“Where you allow your attention to go ultimately says more about you as a human being than anything that you put in your mission statement.” HumansHuman BeingsAttentionMissionsStatementsMission Statement Author:Merlin Mann
“I see young people being dismissed for supposedly wanting only "stupid" and "easy" material, or that they don't have an attention span longer than three minutes. I disagree with all those statements; I just think they aren't true. I'm saying that our generation wants stuff that is substantial and challenging, as well as thoughtful and endearing. Well, I don't know if I'm doing that, but I'm trying.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantTryingWellsYoungThreeEasyStuffChallengesAttentionGenerationsMinutesStupidMaterialsStatementsThoughtfulDisagreeOur GenerationAttention SpanEndearing Author:Bo Burnham
“Here's the scientific community saying, fundamentally, "If we don't change our ways, we're screwed." And they got no attention at all. Even though the Union of Concerned Scientists put out this statement which was signed by more than half of all the Nobel laureates in science and another 1,500 distinguished scientists.” IfsWayCommunityAttentionHalfConcernedScientistUnionsStatementsDistinguishedNobelDon't Change Author:Paul R. Ehrlich
“Since those don’t hit financial reports, the opportunities you had but didn’t accept, most people don’t bother thinking about them very much. At least that is a mistake we don’t make. We rub our own noses in our mistakes in blowing opportunities, as we just did.” PeoplePayAttentionMistakeFinancialStatementsPay AttentionNosesOmissionFinancial Statements Author:Charlie Munger
“The Law of attraction responds the same way your mind does: it hears what you don't want, when you hear yourself make a statement containing the words don't, not, or no, you are actually giving attention to what you don't want. Remember, you attract to your life whatever you give your attention, energy, and focus to whether wanted or unwanted.” WayWantGivingMindDoeWantedRememberLawEnergyAttentionFocusAttractionStatementsLaw Of AttractionRemember YouRemembers YouUnwantedContaining Author:Michael Losier