Quotes About Focus

Instead of trying to forcefully take thoughts out of your mind, give your mind something better to play with. Something healthier." "Like what?" Like love, Groceries. Like pure divine love.

You are always digging in the past or poking at the future, but rarely do you rest in this moment.

Most of my writing life consist of nothing more than unglamorous, disciplined labor. I sit at my desk and I work like a farmer, and that's how it gets done.

Instead of trying to forcefully take thoughts out of your mind, give your mind something better to play with. Something healthier.

I do not know of any creative soul who does not dream of calm, cool, grass-growing days in which to work without interruption

Ever try to take a toy away from a toddler? They don't like that, do they? They start kicking and screaming. Best way to take a toy away from a toddler is distract the kid, give him something else to play with. Divert his attention. Instead of trying to forcefully take thoughts out of your mind, give your mind something better to play with. Something healthier." "Like what?" "Like love, Groceries. Like pure divine love.

But other times you might need to say no to an idea because it is truly not the right moment, or because you're already engaged in a different project, or because you're certain that this particular idea has accidentally knocked on the wrong door.

Beauty is not required. Beauty is accuracy's distraction.

Don't fall into a funk about the one that got away. Don't beat yourself up. Don't rage at the gods above. All that is nothing but distraction, and the last thing you need is further distraction. Grieve if you must, but grieve efficiently. Better to just say good-bye to the lost idea with dignity and continue onward. Find something else to work on—anything, immediately—and get at it. Keep busy.

Better to live a life of single-pointed focus, he taught.

Begin anywhere. Preferably right now. And if greatness should ever accidentally stumble upon you, let it catch you hard at work. Hard at work, and sane.

In other words: I can either live a drama or I can invent a drama—but I do not have the capacity to do both at the same time.

You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select what clothes you're gonna wear every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control. Drop everything else but that. Because if you can't learn to master your thinking, you're in deep trouble forever.

Si quieres controlar tu vida, tienes que controlar tu mente. En lugar de intentar controlar todo lo demás, céntrate en eso. Olvídate de todo lo demás. Porque, si no aprendes a dominar tu pensamiento, nunca vas a levantar cabeza».

Give your mind a job to do, or else it will find a job to do, and you might not like the job it invents (eating the couch, digging a hole through the living room floor, biting the mailman, etc.). It has taken me years to learn this, but it does seem to be the case that if I am not actively creating something, then I am probably actively destroying something (myself, a relationship, or my own peace of mind).

you need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select what clothes you're gonna wear every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control. Drop

The human mind, if dutifully trained, should be able to perform anything we ask of it. It is all just a matter of working hard.

She was paying me the compliment of her undivided attention, ...

Sometimes people just need to think about something else.

In my opinion, too much attention to weather makes for instability of character.

First, however you initially grasp the sword, change your grip a little, so that you focus on how you're holding it. Don't take your weapon for granted.

Yet she could imagine him so—intent, focused on his goal, his woman. He'd guard his chosen mate, make her both fear and long for his attention. She shivered. He would be relentless in his pursuit, unmerciful in his victory.

TEMPERANCE STARED

A man who sets a course and proceeds to sail it, no matter the barriers or odds, is very admirable in my opinion.