Quotes About Focus

But the mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.

A rifle is elegant. It's an extension of your will. Take aim, squeeze the trigger, make things happen. In the hands of an expert with stillness inside of him, there's nothing more deadly than a good rifle.

Abandon the guilt," Prof said. "Abandon the denial. Steelheart did this to her. He's our goal. That has to be your focus. We don't have time for grief; we only have time for vengeance.

Some people charged toward the goal, running for all they had. Others stumbled. But it wasn't the speed that mattered. It was the direction they were going.

You don't need to use your hand to Push," Gemmel grumbled at him. "Wastes time.

It was too late to change one's aim when the hammer was already falling. But it wasn't too late to straighten his back.

The only 'unseemly' thing is to not channel your intelligence usefully.

give indication that the process is continuing, as humans quickly grow bored without auditory stimulation.

And yet, any who know me will realize that there was no chance I would give up so easily. Once I find something to investigate, I become dogged in my pursuit.

But the mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones." The

A surgeon needs to be calm. Worry just wastes time. It

The key to fighting isn't lack of passion, it's controlled passion. Care about winning. Care about those you defend. You have to care about something.

If you're always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing. Saze

I need you to stick your head in a bucket of water and slowly count to a thousand!

Holding your brain hostage against your own stupidity—that was how to get stuff done.

Stay in your own lane. Comparison kills creativity and joy.

If you have more than three priorities, you have no priorities

Are you engaged? Are you paying attention?

always put off writing by reorganizing my entire house and spending way too much time and money buying office supplies and organizing systems. Every single time.

At some point, if everything on the list is important, then nothing is truly a driver for you.

focus on doing the next right thing.

Bill Gates wrote this in a New York Times op-ed: "Developing a systematic way to help teachers get better is the most powerful idea in education today. The surest way to weaken it is to twist it into a capricious exercise in public shaming. Let's focus on creating a personnel system that truly helps teachers improve.

breath for a count of four—one, two, three, four. The breathing method many therapists and mindfulness practitioners

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