That is a platitude to me when you have no idea what the range values are. We may be in an extreme end but if the dimensions are not defined in a meaningful way, where is the wisdom in this statement?

You might as well say the secret to winning a football game is to score more points than the opposing team.

To tell you the truth I don't really know (and understand) what you are talking about. Myself, I understand balance as not to be phlegmatic and not to exaggerate towards things, life. Hopefully you can understand what I wrote and tried to say (English is my 4th language) better now? Let's take washing hands as an example. Don't wash your hands every 15 minutes just because you touched door handle or shook hand with someone but be sure to wash it when you finish your toilette business...

Your football game example reminds me of :

"If you want to win you must not lose" – Number One (Alan Ford)