Quotes About Focus

As Peter Drucker said, "There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all."2

As Peter Drucker said, "There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.

Unfortunately, too many startup business plans look more like they are planning to launch a rocket ship than drive a car.

focus on the boring stuff: how to measure progress, how to set up milestones, and how to prioritize work.

When I worked as a programmer, that meant eight straight hours of programming without interruption. That was a good day. In contrast, if I was interrupted with questions, process, or—heaven forbid—meetings, I felt bad.

That was a good day. In contrast, if I was interrupted with questions, process, or—heaven forbid—meetings, I felt bad. What did I really accomplish that day? Code and product features were tangible to me; I could see them, understand them, and show them off. Learning, by contrast, is frustratingly intangible.

brain is like a shortwave radio, mostly static that occasionally finds the station, but even then the sound isn't always clear.

Anyway, in a world of cheap PCs and fast Internet links, we find pretty consistently that the only really limiting resource is skilled attention.

Investors are still thinking through the consequences of reinventing the software industry as one with an explicit focus on service rather than closed intellectual property, and will be for some time to come.

Don't think about what can happen in a month. Don't think about what can happen in a year. Just focus on the 24 hours in front of you and do what you can to get closer to where you want to be.

It's not easy, but it's simple.

When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you'll be successful

Only when you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, will you be successful.

Be more intentional about the direction we allow our minds to go. Meaning, when you catch yourself thinking negatively, STOP. REDIRECT to something positive.

I when you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe then you will be successful

had less than twenty-four hours to do it. His musings were interrupted

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might . . .

Si je m'intéresse à ce que pensent les cons, je n'aurai plus de temps pour ce que pensent les gens intelligents.

Practicing yoga during the day is a matter of keeping your eyes on the road and one ear turned toward the infinite.

Psychokinesis

It is slothful not to compress your thoughts," he said.

By decluttering our mind we can liberate mental forces that can inflame inspiring sparks of creativity. A singular flash or a particular flair on an unusual day can arouse a flood of stimulating thoughts. When we take ourselves off guard and our mind-set by surprise we can stir an array of inventive ideas. ("A flair of inspiration" )

Keep your eye on the prey

Shut up, I'm thinking! -Jayfeather (Night Whispers)