Quotes about Focus
Before you get out of bed every morning, say 'do it now' fifty times. At the end of the day before you go to sleep, the last thing you should do is say 'do it now' fifty times.
— John Maxwell
Vision: How does this problem affect where we're trying to go? [Your Response Here] Priorities: Are my problems taking me or the team away from our priorities? [Your Response Here] Values: Are my values or my team's being compromised by this problem?
— John Maxwell
You need to make changes in yourself and your environment, don't dwell on your past. You can't change it. Don't worry about your future. You can't control it. Focus on the current moment and what you can do now.
— John Maxwell
Prioritize the things that yield high return. What's the key to being productive? Prioritizing. To be an effective leader, you must learn to not only get a lot done, but to get a lot of the right things done. That means understanding how to prioritize time, tasks, resources, and even people. Effective prioritizing begins with eliminating the things you shouldn't be doing.
— John Maxwell
You can't do everything, so focus on your strengths.
— John Maxwell
There are two things that are most difficult to get people to do: to think, and to do things in order of importance."
— John Maxwell
The Pareto Principle 20 percent of your priorities will give you 80 percent of your production IF you spend your time, energy, money, and personnel on the top 20 percent of your priorities.
— John Maxwell
Vision is the light that keeps you headed down the right path when all the world around you is dark.
— John Maxwell
The world tries to talk us out of working hard.
— John Maxwell
Put first things first today and neglect things that don't really matter.
— John Maxwell
Successful people make right decisions early and manage those decisions daily.
— John Maxwell
What you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it. Opportunities, relationships, even money flowed my way when I learned to be grateful no matter what happened in my life.
— Oprah Winfrey