Quotes About Focus

buying into The ONE Thing becomes difficult because we've unfortunately bought into too many others—and more often than not those "other things" muddle our thinking, misguide our actions, and sidetrack our success.

Leaving some things undone is a necessary tradeoff for extraordinary results.

extraordinary results are directly determined by how narrow you can make your focus.

It's not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, what are we busy about?

The reason we shouldn't pursue balance is that the magic never happens in the middle; magic happens at the extremes.

Where I'd had huge success, I had narrowed my concentration to one thing, and where my success varied, my focus had too.

Knocking out a hundred tasks for whatever the reason is a poor substitute for doing even one task that's meaningful.

There can only be one most important thing. Many things may be important, but only one can be the most important." —Ross Garber

The truth is that things don't matter equally and success is found in doing what matters most.

It is those who concentrate on but one thing at a time who advance in this world." — Og Mandino

Productivity isn't about being a workhorse, keeping busy or burning the midnight oil... . It's more about priorities, planning, and fiercely protecting your time." —Margarita Tartakovsky

Multitasking is merely the opportunity to screw up more than one thing at a time.

We are kept from our goal, not by obstacles but by a clear path to a lesser goal.

purpose-driven priority.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least." —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Purpose is the straightest path to power and the ultimate source of personal strength—strength

Multitasking is a scam.

the key to success isn't in all the things we do but in the handful of things we do well.

be a maker in the morning and a manager in the afternoon.

Every day, without realizing it, we engage in all manner of activities that diminish our willpower. Willpower is depleted when we make decisions to focus our attention, suppress our feelings and impulses, or modify our behavior in pursuit of goals. It's like taking an ice pick and gouging a hole in our gas line. Before long we have willpower leaking everywhere and none left to do our most important work. So like any other limited but vital resource, willpower must be managed.

So the more things you do, the less successful you are at any one of them.

The ability to control oneself to determine one's actions is a pretty powerful idea. Base

Your talent and abilities are limited resources. Your time is finite. If you don't make your life about what you say yes to, then it will almost certainly become what you intended to say no to.

You need to be doing fewer things for effect instead of doing more things with side effects