty silly. We’re going to make mistakes, and we’re going to end up doing things we wish we didn’t do, and I’m fairly laid back about it.”