Quotes About Focus

Accept reality, but focus on the solution. Take that issue, take that setback, take that problem, and turn it into something good. Go forward. And, if you are part of a team, that attitude will spread throughout.

The best solution is to use both together: Identify the few critical tasks that contribute most to income and schedule them with very short and clear deadlines.

The reason you're suffering is you're focused on yourself. People tell me, 'I'm not suffering that way. I'm worrying about my kids. My kids are not what they need to be.' No, the reason [these people are] upset is they feel they failed their kids. It's still about them. . . . Suffering comes from three thought patterns: loss, less, never.

y también para saber a dónde se está conectando.

Concéntrate en ser productivo, no en estar ocupado.

Just listening to music for its own sake, not listening to the people around you and not filtered through what you know about the musician's personal life.

The superheroes you have in your mind (idols, icons, elite athletes, billionaires, etc.) are nearly all walking flaws who've maximized one or two strengths. Humans are imperfect creatures. You don't "succeed" because you have no weaknesses; you succeed because you find your unique strengths and focus on developing habits around them. . . .

Excellence is the next five minutes, improvement is the next five minutes, happiness is the next five minutes. This doesn't mean you ignore planning. I encourage you to make huge, ambitious plans. Just remember that the big-beyond-belief things are accomplished when you deconstruct them into the smallest possible pieces and focus on each "moment of impact," one step at a time. I've had a life full of doubts . . . mostly for no good reason.

Because most of us say yes to too much stuff, and then, we let these little, mediocre things fill our lives…. The problem is, when that occasional, 'Oh my God, hell yeah!' thing comes along, you don't have enough time to give it the attention that you should, because you've said yes to too much other little, half-ass stuff, right?

Put a Post-it on your computer screen or set an Outlook reminder to alert you at least three times daily with the question: Are you inventing things to do to avoid the important?

Con cada una de esas tareas plantéate esta pregunta: «Si esto fuera lo único que hiciera en este día, ¿me daría por satisfecho por hoy?».

Adelantar esta tarea ¿convertiría las demás en triviales o más fáciles de despachar después?». Dicho de otra manera: «¿Cuál de estas cosas, en caso de estar hecha, facilitaría las demás o las convertiría en irrelevantes?».

Dedica de dos a tres horas a concentrarte en UNA de esas tareas hoy. Deja de lado el resto de lo urgente, pero menos importante. Mañana seguirá ahí. PARA QUE QUEDE

Amplify Your Strengths Rather Than Fix Your Weaknesses

What is the unique mojo that I bring, and how can I try and amplify that?' Amplify your strengths rather than fix your weaknesses.

Si te distraes o empiezas a posponerlo, no pierdas los nervios ni caigas en la espiral negativa; retoma con docilidad la tarea número UNO.

realidad, basta con una sola regla: el qué haces es más importante que el cómo haces todo lo demás, y hacer algo bien no lo convierte en algo importante.

The Power of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential . . . in Business and in Life, Essential Zen Habits: Mastering the Art of Change, Briefly, and several other books.

To prevent work for work's sake, and to do the minimum necessary for maximum effect ("minimum effective load").

Si sientes continuamente la contraproducente necesidad de tener volumen de trabajo y de hacer muchas cosas, escribe esto en un post-it:

You don't "succeed" because you have no weaknesses; you succeed because you find your unique strengths and focus on developing habits around them.

Estar ocupado es una forma de vagancia: pereza para pensar y acción indiscriminada. Estar ocupado sirve casi siempre para disfrazar el aplazamiento de unas pocas tareas muy importantes pero incómodas.

It is imperative that you learn to ignore or redirect all information and interruptions that are irrelevant, unimportant, or unactionable. Most are all three.

If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.