Quotes About Focus

longer looking at the

shorthand at seventy words a minute.

to be in the middle distance, and he was not perceptibly

We all have to be knowledgeable about something, and Cheddar is my specialty.

pencil hadn't stopped scribbling

dds are you've picked up this book because you're fed up with your child's distracted behavior. You're tired of the missed homework

Cultivating awareness takes effort. Changing the habits of inattention and distraction we have developed over a lifetime is hard work.

Mindfulness is based in a daily meditation practice

When you meditate consistently and with proper instructions and effort, you are training yourself to overcome the power of old habits. In particular, the habits of inattention, distraction, and absence

One way I like to practice mindfulness is by the simple instruction "relax and stay present.

Changing the habits of inattention and distraction we have developed over a lifetime is hard work.

Silence empowers us. Stilling the chatter and clamor of our minds and our worries about life, we find the focus and clarity needed to end pain, alienation, oppression, and fear" (Feldman 2003, 26).

To practice mindfulness means to pay attention to life with an open heart. Meditation can actually help this way. Meditation is a heart-opening activity!

Don't waste your time on life.

He left in a state of distraction and a winter coat.

Hearing a beautiful music in her head, she hadn't listened to anything anyone else was saying.

La observó con tal concentración que hasta dejó de existir

The essential achievement of the will is to attend to one object and hold it clear and strong before the mind, letting all others-its rivals for attention and subsequent action-fade away like starlight swamped by the radiance of the Sun.

Attending to one sense, such as vision, does not simply kick up the activity in the region of the brain in charge of that sense. It also reduces activity in regions responsible for other senses. If you are really concentrating on the little black lines and curves on this white page, you are less likely to feel someone brush against you, or to hear someone speaking in the background.

Intention governs attention, and attention exerts real, physical effects on the dynamics of the brain.

In other words, what Libet was saying is that you really can't decide or determine what will initially grab your attention—your brain does. However, his research also indicated that once your initial attention is grabbed, you can determine whether you keep your attention focused on that object (and act on it) or veto it based on the principle of Free Won't.

The sun's rays, focused, are much more powerful than they are without focus. The same is true for people seeking power.

My mother's advice was, don't lose time on useless emotions like anger, resentment, remorse, envy. Those, she said, will just sap time; they don't get you where you want to be.

That which went wrong, and that which went right, would have been made easier if I were more focused on my goals.