Quotes About Focus

Bullet points are not the point.

you also need to quit all the Cul-de-Sacs that you're currently idling your way through. You must quit the projects and investments and endeavors that don't offer you the same opportunity. It's difficult, but it's vitally important.

Quitting the projects that don't go anywhere is essential if you want to stick out the right ones. You don't have the time or the passion or the resources to be the best in the world at both. Quitting

A woodpecker can tap twenty times on a thousand trees and get nowhere, but stay busy. Or he can tap twenty-thousand times on one tree and get dinner. Before

Where did your art go while you were tweeting?

In other words, they believe it's wiser to focus more on increasing sales to a smaller percentage of your existing customers than to find new ones.

Quit the wrong stuff. Stick with the right stuff. Have the guts to do one or the other. The

With limited time or opportunity to experiment, we intentionally narrow our choices to those at the top. You're

When you learn to listen to your fear, you've found a compass that can show you what matters.

We made the "doing" easier, which is precisely why we need to outsource that part of our job and focus all our energy onto the hard work of making change happen.

Are you overinvesting (really significantly overinvesting) time and money so that you have a much greater chance of dominating a market? And if you don't have enough time and money, do you have the guts to pick a different, smaller market to conquer? Once you're doing those things, then you get it.

A woodpecker can tap twenty times on a thousand trees and get nowhere, but stay busy. Or he can tap twenty-thousand times on one tree and get dinner. Before you enter a new market, consider what would happen if you managed to get through the Dip and win in the market you're already in.

Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. kathrin jansen

Find a position on the map where you, and you alone, are the perfect answer. Overwhelm this group's wants and dreams and desires with your care, your attention, and your focus. Make change happen. Change that's so profound

understanding our customers' worldview and desires so we can connect with them. It's focused on being missed when you're gone, on bringing more than people expect to those who trust us. It seeks volunteers, not victims.

Simple: If you can't make it through the Dip, don't start. If you can embrace that simple rule, you'll be a lot choosier about which journeys you start.

If It Is Worth Doing, There's Probably a Dip

But wait, that's not enough. Not only do you need to find a Dip that you can conquer but you also need to quit all the Cul-de-Sacs that you're currently idling your way through. You must quit the projects and investments and endeavors that don't offer you the same opportunity. It's difficult, but it's vitally important.

Most of the time, if you fail to become the best in the world, it's either because you planned wrong or because you gave up before you reached your goal.

Practicing how to throw. Getting good at throwing. If you get good enough at throwing, the catching takes care of itself.

The first step is write down the due date. Post it on the wall. It's real. You will ship on this date, done or not.

Pero el reto está en centrarse en el trabajo, no en el miedo que te causa hacerlo.

Sorry that this e-booklet is so short. Actually, if I hadn't spent so much time on it, it would be longer.

Attempt to create only one significant work a year.