Quotes About Focus

Personal mastery is the discipline of continually clarifying and deepening our personal vision, of focusing our energies, of developing patience, and of seeing reality objectively.

To practice Zen means to realize one's existence in the beauty and clarity of this present moment, rather than letting life unravel in useless daydreaming of the past and future. To rest in the present is a state of magical simplicity.

You truly see by not trying to see.

The purpose of meditation practice is not enlightenment; it is to pay attention even at unextraordinary times, to be of present, nothing-but-the-present, to bear this mindfulness of now into each event of ordinary life.

only to be wholly present in this moment, moment after moment

Nen is mindfulness, attention to the present with a quality of vibrant awareness, as if this present moment were one's last.

Our thoughts create our reality -- where we put our focus is the direction we tend to go.

Putuskan apa yang kau inginkan, dan berusahalah untuk menjadikannya kenyataan. Jangan sampai kau lupa hidup karena terlalu sibuk bermimpi

Eliminating politicians' ability to raise money while in session would force them to devote their time exclusively to their job: lawmaking.

All I really wanted to do was solve an immediate problem

A fanatic is one who redoubles his effort when he has forgotten his aim.

By dealing with malignant clutter, you remove hurdles that are keeping you from your best life.

TRUSTING THE MOMENT Most of us spend the bulk of our time caught up in thoughts of the past or the future—which can be dangerous if your job is winning basketball games. Basketball takes place at such a lightning pace that it's easy to make mistakes and get obsessed with what just happened or what might happen next, which distracts you from the only thing that really matters—this very moment.

know that being fixated on winning (or more likely, not losing) is counterproductive, especially when it causes you to lose control of your emotions. What's more, obsessing about winning is a loser's game: The most we can hope for is to create the best possible conditions for success, then let go of the outcome. The ride is a lot more fun that way.

Every now and then, to keep the players focused, he would ask them to nod their heads if they heard the word "defense...

I often reminded the players to focus on the journey rather than the endgame, because if you give the future all your attention, the present will pass you by.

Before each series I spent a lot of time visualizing new ways to neutralize our next opponent's attack.

I had always insisted on structured practices with a clear agenda that the players would receive ahead of time.

What's more, obsessing about winning is a loser's game: The most we can hope for is to create the best possible conditions for success, then let go of the outcome.

To be successful at basketball, as author John McPhee once pointed out, you need to have a finely tuned sense of where you are and what's happening around you at any given moment.

In the strictest form of Zen, monitors roam the meditation hall, striking sleeping or listless meditators with a flat wooden stick, called a keisaku, to get them to pay attention. This is not intended as punishment. In fact, the keisaku is sometimes referred to as a "compassionate stick." The purpose of the blow is to reinvigorate the meditator and make him or her more awake in the moment.

Forget mistakes, forget failures, forget everything, except what you're going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day. WILL DURANT

Practice doesn't make perfect," he used to say. "Perfect practice does.

What I discovered after years of meditation practice is that when you immerse yourself fully in the moment, you start developing a much deeper awareness of what's going on, right here, right now. And that awareness ultimately leads to a greater sense of oneness — the essence of teamwork.