Quotes About Focus

be a natural inclination to pay more attention to time than to outcomes, even when this behavior can hurt us. We might, for example,

calls "undue salience" to the sale, just because it's about to end.

I know why most people never get rich. They put the money ahead of the job. If you just think of the job, the money will automatically follow. This never fails.

As our hearts become pure, our vision becomes clearer.

Was mich so unruhig macht, ist die Unfähigkeit, mich zu beschränken oder, wie mein Agent Zohnerer sagen würde, zu konzentrieren.

I lacked the advice and guidance of experienced counsellors and so wasted many years before I realised that one must not pursue several aims at the same time.

The master swordsman isn't interested in killing people. He only wants to perfect his art.

It was something he'd learned in the war: only think about what is directly in front of you. ... plan ahead all the time... but (don't ) feel ahead.

You don't have to chase every bird that you see.

The only thing that separates successful people from the ones who aren't is the willingness to work very, very hard.

Always aim for achievement, and forget about success.

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

It is no use wasting our time,

I stalked around the edge of the wood, crouching low, holding my breath. My attention was microscopically fierce. I'd become a thing of eyes and will alone. Mabel held her wings out from her sides, her head snaking, reptilian, eyes glowing. It felt like I was holding the bastard offspring of a flaming torch and an assault rifle.

Everything was accelerating now towards that crucial point. Point in the sense of time. Point in the sense of aim. Point in the sense of something so sharp it hurts.

that when you wanted to see something very badly,sometimes you had to stay still,stay in the same place, remember how much you wanted to see it,and be patient.If you want to see hawks you have to be patient too.

When something catches your attention just keep your attention on it, stick with it 'til the end, and somewhere along the line there'll be weirdness.

Life', Alice resolutely told her mother in 1866, 'is meant for work, and not for pleasure.

Please don't ask me any questions about the politics of 30 years ago.

5A channel must learn to do only what it is supposed to do. 6The prayer should therefore read: 7If you will tell me what to do, only that I will to do.

4You prepare your mind for it only to the extent of recognizing that you want it above all else. 5It is not necessary that you do more; indeed, it is necessary that you realize that you cannot do more.

Multitasking? I can't even do two things at once. I can't even do one thing at once.

I take a few deep breaths before I begin to speak, and I listen to the sounds in the room—this gets me focused and really present with my audience.

Feeling challenged is an inherent performance steroid—your body releases more adrenaline than noradrenaline, which means the smooth muscle in your blood vessels dilate, as do your your lungs, and now you have more oxygenated blood going to the tissues that need it. Your body has more energy and your brain can think more clearly.