Quotes About Focus

We only see what we aim at. The rest of the world (and that's most of it) is hidden. If we start aiming at something different—something like "I want my life to be better"—our minds will start presenting us with new information, derived from the previously hidden world, to aid us in that pursuit.

the world, as perceived, is maya—appearance or illusion. This means, in part, that people are blinded by their desires (as well as merely incapable of seeing things as they truly are). This is true, in a sense that transcends the metaphorical. Your eyes are tools. They are there to help you get what you want. The price you pay for that utility, that specific, focused direction, is blindness to everything else.

Why remain vague when it makes life stagnant

If you make what you want clear and commit yourself to its pursuit, you may fail. But if you do not make what you want clear, then you will certainly fail.

You must shepherd your limited resources carefully. Seeing is very difficult, so you must choose what to see, and let the rest go.

You are blind, because of what you desire. Perhaps what you really need is right in front of your eyes, but you cannot see it because of what you are currently aiming for.

Ver es algo muy difícil, así que tienes que elegir qué ver y obviar lo demás.

Of course, there must be vision, beyond discipline; beyond dogma. A tool still needs a purpose.

You cannot aim yourself at anything if you are completely undisciplined and untutored. You will not know what to target, and you won't fly straight, even if you somehow get your aim right. And then you will conclude, "There is nothing to aim for." And then you will be lost.

Set aside some time to talk and to think about the illness or other crisis and how it should be managed every day. Do not talk or think about it otherwise. If you do not limit its effect, you will become exhausted,

The parts of your brain that generate anxiety are more interested in the fact that there is a plan than in the details of the plan.

You must decide how much of your time to spend on this, and how much on that. You must decide what to let go, and what to pursue.

You could ask yourself, "Is there anything at all that I might be willing to do about that pile of paper? Would I look, maybe, at one part of it? For twenty minutes?" Maybe the answer will be, "No!" But you might look for ten, or even for five (and if not that, for one). Start there. You will soon find that the entire pile shrinks in significance, merely because you have looked at part of it.

Without action, the best intentions in the world are nothing more than that: intentions.

I want you to back yourself into a corner. Give yourself no choice but to succeed. Let the consequences of failure become so dire and so unthinkable that you'll have no choice but to do whatever it takes to succeed.

Winners use words that say 'must' and 'will'.

but you still need to state them every time you bring up the expenditure of energy.

and stressing your consonants so that your words have intensity to them. It's like you're talking with your fists clenched, and there's an active volcano inside you ready to erupt at any second—but of course it doesn't, because you're an expert who's in total control.

Note to self: It's hard to attain a state of no-mind when you're incredibly pumped up on tea and sugar and have to urinate every three and a half minutes.

I dove on those papers like Sherlock Holmes on a cappuccino binge.

Remember that setbacks are only challenges in disguise. Look at them as lessons . . . don't waste time beating yourself up. Just get back on track and focus on what you want. It's up to you , and you will do it!

Remember that setbacks are only challenges in disguise. Look at them as lessons . . . don't waste time beating yourself up. Just gt back on track and focus on what you want. It's up to you, and you will do it!

Accelerate. Immediate. Be incessant. Be disindividuated.

Que las limitaciones del amor no arrojen un hechizo sobre las serias ambiciones de tu mente»