Quotes About Concentration

As a matter of fact, with heating, you can coax more than two pounds (5 cups!) of sugar to dissolve in a single cup of water.

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.

He and his young colleague, the Austrian mathematician Kurt Gödel, had an understanding: they knew that either one of them might be so deeply absorbed in thought that any disturbance could prove fatal to whatever work was being done, and if there was no immediate response to an interruption—such as a knock—then it was best to retire quietly until another time.

You may have experienced this phenomenon in the form of test anxiety. The more important you believe the test to be, the more you have riding on the outcome, the more fear you feel. And then you find it difficult to concentrate.

Dialogue concentrates meaning; conversation dilutes it.

When you think about it, going to the movies is bizarre. Hundreds of strangers sit in a blackened room, elbow to elbow, for two or more hours. They don't go to the toilet or get a smoke. Instead, they stare wide-eye at a screen, investing more uninterrupted concentration than they give to work, paying money to suffer emotions they'd do anything to avoid in life.

Stop Managing Your Time. Start Managing Your Focus.

An addiction to distraction is the death of your creative production.

Success cannot be pursued; success ensues. It flows as the unintended byproduct of efforts concentrated in the direction of a worthy cause.

Yogi Raman preached: 'Every second you spend thinking about someone else's dreams, you take time away from your own.

there were four elements of one's character that if cultivated, guaranteed success: The first element was discipline, the second, concentration, the third element was patience and the fourth one, persistence.

An intense concentration only on what matters most is how the pros realize victory. Simplify. Simplify. Simplify.

Less is more, you know? You're attempting too much. Geniuses understand that it's smarter to create one masterwork than one thousand ordinary pieces.

Una cosa importante a tener en cuenta: Hay una gran competitividad en el nivel ordinario, pero no hay casi ninguna en el nivel extraordinario. Nunca antes se ha dado una oportunidad como esta de volveros líderes inigualables, porque muy pocos trabajan por ser los mejores en este momento de tan poca concentración, de mermados valores y de una fe deteriorada en nosotros mismos, pese al poder primitivo que albergamos en nuestro interior.

Cada segundo que inviertes pensando en los sueños de otro, te estás apartando de los tuyos.»

If you lack the mental focus to stay with one activity for any length of time, you will never be able to achieve your goals

An addiction to distraction is the end of your creative production.

people are making more mistakes in their work than ever before because they aren't present to what they're doing. Their precious concentration has been hijacked by a foolish use of technology and their priceless focus has been kidnapped, costing them their chance to create their best work and calibrate their finest lives.

joriki, que significa "mente concentrada".

work on one high-value activity at a time instead of relentlessly multitasking—and do so in a quiet environment.

The moment you concentrate the focus of your mind on a singular purpose, extraordinary gifts will appear within your life.

soy una adicta a la tecnología. No puedo parar de consultarlo todo. Es la primera cosa que hago por la mañana y la última por la noche. Está consumiendo mi concentración.

Person who chases two rabbits catches neither.

Simplify your life. Strip away all that is unimportant – then focus, focus, focus. You'll be surprised how good you will then get at being great.