“Consumers are realizing the benefits of in-car entertainment and navigation systems. When used properly, these products are great tools that help drivers focus on the road. Consumers need to remember to follow state laws, watch the road and use common sense when putting these and other products to work.” NeedsStatesHelpingUseRememberLawUsedRealizingCommonWatchesFocusCarProductsBenefitsToolsEntertainmentCommon SenseConsumersDriversNavigation Author:Gary Shapiro
“One of the biggest benefits of playing box for a young lacrosse player is in the development of lacrosse IQ. Because everyone plays with a short stick [in box lacrosse], you have to focus on being a complete lacrosse player versus specializing as an attackman or d-man. That is how your IQ grows and skills improve.” MenPlayYoungGrowsFocusPlayerDevelopmentSkillsBenefitsSticksBoxesVersusLacrosseLacrosse Players Author:Peter Lawrence
“I don't know much about the music business, but for just general advice for someone trying to create things, as simple as this sounds, I think the best thing you can do is constantly try to improve upon your work. Always focus on that first and foremost, and leave everything else (marketing, image) completely secondary. Obviously, easier said than done when you're trying to make a living, but if you can move along those lines and earnestly try to make things that you really enjoy it can only benefit you in the long run.” IfsThinkingKnowsTryingFirstsLongSaidDoneRunningMovingEnjoySoundCan DoLinesSimpleFocusAdviceEasierBenefitsMarketingBest ThingsLong RunsMusic BusinessEasier Said Than Done Author:Joe Rogan
“The best way for business to move out of the Hall of Shame is to demonstrate a commitment to social causes. This also makes business sense. A focus on solving social problems has motivational benefits in lean economic times.” WayProblemMovingSocialCausesFocusEconomicBenefitsCommitmentShameBest WayHallsSocial ProblemsBusiness Sense Author:Rosabeth Moss Kanter
“We want to encourage investors to target businesses that focus on achieving more than just profits - by placing their money into businesses that also positively contribute to social or environmental benefits in Ontario. Angel investors can help social enterprises grow and succeed, and through our partnership with the Network of Angel Organizations and the Impact Angel Alliance, we are making it easier for social ventures and angel investors to connect, contribute, and make our society a better place to live.” WantHelpingSocialGrowsFocusAchieveEasierSucceedBenefitsAngelOrganizationImpactEnvironmentalProfitEnterpriseOur SocietyTargetInvestorsPartnershipVentureBetter PlacePositivelyAlliancesPlaces To LiveOntario Author:Brad Duguid
“Most of my work for the past 25 years has been devoted to organizing demonstrations, benefits and campaigns, many of which have had the effect of bringing a policy debate to public focus or moving a political agenda forward. It's become a cliché to say 'think globally and act locally,' but it works.” ThinkingYearsHas BeensPastMovingPoliticalFocusEffectsPolicyBenefitsCampaignsDebateAgendasDevotedDemonstrationPolitical AgendasPolicy Debate Author:Peter Yarrow
“I can't say the connection is one I've made consciously, but quitting drinking allowed me to be less selfish. My wife would definitely say that one of the major benefits of me quitting drinking is that I have more time and focus for other people.” PeopleMadeI CanFocusWifeBenefitsMajorsConnectionsDrinkingMy WifeSelfishQuittingMore TimeQuit Drinking Author:Andy Daly
“If you come face to face with some really challenging situations and tragic circumstances - you are going in there with a purpose. You are not going in there as a tourist. You're not going there just to merely observe. You have a purpose, and your purpose is to tell that story, to share that story for the bigger benefit of millions of other people. Your purpose is to create that bridge so you can give that story the dignity and the focus that it deserves, and you can become a part of the amplification that needs to be there.” PeopleIfsNeedsGivingStoriesFacesPurposeChallengesSituationMillionsFocusShareCircumstancesBenefitsDeserveDignityBiggerBridgesTragicFace To FaceTouristsAmplificationChallenging Situations Author:Annie Lennox
“I think too many politicians are not listening to the men and women they represent, and if we're going to change the path America is on, we have got to be fighting for policies not that benefit the giant corporations and the banks and the special interests and the lobbyists, which is what Washington focuses on every day, but instead every policy needs to focus on the working men and women, the truck drivers and the steelworkers, and the young people.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenNeedsAmericaYoungFightingInterestPathFocusSpecialPolicyHe ManListeningPoliticianBenefitsMen And WomenCorporationsGiantsDriversTruckSpecial InterestsLobbyistsWorking ManTruck Driver Author:Ted Cruz
“Common sense tells us that we should focus our resources to benefit children, teachers and taxpayers by keeping dollars in the classroom.” ShouldChildrenCommonFocusTeacherBenefitsResourcesDollarsCommon SenseClassroomTaxpayers Author:Bob Beauprez
“The great Sufi poet and philosopher Rumi once advised his students to write down the three things they most wanted in life. If any item on the list clashes with any other item, Rumi warned, you are destined for unhappiness. Better to live a life of single-pointed focus, he taught. But what about the benefits of living harmoniously among extremes? What if you could somehow create an expansive enough life that you could synchronize seemingly incongruous opposites into a worldview that excludes nothing?” IfsWritingEnoughWantedThreeFocusStudentsTaughtPoetBalanceBenefitsOppositesPhilosopherExtremesListsWhat IfUnhappinessDestinedSufiItemsThree ThingsWorldviewClashMost Wanted Book:Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Source: Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything
“But because human being tend to focus on short-term benefits and our own immediate needs, such tragedies of the commons occur frequently .” NeedsHumansTermHuman BeingsFocusBenefitsTragedyShort Term Author:Dan Ariely
“It's absolutely the wrong signal, I think, to those who have entered this country legally or those who may be considering illegal immigration for a lot of benefits to be provided... Emergency medical needs should be met, but otherwise I think send the wrong signal to those who have come into the country legally and those who may be considering illegal immigration. So as you know, I've called for an increase in the border patrol agents. I've looked at that from both the standpoints of drugs and to prevent illegal immigration, but I think that's where the focus should be.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsShouldMayCountryFocusMetsDrugBenefitsIncreaseMedicalImmigrationAgentsBordersIllegalConsideringSignalsEmergenciesStandpointIllegal ImmigrationBorder Patrol Author:Elizabeth Dole