“What I would pay much more attention to are the few points where the player can inadvertently make a career decision. Most players end up back-tracking, though some actually enjoy this.” EndsEnjoyDecisionPayAttentionCareersPlayerTracking Author:Graham Nelson
“Meditate. Inspire others. Spend time by yourself. Manage your career properly. Work at something constructive, that doesn't injure others, and put your full attention into it.” AttentionCareersInspireBuddhismBalanceManageEnd TimesSpend TimeConstructiveInspire Others Author:Frederick Lenz
“My mother is somebody who I think of as having just an intense close focus. She's somebody who really can pay very, very close attention to the thing she's focusing on for a very long period of time, and that has served her incredibly well in her professional career. She knows - the things she knows, she knows them just so deeply.” ThinkingKnowsWellsLongMotherPayAttentionCareersFocusPeriodsIntenseLong Periods Of TimeProfessional Career Author:David Plotz
“Self-control is completely necessary for increasing and raising your attention level. One of the places you practice that is at work.” SelfSuccessLevelsAttentionCareersPracticeBuddhismSelf Control Author:Frederick Lenz
“There is the flash in the pan, the sudden success. But continued success is dependent upon tremendous attention to detail.” SuccessAttentionCareersBuddhismDetailsDependentFlashAttention To DetailContinued Success Author:Frederick Lenz
“Winning is an approach to life. The place it starts is not on the playing field or in the business organization; nor is it competitive. We are trying to do our best to bring perfection into whatever we turn our attention to.” TryingSuccessTurnsWinningAttentionCareersFieldsBuddhismApproachPerfectionOrganizationPlaying FieldsBusiness Organization Author:Frederick Lenz
“If you want to succeed always associate with winners, people who have understood something. You will notice that they all share something in common, tremendous attention to detail in their personal lives and associations.” PeopleIfsWantSuccessCommonAttentionCareersShareBuddhismSucceedUnderstoodDetailsWinnerAssociationAssociatesPersonal LifeAttention To Detail Author:Frederick Lenz
“You work many hours. It is the major activity of your life. You can lose a lot of energy or gain a lot of energy from it. Put your full attention into it and do a good job, because it is part of your impeccability.” JobsSuccessEnergyHoursLosesAttentionCareersBuddhismActivityMajorsGainsGood Job Author:Frederick Lenz
“I think I've become more relaxed throughout my career. I don't feel the need to jump up and down and make a big noise to get people to pay attention to me. I don't need to do punk rock gestures or eat a cockroach or do something weird to say I exist.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFeelsBigsPayAttentionCareersRocksDown AndNoisePay AttentionPunkGesturesRelaxedUp And DownPunk RockCockroaches Author:Nicolas Cage
“All the information you need is available to you to have a successful career in music, if you're paying attention, and not closed off to anything. Remember, Perseverance is King.” IfsNeedsRememberAttentionCareersSuccessfulInformationKingsPerseveranceAvailablePay AttentionSuccessful Career Author:Bradley Joseph
“The stand up, everything was accidental. I never grew up and was the class clown and had to get the attention. It was - it really is, I have a career despite myself.” AttentionClassCareersGrewGrew UpDespiteClown Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“In the opening stage of most careers any attention is what you want, any attention is good attention, even if it's bad attention.” IfsWantAttentionCareersStageWhat You WantOpening Author:Robert Greene
“He said I couldn't do (off the field) what I did when I was 23 or 24, and I paid attention to him. Damn it, I got a trainer and went to spring training in the best shape of my career and in 1985 had the best season I ever had and we won the World Series. Before that, I didn't know how long I was going to play. That talk with Mr. Fogelman was the most inspiring talk I ever had with anyone.” KnowsWorldLongSaidPlayAttentionCareersKnow HowFieldsShapesSpringTrainingSeasonsPaidSeriesDamnTrainersWorld SeriesSpring TrainingMost Inspiring Author:George Brett
