It's a lesson in how not to devote your life to your work.

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"She will no doubt show today's and tomorrow's young people why sport does matter - and how it can change your life for the better, " she said.

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"Once you spend time with the S 4, I'm confident you'll realize how it makes your life richer, simpler, " Mr. Shin said onstage.

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"There's no question about this book being a Sunday school tract about how to live your life or advice of any kind, " he told the BBC.

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"As you play the game and learn the strategies, it's kind of clicking in your head that this is exactly how it works in real life, " he said.

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And you've probably noticed yourself how much technology affects nearly every facet of your daily life, whether it's checking email on your iPhone, keeping track of your finances on a laptop or streaming your Netflix through a video game console at home.

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Mr. Brannaman's techniques stress kindness (how you treat a horse reflects how you treat your family and other people in your life) combined with firmness. (Like Cesar Millan, TV's "Dog Whisperer, " he teaches humans how to be an animal's parent, not its friend.) Ms. Meehl's own techniques include astute showmanship and, in one instance, a shocking illustration that some horses remain immune to humane ministrations.

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So I was just wondering how exactly do you implement his principles and his values in your day-to-day life, and how do you expect the people in the U.S. to live in those values?

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"I think if you've spent your life focusing on just how the music you make is going to sound and even how it's going to feel, you're going to get thrown when all these other people start adding what it is that they want it to look like and feel like, " he says.

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