“After modernism, things changed. Indeed, modernism sometimes seems to me like an equivalent of the Fall. Remember, the first thing Adam and Eve did when they ate the fruit was to discover that they had no clothes on. They were embarrassed. Embarrassment was the first consequence of the Fall. And embarrassment was the first literary consequence of this modernist discovery of the surface. "Am I telling a story? Oh my God, this is terrible. I must stop telling a story and focus on the minute gradations of consciousness as they filter through somebody's.” FirstsSometimesStoriesSeemsRememberFallConsciousnessFocusMinutesChangedTerribleClothesDiscoveryConsequenceFruitSurfaceAdamEmbarrassedThings ChangeEmbarrassmentModernismFiltersAdam And Eve Author:Philip Pullman
“It's a matter of ABC: When we encounter ADVERSITY, we react by thinking about it. Our thoughts rapidly congeal into BELIEFS. These beliefs may become so habitual we don't even realize we have them unless we stop to focus on them. And they don't just sit there idly; they have CONSEQUENCES.” ThinkingMayMatterBeliefRealizingFocusConsequenceAdversityEncountersOur ThoughtsHabitual Author:Martin Seligman
“Your most important tasks and priorities are those that can have the most serious consequences, positive or negative, on your life or work. Focus on these above all.” ImportantFocusSeriousConsequenceNegativeTasksPriorities Book:Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time Source: Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
“In stories, everything has to have clear consequences and everything has to focus to the end. Everything at the end will give meaning to everything that precedes. In my own life, the consequences of the choices I've made aren't always very clear. The most beautiful things are sometimes not totally truthful, and the end will not give more meaning to everything that precedes.” GivingMadeEndsSometimesStoriesBeautifulChoicesMy OwnClearFocusConsequenceTruthfulBeautiful ThingsMy Own Life Author:Jaco Van Dormael
“Unlike most of life, what you do really matters. Your actions have real consequences. You have to pay attention and focus, and that's very satisfying. It forces you to pay great attention and you lose yourself in the task at hand. Without the risk, that wouldn't happen, so the risk is an essential part of climbing, and that's hard for some people to grasp. You can't justify the risk when things go wrong and people die. The greater the risk, the greater the reward in most aspects of life, and in climbing that's certainly true, too. It's very physical, you use your mind and your body.” PeopleMindRealMatterHardUseBodyHandsHappensActionDiesForceLosesPayAttentionGreaterFocusRiskEssentialsConsequenceAspectTasksRewardsYour BodyPay AttentionJustifyClimbingSatisfyingLosing YourselfAspects Of LifeWhen Things Go WrongTask At Hand Author:Jon Krakauer
“If you don't have that science and technology and brains as an input, as you don't have in large parts of Latin America, if you don't focus your education on that, if you don't find your 10,000 best scientists, but you do find your 10,000 best soccer players, the consequences are, you become a World Cup Champion in Soccer, like Brazil, but you don't become Korea, which earned 1/5 of what a Mexican did in 1975 and today earns five times more.” IfsWorldTodayAmericaBrainTechnologyFiveFocusPlayerConsequenceScientistCupsSoccerChampionLatinMexicanKoreaLatin AmericaBrazilInputWorld CupScience And TechnologySoccer Player Author:Juan Enriquez
“There are fewer media writers in traditional settings. That is a beat that many legacy brands cannot afford. On the other hand technology writers are writing about media in ways they didn't before. As a consequence of the shift, there is less interest in many ways in the activities at some media. If you look at coverage of media as whole, the decision-making at the three broadcast networks and the cable channels, for instance, is much less of a focus than it once was. The guts of what goes on at Fox or CNN or MSNBC probably has less impact than it once did. It certainly gets less attention.” WritingInterestAttentionTechnologyFocusConsequenceLegacyGuts Author:Tom Rosenstiel
“In my view, the pro-life movement at this point should focus on seeking to reduce the number of abortions. At times it will require political education and legal fights, at times it will require education and the establishment of alternatives to abortion, such as adoption centers. Unfortunately, such measures are sometimes opposed by so-called hard-liners in the pro-life movement. These hard-liners are fools. Because they want to outlaw all abortions, they refuse to settle for stopping some abortions; the consequence is that they end up preventing no abortions.” WantShouldEndsSometimesHardPoliticalFightingViewsNumbersFocusMovementFoolConsequenceSeekingRefuseLawyerAlternativesSettlingAbortionEstablishmentAdoptionStoppingPreventingPro LifeOutlawPolitical Education Author:Dinesh D'Souza
“We are working towards a shared vision of the future for health among all the world's people. A vision future in which we develop new ways of working together at global and national level. A vision which has poor people and poor communities at its centre. And a vision which focuses action on the causes and consequences of the health conditions that create and perpetuate poverty.” PeopleWorldWayActionTogetherCausesCommunityPoorLevelsVisionPovertyFocusConditionsFutureConsequenceWorking TogetherTeamworkCollaborationNew WaysCentrePoor PeopleVisions Of The FutureShared Vision Author:Gro Harlem Brundtland