Quotes About Focus

What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.

From the time I arrived on the Cape, one of the things I chose explicitly was to put my writing first. Everything else in my life waxed and waned, but writing, I discovered during my restructuring, was my real core. Not any relationship. Not any love. Not any person. I had become more selfish and less accessible. I ceased to be the universal mommy of the tribe. I wanted to see people when I was done with my writing for the day, and not in the middle of my work time.

Walking bores me. I mean, we have to have a goal.

Finally something besides infatuation had focused him. He was no longer merely flowing water.

Daniel felt a controlled importance, a fine passionate honing of his attention and intellect that made him impatient with his whole previous life.

The solitude of writing is a solitude without which writing could not be produced, or would crumble, drained bloodless by the search for something else to write.

Can we cut the Zen crap for a moment?" I ask. "I'm trying to beat this bag to a pulp.

I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.

Du siehst einfach nur nicht richtig, wohin du gehst. Du lässt dich ablenken, und dann stolperst du ueber jedes noch so kleine Hindernis. Du bist weltfremd... So einfach ist das oder so komplexiert. Wie man es nimmt... Konzentriere dich beim Gehen darauf, was du tust.

At the end of the day, my natural habitat is in a car and I am happiest in that environment.

To be honest, everything in my life outside of tennis is great. I'm doing amazing projects that, if I didn't have time off, I wouldn't be able to focus on.

Music is a part of my life all the time - on the plane, before matches, driving out to the court.

But I've learned that living in either the past or the future keeps me up in my head, out of reality, robbing me of the present.

we should look at the things he can do ...not at what he can't do.

Hobbies are apt to run away with us, you know; it doesn't do to be run away with. We must keep the reins.

You've recognised a fundamental feature of an addict's life. Maintaining your habit is so important you've no real interest in anything else.

The CIO of an enterprise that is maintaining competitiveness needs to focus on IT governance.

Most people have a perceptual tripwire which registers the trespass of another's focused interest.

We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right.

We can always choose to perceive things differently. We can focus on what's wrong in our life, or we can focus on what's right.

aquel que tiene algo por qué vivir es capaz de enfrentar todos los cómos».

Only a few things are really important.

Clarity comes from engagement, not thought!

Opportunity cost is no joke. Every choice has a price. Everything you say yes to means you're saying no to something else. Translation? Each time you pick up your brain-draining gadget and say YES to watching another cat video, you're saying NOPE to ever reaching your biggest and most important long-term goals.