Quotes About Focus

If you don't do things with all your might, you may end up being harmed by those things you try halfway.

I've become the most powerful stuff in the universe: love and hope wed to focused will.

I will choose anything over fear. Rage is fuel. Rage is gasoline. And Ryodan wasn't completely right—because rage, wielded as a weapon, with focus, purpose, and skill, is also massively useful energy. Anger can refine, distill, clarify.

Dude, the bush is ready. Why you still beating around it?

he fucks with the single-minded devotion of a dying man hunting God.

You don't see the forest for the trees.

There was nothing out there but him. He'd been looking for a long time.

The world can wait. I can't.

The results of taking on too much is that nothing gets done. Or it doesn't get done well.

significant time and money is wasted when organizations attempt to make improvements without a clearly defined, externally focused improvement strategy that places the customer in the center.

There's a big difference between needing to change a plan because new data or new conditions warrant it and deviating from a plan because an avoidable distraction has taken away the focus of an improvement team

Whereas clarity and ingenuity are required for creating current and future state maps, focus and discipline are essential for successfully executing and sustaining improvement.

stay balanced and beware: don't let the team succumb to analysis paralysis

A common behavior is to feel compelled to start improving the value stream at the micro level and focus on reducing process time. .. redirect the team to help them stay focused on the macro and eliminate the easy-to-see waste within the value stream

I ignored her and continued down the hall. I had only four more hours to perfect the Sausalito. I was worried only about myself. By that stage, I was no longer certain of how the pack felt about anything.

You had to really cultivate an ending. To get it to last, you had to kneel and tend to the burial ground, continuously firming your resolution.

You know you're in a good place when you no longer are interested in looking back. You prefer to enjoy the journey.

With enough coffee anything is possible

Stop worrying about what tomorrow may bring. Focus on what you can control. Stay positive. Enjoy today. Expect good things to come.

Thoughts are like a steering wheel

I can write all the way through the morning, when my mind is clear, and there are no distractions.

I stared back at him, trying to think of a way to explain how I'd eradicated the word "want" from my vocabulary long ago and replaced it with "need." It made life so much easier that way, blowing away all the unnecessary and distracting clutter from a life of purpose, much like I imagined a storm sweeping away anything not strong enough to withstand the struggle.

We've all got limits on our energy, time, and attention. Why not place our focus on the situations and issues where we can move the needle?

The Must list is short because you are going to say "no" to anything that does not check every box on it.