“Often people, especially computer engineers, focus on the machines. But in fact we need to focus on humans, on how humans care about doing programming or operating the application of the machines.” PeopleNeedsHumansFactsCareFocusComputerMachinesProgrammingApplicationEngineers Author:Yukihiro Matsumoto
“Objects of Appreciation: Every time you go to use a utensil or instrument, take pleasure and feel gratitude for the fact that you have such an object available. If you focus on this, you'll be able to be lifted many many times each day. Some common examples include: a pen, fork, cup, key, computers, clock, chair, stapler, and eyeglasses.” IfsFeelsFactsUseAblePleasureCommonFocusExampleObjectsKeysGratitudeComputerInstrumentsAppreciationAvailableCupsClockEach DayChairsPensForksEyeglassesUtensils Author:Zelig Pliskin
“I really comprehend the fact that some of what I have to say sounds a little weird. But the more and more I purge myself of the stuff that had my focus so turned away from God, the more I shred myself, the more I have a greater connection to God. And what I know now that I didn't know then is that's why I'm here.” KnowsLittlesFactsStuffSoundGreaterFocusConnections Author:Stephen Baldwin
“We don't focus as much in schools on educational knowledge which requires thinking and application, as we do on acquiring facts.” ThinkingFactsSchoolFocusEducationalApplicationAcquiring Knowledge Author:William Glasser
“What I want to argue for is not that we should give up on our ideas of success, but that we should make sure that they are our own. We should focus in on our ideas and make sure that we own them, that we're truly the authors of our own ambitions. Because it's bad enough not getting what you want, but it's even worse to have an idea of what it is you want and find out at the end of the journey that it isn't, in fact, what you wanted all along.” WantGivingShouldIdeasEndsEnoughFactsWantedFocusJourneyGiving UpAmbitionWhat You WantArguingAuthorshipGetting What You Want Author:Alain de Botton