“As a kid, I loved my Matchbox cars, my Big Wheels, and the race cars on TV. When I laid eyes on my first go-kart when I was just five, it gave my desire for making things with wheels go fast a focus. This combined with the fact that I've been incredibly competitive since a young age made for the proper mix of passion and aggression to become a race car driver.” FirstsMadeFactsBigsEyeKidsAgeYoungDesirePassionRaceFiveFocusCarTvsWheelsDriversAggressionYoung AgeRace CarRace Car DriverMatchboxes Author:Andy Lally
“As the first woman to win Album of the Year at the Grammys twice, I want to say to all the young women out there, there are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame.But if you just focus on the work and you don't let those people sidetrack you, someday, when you get where you are going, you will look around and you will know that it was you and the people who love you who put you there. And that will be the greatest feeling in the world. Thank you for this moment.” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldWayWantTryingYearsFirstsLooksMomentsFeelingsYoungWinningFocusLove YouFameAlbumsCreditAccomplishmentSomedayWhere You AreYoung WomenGrammyWhere You Are GoingUndercut Author:Taylor Swift
“Bealer has a number of reasons for thinking that a naturalistic epistemology is self-undermining. Let me focus on one of these. (I've tried to take on all of them in the first chapter of Knowledge and Its Place in Nature.)” ThinkingFirstsSelfReasonNumbersFocusLet MeChaptersEpistemologyUndermining Author:Hilary Kornblith
“The mind is a very intricate machine. It can store memories, past impressions, grudges, criticisms, judgments. It can hold a lot of stuff. In general, it's only really good at holding onto one thing at a time. Which is why, when we have a lot going on, we feel sort of stressed and we feel tension because the mind is busy trying to figure out what it should focus on first.” FeelsShouldTryingMindFirstsPastStuffMemoriesFocusOne ThingFiguresJudgmentCriticismMachinesBusyStoresImpressionTensionHolding OnStressedGrudgeIntricateOne Thing At A Time Author:MC Yogi
“I think integrative medicine, something I've pioneered, is the way of the future. Its great promise is that it can reduce healthcare costs by shifting the whole focus of healthcare away from disease management to health promotion and prevention. They can do that two ways: first, by focusing attention on lifestyle medicine, which is very deficient. And second, by bringing into the mainstream treatments that are lower cost because they are not dependent on expensive technology.” ThinkingWayFirstsTwoWholeCan DoAttentionTechnologyFocusPromiseCostDiseaseManagementMedicineLifestyleExpensiveDependentTreatmentHealthcareMainstreamPromotionShiftingTwo WaysPreventionHealth Promotion Author:Andrew Weil
“I'm a rock climber. I really specialize in doing first ascents, and finding new routes outside, as opposed to doing competitions. I focus my energy on going out into nature and finding these new climbs. For me, it's not just this athletic pursuit - it's a really creative, artistic thing of finding these amazing formations out in nature, and mixing that with this high level of athleticism.” FirstsEnergyLevelsCreativeFocusRocksFindingsCompetitionPursuitArtisticClimbsGoing OutRoutesAthleticFormationMixingHigh LevelCreative ArtAscentClimbersAthleticism Author:Chris Sharma
“When I was younger I always wanted to impress, to be good for my country, to make them feel good, and sometimes that meant I didn't focus on myself enough. I learned I had to put myself first. And it's fine because I want for me the same thing that they want for me, which is to win.” WantFeelsFirstsCountrySometimesEnoughWantedWinningFocusFineBe GoodFeel GoodImpress Author:Usain Bolt
“I'm a project guy, but when my list of things to do gets too long or involved, it can stress me out to the point of catatonia. So I focus on the small stuff first and keep the larger picture as motivation - but not so close that it overwhelms.” FirstsLongMotivationGuyStuffFocusInvolvedProjectsStressListsThings To DoSmall Stuff Author:Michael Lomenda
“When we conducted focus group interviews in the first municipality in Brazil before initiating the pilot project, a woman commented: Getting an appointment in the public sector municipal health services is like "winning the lottery." I would like to make it possible for many women and men in Latin America to win the lottery and receive the type of reproductive health services they so urgently need.” MenNeedsFirstsAmericaWinningFocusGroupsTypeProjectsMen And WomenInterviewsLatinPilotsLatin AmericaLotteryBrazilAppointmentsPublic SectorMunicipalityReproductive HealthFocus GroupsHealth ServicesWinning The Lottery Author:Ruth Simmons
“I think the best advice I got was to not worry about what other people would think while you were working on your first draft. Focus on getting it out of your head. You can always edit the manuscript later.” PeopleThinkingFirstsWorryFocusAdviceEditsManuscriptsBest Advice Author:Eden Robinson
“I use a "Debt Dash" approach to paying off debt. I recommend people focus on paying off the debt with the lowest balance first. So if the primary has less debt you would focus on that.” PeopleIfsFirstsUseFocusBalanceApproachDebtPrimariesLowest Author:Michelle Singletary