“Frank W. Woolworth once told me that the turning-point in his career did not come until he was thrown flat on his back by illness. He was sure that his business would go to pieces during his long, enforced absence. Instead, he discovered that he had in his employ men who could overcome difficulties when given power to exercise initiative. After that Woolworth left many problems and difficulties to be solved by subordinates and turned his attention to big things.” MenLongProblemBigsLeftGivenAttentionCareersPiecesExerciseOvercomingDifficultyIllnessAbsenceThrownFlatsFrankInitiativeBig ThingsSubordinatesTurning Points Author:B. C. Forbes
“The fact that I didn't finish school left me with a lifelong need to prove that I'm smart, prove it to myself, maybe to the world. I [also] needed to be - not the center of attention - but I needed to be able to attract attention when I wanted it, through my stunts and my fooling around physically with faces or postures or voices I would do. Those things are important elements in the drive behind all of this [my career].” WorldNeedsImportantFactsAbleWantedSchoolFacesLeftVoiceBehindsAttentionCareersNeededProveElementsSmartLifelongPostureProve ItFooling AroundCenter Of Attention Author:George Carlin
“[Learn] to slow down and perceive the mysterious events and opportunities that happen in life. We call them coincidences, but if we look closely we see they are meaningful. They bring us just the right information at just the right time to extend our careers, relationships, and growth. These events feel destined in some way, as though the world is set up to help us make a better life, work through our problems, and reach our dreams - if we just pay attention.” IfsWorldWayFeelsLooksHelpingProblemDreamHappensOpportunityGrowthPayAttentionCareersEventsInformationDown AndMeaningfulMysteriousPay AttentionPerceiveCoincidenceRight TimeDestinedOur DreamsSlow DownBetter Life Author:James Redfield
“If you can get sexual attention and then (or therefore) succeed as a writer - or [fill in career blank] - that means you're a writer worthy of literary respect?” IfsMeanAttentionCareersSucceedWorthyBlank Author:Cris Mazza
“If sexuality is beginning in such a skewed way: that boys expect to receive sexual pleasure and girls are expected to give it without reciprocation, is that why young women, even unintentionally, turn to getting something else in return for sex? Whether it be popularity, career success, professional attention.” IfsWayGivingYoungTurnsGirlSexPleasureAttentionBoysCareersReturnSexualityExpectedPopularityYoung WomenCareer Success Author:Cris Mazza
“Women now have to put so much attention into their careers, and not many families can pull off a single income.” AttentionCareersIncome Author:Jordana Spiro
“If you work hard and you learn and you absorb and you pay attention, career in food is great. This job can take you all around the world. You can eat the most delicious food. It allows you to be creative.... [And] don't ever quit. It's going to pay off eventually. It might not be in a year. Might be 20 years or 10 years. But you have to keep pushing. Just have that fire, have the passion, and want to be successful. And don't listen to anybody else.” IfsWorldWantYearsHardMightJobsPassionPayAttentionCareersCreativeSuccessfulFireHard WorkQuittingAround The WorldPay AttentionBeing SuccessfulPushingBe CreativeDeliciousDelicious Food Author:April Bloomfield
“I pay attention to what's going on around me. I'm always looking for new energy, new talent, new voices. When you do that I think it's easier to come up with fresh ideas. It's not that my career has been based on surprising people, but it's been about challenging myself - to constantly do new things that are going to broaden my own mind and in the process, hopefully, connect with other people.” PeopleThinkingMindHas BeensIdeasEnergyProcessVoiceChallengesMy OwnPayAttentionCareersTalentEasierCome UpHopefullyPay AttentionSurprisingNew ThingsNew EnergyChallenging MyselfNew TalentFresh Ideas Author:Madonna Ciccone
“Fashion is not just about what we wear, but...fashion is also a business. It is an art, it's a career that involves science, engineering, accounting and so much more. People can learn about the math behind Charles James' designs, and think, 'Maybe I should pay closer attention to geometry this semester'” PeopleThinkingShouldArtPayBehindsAttentionCareersFashionDesignMathEngineeringGeometryAccountingSemester Author:Michelle Obama