Quotes About Focus

Always face what you mislike, do battle with it, and get it done: all the more time then for what you prefer, yes?

You will rarely have things go the way you planned. Just remember you're objective and keep on moving in that direction. Make do with what resources you have and deliver the agreed upon result anyway. It will set you apart from most of the rest.

Walking point was adrenaline drippin' from your ears and a butt squeezed so tight you couldn't drive a tenpenny nail up it with a jackhammer. Let me at it!

Simplicity – the art of maximizing the amount of work not done – is essential.

God does not want us distracted. He does not want our loyalties to be divided. Our allegiances are to be His alone. He loves us that intensely.

Dedicating ourselves to Scripture reading, prayer, and fasting enables us to reset our minds, steering us away from the road toward outrage and onto the path of peace.

I'm always thinking music.

The power of this kind of inquiry is that it focuses on the relationship and enables both parties to assess whether their relationship goals are being met.

of something, seduce, or give advice. Your sense of purpose defines your attitude, and knowing why you are in a conversation helps you to clear your head of distractions and irrelevant feelings.

All art involves conscious discipline. If one is going to paint, do sculpture, design a building or write a book, it will involve discipline in time and energy- or there would never be any production at all to be seen, felt or enjoyed by ourselves or others... the balance of the use of time is a constant individual problem for all of us: what to do, what to leave undone. One is always having to neglect one thing in order to give precedence to something else. The question is one of priorities.

The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else.

I soon discovered that they were absorbed in a silly kind of amorous correspondence with the girls of a neighbouring academy, but " what were all such toys to me?

For me a current lover has always been like whatever current book I'm writing - an obsessive project orienting all my thoughts.

The most important thing a writer can do is to keep writing, even when the muse is elusive and the words don't come.

I build a kind of wall between myself and t he model so that I can paint in peace behind it. Otherwise, she might say something that confuses and distracts me.

When I want to write something I just sit down (or stand up) and do it. Scribble, scribble, nothing could be easier. It helps, naturally, to have something to say.

Having essential goals in mind makes daily decisions clearer.

Deep work on simple, basic ideas helps to build true virtuosity—not just in music but in everything.

successful people regularly focus on the core purpose of their profession or life. True experts continually deepen their mastery of the basics. Trumpeting

Not every teacher establishes a classroom environment in which student success directly corresponds to becoming an effective learner and innovator. But regardless of any teacher's skills, students can focus on the goal of developing the lifelong habits that will change them forever.

Sadly, many people spend their entire lives focusing on the wrong questions. They may pursue money, when they really want happiness. They may pursue the respect of people whose favor is really not worthy of being sought. So before you succumb to the temptation to immediately spring to work on the answer, always stop and first ask, "What's the real question here?" Often the question that seems obvious may not be the question that leads to effective action.

An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.

Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple.

Instead of waiting for our attention to be pulled towards something unusual, we can set out frameworks for 'directing' our attention in a conscious manner.