Quotes About Focus

I think the way to stop it is to shrug it off. Or take it with your tongue in your cheek. Sure, that's the system. At any rate, it's the system that works for you. It's the automatic control board that keeps you out there where nothing matters, where it's only you and the keyboard and nothing else. Because it's gotta be that way. You gotta stay clear of anything serious.

My experience has taught me that success comes not to those who swing for the fences every time at bat, but to those who commit themselves to a continuous program of constant improvement, base hit by base hit.

To kill the heart does not mean to let it dry and wither away, but it means that it has become undivided and gathered

To kill the heart does not mean to let it dry and wither away, but it means that it has become undivided and gathered into one.

Most commanders wanted as many good sources of information as possible. MacArthur was focused on limiting and controlling his sources of intelligence.

He understood that the key to success, the secret to it, was the mastery of the grunt work, all the little details.

he was so obsessed by the action in front of him that he had no awareness of the growing reaction to his performance.

You're better off with a kick-ass half than a half-assed whole.

The answer is not more hours, it's less bullshit.

My whole thing was, if I can put in 5 percent of the effort of somebody getting an A, and I can get a C minus, that's amazing," he explains. "It's certainly good enough, right? [Then] I can take the other 95 percent of the time and invest it in something I really care about.

To excel in any walk of life, any stage of life, you need to have the two traits of focus and concentration to compliment

In their vanity men focus on what they wish to hear and miss the hidden meaning, the lurking threat.

subject matter you select must: a) fire your enthusiasm and curiosity for at least the length of time it will take to produce a meaningful body of work; b) lend itself to images, as opposed to words and; c) remain continuously accessible so that you can return time and again to the same topic whenever you wish or have time. I

Don't work for your mind, make your mind work for you.

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master; If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim

Finding a needle in a haystack was not as hard as it sounded, if you had a thread tied to the needle.

A game of chess is not an examination of knowledge; it is a battle of nerves.

It is a basic principle of Third Reich foreign policy only to tackle one thing at a time.

Reducing the quantity of design-in-progress boosts software quality.

When a particular measure is used as an indicator of the performance of a system, people may choose to target that measure, improving its value but at the cost of other aspects of the system.

Focus less on whether or not you win in the end. You still have to be sharp; that's why you prepare well. But once you've prepared, you need to calm down. And you can. You know why? Because it really doesn't matter that much.

Watching foreign affairs is sometimes like watching a magician the eye is drawn to the hand performing the dramatic flourishes, leaving the other hand-the one doing the important job-unnoticed.

Story in a game is like a story in a porn movie. It's expected to be there, but it's not that important" -John Carmack

He began by pushing himself to stay up one hour later every evening and then coming in one hour later the next day. By early 1995, he had arrived at his ideal schedule: coming in to work at around 4:00 p.m. and leaving at 4:00 a.m. He would need all the concentration he could muster for Quake.