Quotes about Attention

Little things do matter. Sometimes, little things matter the most. Everybody pays a lot of attention to big things, but nobody seems to understand that big things are almost always made up of little things. When you ignore little things, they often turn into big things that have become a lot harder to handle.

Whatever you focus upon, increases.

See, the 'small stuff' is what makes up the larger picture of our lives. Many people are like you, young man. But their perspective is distorted. They ignore 'small stuff,' claiming to have an eye on the bigger picture, never understanding that the bigger picture is composed of nothing more than-are you ready?- 'small stuff'.

But in the areas that matter most, a burst of energy and activity cannot reverse the consequences that accompany a season of neglect.

What gets our attention determines our direction and, ultimately, our destination. Or if you would prefer the short version: attention determines direction.

Before I draw people's attention to a solution, I want to make sure they are emotionally engaged with the problem. If the text answers a question, I dare not go there until everyone in the audience really wants to know the answer.

As Paul Naeger reminds us in his excellent article Red Flag Decision Making, Emotions serve a purpose, informing us what to do. If our brain comes across something and categorizes it as a "red flag," we will be notified through thoughts and feelings created by emotion. This "red flag" alerts us to pay attention. Our emotions act as a cueing system notifying us to pay attention and take action.

Wherever you are - be all there.

We have to look and ensure that we're paying attention to what we're doing, so that we don't reflexively institute processes and procedures that exclude people without thought.

There's no difference between fame and infamy now. There's a new school of professional famous people that don't do anything. They don't create anything.

We want eyeballs on the screen.

Digital technology has several features that can make it much easier for teachers to pay special attention to all their students.