Quotes About Focus

it was a form of compliment, she felt, since it made her the focus of his attention.

Hacer caso omiso no es lo mismo que ignorar, hay que esforzarse para ello.

Though it's hard to concentrate on the idea of a future. She's too immersed in the present:

In France her tutor had once taught her that to truly fix an image in the mind to fasten it down completely so that it remained forever captive and vivid she should carefully name each aspect of the thing to herself as though she were describing it to a blind person. For ma petite such is the fickleness of the human mind that it soon lets go of whatever it sees if you would keep it you must tack it down with words. She had tried it and found that it worked on flowers rooms faces ceremonies.

Humans do not have enough mental capacity to do all the things that we think we can do. As attentional load increases, attentional capacity gradually diminishes.

Those who consistently attempt multitasking find it harder to ignore irrelevant information and take longer moving between tasks—in other words, for all their frantic activity, they're actually wasting time. And

Each guest had retired, as an animal retires with a bone to the back of its cage, to chew over some single obsession.

She knew what she wanted and went after it by the shortest route...

The most valuable commodity of the 21st century will be undivided attention.

Looking closer can make something beautiful

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.

Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.

Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously.

What the book does as a technology is shield us from distraction.

When you want to do your homework, fill out your tax return, or see all the choices for a trip you want to take, you need a full-size screen.

You can get too bogged down in technology and you can sort of forget what it is you were trying to do. And with the Pet Shop Boys it's primarily about the songs, it's about song writing.

In some cases, inventions prohibit innovation because we're so caught up in playing with the technology, we forget about the fact that it was supposed to be important.

Focus on your music and not technology.

It is a tremendous responsibility for us to have all the eyes focused on what we do and give people exactly what they need when they ask for it.

I'm not an expert when it comes to technology, but what changed things for me was autofocus. I used to have to throw away half my pictures because it was so difficult to get the focus right.

I am positive that in the vast majority of cases we are hammering nails with microscopes.

It's like I'm thirteen again and he's my crush. All I'm aware of in this entire roomful of people is him. Where he is, what he's doing, who he's talking to.

Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with that there is

Every day, set your mind in the right direction. Find something to be grateful for.