Quotes about Focus

Passion about nothing is like pouring gasoline in a car without wheels. It isn't going to lead anybody anywhere.

We were made to be distracted by life, by story.

I believe that the greatest trick of the devil is not to get us into some sort of evil but rather have us wasting time. This is why the devil tries so hard to get Christians to be religious. If he can sink a man's mind into habit, he will prevent his heart from engaging God.

The repentance we are called to is about choosing one audience over another.

Advertisers personify the problems their customers face in order to capture their imagination and give their frustrations a focal point.

Your customer should be the hero of the story, not your brand. This is the secret every phenomenally successful business understands.

Simply turning our focus to the customer and offering them a heroic role in a meaningful story is enough to radically change the way we talk about, and even do, business.

Keep the Plan Visually Simple

Why? Because the human brain, no matter what region of the world it comes from, is drawn toward clarity and away from confusion.

We live in an age when there is a false glare on the things of time and a great mist over the things of eternity.

It is useless to say you have no time. There is plenty of time, if men will employ it. Time may be short, but time is always long enough for prayer. Daniel had the affairs of a kingdom on his hands, and yet he prayed three times a day. David was ruler over a mighty nation, and yet he says, "Evening and morning and at noon will I pray" (Psalms 55:17). When time is really wanted, time can always be found.

Carry your most important goal in your wallet.