Quotes About Focus

you are so dedicated to goals over which you have control, so oblivious to anything over which you don't have control, and so free of neediness that expectations shouldn't even enter into the equation.

Discipline is difficult. But without discipline, you will never be a great negotiator.

It's too easy to sell or not sell fifty widgets this week, or to sign or fail to sign the contract with your supplier. It's much more difficult to behave and act at all times in a disciplined, systematic way. But this is what you must do in order to achieve what you're capable of.

you're scorekeeping, and scorekeeping means you're thinking about results over which you have no real control.

Winning isn't everything, but the will to prepare to win is everything.

winning is beyond our control, while preparation is 100 percent under our control.

Stop Trying to Control the Outcome Focus on Your Behavior and Actions Instead

Goals you can control, objectives you cannot. By following your behavioral goals, you get to your objectives.

By following your valid goals you obtain your objective. By obtaining your objective you further your mission and purpose. At all times you set goals and objectives that are as valid as the mission and purpose they serve.

You have got to have discipline and focus - on the customer and how you run the business.

I'm so wrapped up in my work that it's often impossible to consider other things in my life. My marriage ended in divorce because of this, my relationship with Holly has suffered by this.

If you aren't in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret.

Creativity dies in an indisciplined environment.

If we desire the "hand of God" (i.e., his power) to return to our churches, we should focus less on the personalities and abilities of people, and more on Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit.

David was far from perfect, but he got the main message—life is about God, not us.

There are so many opportunities in life, that the loss of two or three capabilities is not necessarily debilitating. A handicap can give you the opportunity to focus more on art, writing, or music.

I can airmail the golf ball, but sometimes I don't put the right address on it.

The champion wins first, then walks into the arena. Everybody else walks into the arena and then tries to figure out what to do.

Anger Short-Circuits Learning

The amount of time we give to something indicates it's importance to us.

Put first things first and we get second things thrown in: Put second things first and we lose both first things and second things.

The heart is the place where our life gets its direction.

Dependence on the pastor turns the church inward instead of keeping its focus on reaching out. Everyone knows that the addition of more people threatens this great relationship with the pastor and creates competition between parishioners for the pastor's time.

Respect the past but focus on your new future if you decide to divorce!