“Populism is at its essence just determined focus on helping people be able to get out of the iron grip of the corporate power that is overwhelming our economy, our environment, energy, the media, government. One big difference between real populism and what the Tea Party thing is, is that real populists understand that government has become a subsidiary of corporations. So you can't say, let's get rid of government. You need to be saying let's take over government.” PeopleNeedsRealHelpingBigsGovernmentAbleEnergyDifferencesPartyEconomyEnvironmentFocusMediaEssenceDeterminedTeaCorporateCorporationsIronOverwhelmingHelping PeopleOur EnvironmentTea PartyPopulistPopulism Author:Jim Hightower
“Music is the art of all the invisible things that are real. Art, emotion, spiritual essence, consciousness - these things are hard to prove. Music helps you to focus on your sound. We understand that for very young kids.” ArtRealHardHelpingKidsSpiritualYoungSoundEmotionConsciousnessFocusProveMusic IsEssenceInvisibleInvisible Things Author:Wynton Marsalis
“Often the features metaphysicians are interested in, like causation, time, and essence, involve features that seem so basic or are so generally embedded in the way we experience the world that it takes special attention and focus to draw them out and develop an account of their nature.” WorldWaySeemsAttentionFocusSpecialDrawsEssenceAccountsFeaturesEmbeddedCausation Author:L.A. Paul
“It's been reinforced to me, and it's a little cliche, but I've learned that you can't make a movie that even works, much less that's good, without really good writing and really good acting. That lesson has led me to not be distracted, so much, by the other stuff going on in filmmaking and to focus on the essence of a story, and the words and the events and the way that those are interpreted by the actors. That philosophy has taken me to a place that I really like.” WayWritingLittlesPhilosophyStoriesActorsStuffActingTakenFocusEventsLessonsEssenceI've LearnedFilmmakingDistractedClicheGood WritingGood Acting Author:Ben Affleck
“Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you’re going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and my maintaining focus.” WantUseEnergyGoalKnowingFocusPositiveEssenceWhat You WantMaintainingEssence Of LifeGoals And LifeFocus On GoalsKnowing What You WantEnergy Of LifeEnergy And Life Author:Oprah Winfrey
“The essence of professionalism is the focus upon the work and its demands, while we are doing it, to the exclusion of all else.” WorkFocusDemandEssenceExclusionProfessionalism Author:Steven Pressfield
“Instead of 'watching the thinker,' you can also create a gap in the mind stream simply by directing the focus of your attention into the Now. Just become intensely conscious of the present moment. This is a deeply satisfying thing to do. In this way, you draw consciousness away from mind activity and create a gap of no-mind in which you are highly alert and aware but not thinking. This is the essence of meditation.” ThinkingWayMindMomentsAttentionConsciousnessFocusMeditationActivityDrawsConsciousEssenceThings To DoStreamsPresent MomentGapsThinkerSatisfying Book:Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from the Power of Now Source: Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from the Power of Now
“Eventually, meditation will make our mind calm, clear, and as concentrated as a laser which we can focus at will. This capacity of one-pointed attention is the essence of genius. When we have this mastery over attention in everything we do, we have a genius for life.” MindAttentionClearFocusMeditationGeniusCapacityEssenceCalmMasteryLasers Author:Eknath Easwaran