Quotes About Focus

Real results come from putting your momentary needs on hold to pursue larger, more important goals.

He wrote a simple question on a piece of paper: WHAT IS THE ONE THING I DO THAT REALLY MATTERS TO THE FIRM?

From the moment he began using the disciplines on his yellow sheet, Rich was continually narrowing the scope of his responsibilities to a core set of activities. One of the areas that he most adamantly insisted on being involved in, and which had a profound connection to each of the four disciplines, was the hiring of new employees.

No amount of intellectual prowess or personal charisma can make up for an inability to identify a few simple things and stick to them over time.

An unrelenting focus on specific objectives and clearly defined outcomes is a requirement for any team that judges itself on performance.

One lives in the very present moment; lives intently. There is no urge to be doing: being is the highest good.

Lord Nelson's maxim 'Never mind manoeuvres: always go straight at 'em.

To kiss and to kill are similar words to eyes that focus with difficulty.

Winning's never about what anyone else does. It's something that happens between you and yourself. You don't look to the left or the right. You just jump in the water and swim with everything you have. You swim for your life, Ma, and when you reach the finish line and look up, whoever you thought you were competing against is gone. Poof.

having too many ideas is not always a good thing.

for a creative person starting out on a career, try not thinking about film or media or whatever. think about money.

We are always waiting for the perfect brief from the perfect client. It almost never happens [...] Whatever is on your desk right now, that's the one. Make it the best you possibly can.

Don't look for the next opportunity. The one you have in hand is the opportunity.

Make it full of energy, not adrenalin; focused on possibility, not profit; generating independent thinking, not obedience; and spawning meaning everywhere because what really matters there is what really matters.

Each arrow you shoot off carries its own target into the decidedly secret tangle

Left, Right. Steady effort. This is familiar. Most accomplishment is like this . . . Not the result of decisive actions, or moments of truth. No, persistence is the source of the best of what we do, of real change. Even, single-minded persistence.

True brawn and power are developed by hard training sessions, not by long training sessions. Quality over quantity is an excellent motto for strength.

I believe in training alone—it develops better focus, reduces distraction and is good for the soul.

Warming up not only reduces the risk of injury, it also prepares the nervous system for action, sends fresh, shock-absorbing synovial fluid around the joints, and focuses the mind for the harder work to come.

I used to try to patch up the whole world. For thirty-six years I worked for different groups, promoting world government, setting up conferences on pacifism, raising money, stuffing envelopes. Not that I've given up the fight. I've just switched battlefields, from the entire planet to this corner of Cleveland. Sometimes I've actually had more effect on the world since I [have].

no art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it.

When you're forced to be simple, you're forced to face the real problem. When you can't deliver ornament, you have to deliver substance

People commonly use the word 'procrastination' to describe what they do on the Internet. It seems to me too mild to describe what's happening as merely not-doing-work. We don't call it procrastination when someone gets drunk instead of working.

no art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it."1