Quotes About Attention

By making people think about jam, Wilson and Schooler turned them into jam idiots.

With classrooms like this one, people will call what is happening a behavioral issue," Hamre said. We were watching one of Stella's kids wiggling and squirming and contorting her face and altogether doing whatever she could to avoid her teacher. "But one of the things we find is that this sort of thing is more often an engagement problem than a behavioral problem. If the teacher is actually doing something interesting, these kids are quite capable of being engaged.

Los niños no ven la tele cuando reciben de ella el estímulo necesario ni apartan la vista cuando sienten que les aburre, sino que la ven cuando pueden comprender y dejan de hacerlo cuando les confunde.

You write one book and you're ready for fame and fortune. I don't know that people are spending the time and attention on learning how to write-which takes years. Everybody sees the success stories.

You don't write for success. That takes part of your attention away from the writing. If you're really doing it, that's all you're doing: writing.

If a man keeps his trap shut, the world will beat a path to his door.

You must be present to win.

You gotta make it a priority to make your priorities a priority.

A lot of people don't do well simply because they major in minor things.

When you go into the world you would not even notice when you become dead

Decided, commit, act, succeed, repeat. The one thing that all the greats have in common is they sweat the small stuff and they pay very close attention to every detail.

You have to master the art of selectivity in everything you do. Otherwise, you could be side-tracked by secondary events and opportunities.

Eliminate distractions and focus on priorities.

You can set your mind to anything, just keep concentrating.

Don't make noise, rather give people good reasons to make noise about you.

Too often the spotlight that highlights our successes burns out quickly, while the spotlight that scrutinizes our failures is a long-life bulb.

Divided attention destroys best intentions. Singular focus is the friend to success.

Rarely has a new player on the game captured so much attention so fast.

Society expresses its sympathy for the geniuses of the past to distract attention from the fact that it has no intention of being sympathetic to the geniuses of the present.

Pay attention, people! There's no excuse for making the same mistakes that others have made. If you do, it's your own fault and you should expect no sympathy, no compassion.

The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult thing; it is almost a miracle; it is a miracle. Nearly all those who think they have the capacity do not possess it.

A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson.

A little neglect may breed great mischief.

It's not information overload. It's filter failure.