Quotes about Focus

Only a monomaniac gets anything done.

It is, of course, a trifle, but there is nothing so important as trifles.

Our life experiences area result of where our attention takes us.

You become what you think about all day long.

It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.

Our life is frittered away by detail...Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let our affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand...Simplify, simplify!

The further we go in Christ, the simpler we become, and the clearer our focus that Jesus is all.

This illustrates the principle that vision is the power that sustains. Whatever we keep in front of our eyes is what will determine our outcome!

Walk into a library anywhere in the world and you'll notice the same thing: It's quiet and calm. Everyone knows how to behave in a library. In fact, few things transcend cultures like library behavior. It's a place where people go to read, think, study, focus, and work. And the hushed, respectful environment reflects that. Isn't that what an office should be?

The longer something takes, the less likely it is that you're going to finish it.

Meaningful work, creative work, thoughtful work, important work—this type of effort takes stretches of uninterrupted time to get into the zone. But in the modern office such long stretches just can't be found. Instead, it's just one interruption after another.

An owner unknowingly scattering people's attention is a common cause of the question "Why's everyone working so much but nothing's getting done?