This conversion had consequences for Pakistani cricket, which began to focus inwardly.
Sin and Lyubomirsky also examined cross-cultural differences in the effects of PPIs, finding that more individualistic cultures, like in the West, fare better with PPIs, possibly because most PPIs encourage people to focus inwardly on themselves, such as by writing out their own personal goals.
The conclusion reached, the handbook said, was that "the early effect of such an environment is anxiety" and that "the stress becomes unbearable for most subjects," some of whom "lose touch with reality [and] focus inwardly". The payoff of such techniques, the manual said, is that when the interrogator appears, he or she appears as a "reward of lessened anxiety..
Probably because the Valley is far too focused inwardly on its own peers and not enough on the real customer base - the hundreds of millions of people who live outside of the Bay Area and New York Cityy).
President Obama's visit to the Summit of the Americas in Colombia underlines America's failures to confront global and economic challenges as we focus inwardly on our own political squabbles and endure partisan gridlock.
Notwithstanding the fact that we are among the richest nations in the world, some would suggest that our priorities should be focused inwardly, that the problems beyond our borders are best addressed by other countries, or that people in distress in distant lands should somehow resolve their pressing challenges themselves.
As we emerge into our adult selves and figure out who we are and what we can do, we no longer need to focus inwardly (perhaps selfishly...), and can now focus outward on other people and other ideas, applying this caring as a way of connecting to others for a purpose, and as a way to create and derive meaning in our lives.
Programs focused inwardly on current members of the congregation are important, but if these programs vastly outnumber programs focused on the community, you won't be able to draw new people from the community in.
Obsessing and worrying are the antithesis of sex appeal because they cause you to focus inwardly, and to allow other people's judgment of you to have too much power over you.
Our community is comprised of outwardly focused and inwardly motivated students who are actively and intellectually engaged in communities.
