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“Daydreaming defeats practice; those of us who browse TV while working out will never reach the top ranks. Paying full attention seems to boost the mind's processing speed, strengthen synaptic connections, and expand or create neural networks for what we are practicing.”

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Book:Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence

Source: Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence

“We're living at a time when attention is the new currency We're all publishers now, and the more we publish, the more valuable connections we'll make. Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Foursquare, Fitbit and the SenseCam give us a simple choice: participate or fade into a lonely obscurity.”

Giving Choices Simple Attention Lonely Connections Valuable Fades Currency Publishers Publish Obscurity Flickr Foursquare

Author:Pete Cashmore

“The truth is that everyone pays attention to who's number one at the box office. And none of it matters, because the only thing that really exists is the connection the audience has with a movie.”

Matter Actors Numbers Pay Attention Audience Truth Is Office Connections Boxes Pay Attention Movie Box Office

Author:Tom Hanks

“Simply paying attention allows us to build an emotional connection. Lacking attention, empathy hasn't a chance.”

Chance Attention Emotional Communication Empathy Connections Pay Attention Lacking Emotional Connection

Author:Daniel Goleman

“In teaching, you must simply work your pupil into such a state of interest in what you are going to teach him that every other object of attention is banished from his mind; then reveal it to him so impressively that he will remember the occasion to his dying day; and finally fill him with devouring curiosity to know what the next steps in connection with the subject are.”

Source: Talks to Teachers on Psychology: And to Students on Some of Life's Ideals

“Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.”

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Author:Saint Augustine

“There is a pretty interesting document called 'action writing.' Which is not all about spontaneity and first thought, best thought,' but a certain kind of attention to the smallest increments of the phonemes of language, The kind of power of connection, what he is able to do with language.”

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Author:Anne Waldman

“We learn best with focused attention. As we focus on what we're learning, the brain maps that information on what we already know making new neural connections”

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Book:Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence

Source: Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence