“I grew up playing football and hunting; and went to military school and then into the Marine Corps. Kindness is not a valued trait. That`s why I had to learn kindness. As I grow older I'm finding it's something I definitely need to put focus on, thought and practice. Kindness actually comes from the heart, so it's really stretching inside of me. It's been quite a magical journey for me to learn to be kinder in my dealing[s] with other people.” PeopleNeedsHeartSchoolGrowsPracticeKindnessFocusJourneyMilitaryFootballGrewFindingsGrew UpHuntingTraitsMarineStretchingMarine CorpsKinderPlaying FootballMilitary School Author:Robert Kiyosaki
“To make HP a great company once again, we need more than competitive costs and operational efficiency. We're in the process of assessing and refining our growth strategy, and the same concepts that were behind our operational changes will be at work here: simplicity, focus, alignment, and execution.” NeedsProcessGrowthBehindsCompanyFocusCostConceptsStrategySimplicityExecutionEfficiencyAlignmentRefiningGreat CompanyAssessing Author:Bill Vaughan
“I want to write a film. I need to think of the right idea and focus on that; I love writing.” ThinkingWantNeedsWritingIdeasFilmFocusRight Ideas Author:Jack Whitehall
“Having Plan B is good. But if your obsessed with Plan A, u'll never need backup. Become Obsessed with ur goals, ur focus will bring results.” IfsNeedsGoalResultsFocusPlansObsessedBackupPlan B Author:Keshia Chante
“NVC is a reminder; to focus our attention where we are most likely to get our needs met.” NeedsAttentionFocusCommunicationMetsRemindersNonviolent Communication Author:Marshall B. Rosenberg
“Inspirational leaders need to have a winning mentality in order to inspire respect. It is hard to trust in the leadership of someone who is half-hearted about their purpose, or only sporadic in focus or enthusiasm.” NeedsHardPurposeOrderWinningHalfLeaderFocusInspireEnthusiasmMentalityHeartedHalf HeartedHard To TrustSporadic Author:Sebastian Coe
“The same applies to the music and film industries. Until the heads of the labels start wanting to make money rather than creating controversy, tension, and excuses about why piracy is making the job so hard that no one could do it but them - and oh by the way, they need a raise to really focus in on the fight - the music industry is going to have a very tough time of it.” WayNeedsHardJobsFilmFightingFocusIndustryCreatingToughRaisesExcuseLabelsMaking MoneyTensionControversyTough TimesMusic IndustryFilm IndustryPiracy Author:Mark Cuban
“Successful trading depends on the 3M`s - Mind, Method and Money. Beginners focus on analysis, but professionals operate in a three dimensional space. They are aware of trading psychology their own feelings and the mass psychology of the markets. Each trader needs to have a method for choosing specific stocks, options or futures as well as firm rules for pulling the trigger - deciding when to buy and sell. Money refers to how you manage your trading capital.” NeedsMindWellsFeelingsThreeSpaceSuccessfulPsychologyFocusDependsMassMethodSellsManageFirmAnalysisPullingTradingTriggersBeginnersTradersStock OptionsPulling The Trigger Author:Alexander Elder
“I hate to say this, but one of the biggest distractions can be friends and family. You want them to be there and support you, but when you need to get your rest or focus, you need to communicate that to them.” WantNeedsHateSupportFocusI HateCommunicateDistractionFamily And FriendsSupport You Author:Swin Cash
“Puffy's the only guy who's jealous. All drummers want to be singers. I think it's a myth that the singer needs to be the focus. Bands perpetuate that myth. With somebody like Sebastian Bach it makes sense. Look at him. He could be in an Avon ad.” ThinkingWantNeedsLooksGuyFocusBandMythSingersMake SenseJealousAdsDrummerAvon Author:Mike Patton
“In triathlon you don't get to race that much so when you're on the start line you just need to make sure you focus on the job in hand and enjoy yourself.” NeedsHandsJobsEnjoyLinesRaceFocusEnjoy YourselfTriathlon Author:Alistair Brownlee
“Where focus goes, energy flows. And where energy flows, whatever you're focusing on grows. In other words, your life is controlled by what you focus on. That's why you need to focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear. When you next find yourself in a state of uncertainty, resist your fear. Shift your focus toward where you want to go and your actions will take you in that direction.” WantNeedsStatesActionLife IsNextEnergyGrowsFocusFlowUncertaintyFinding YourselfControlledEnergy Flow Author:Tony Robbins
“We need to focus on the kind of human beings we want to have and the kind of society in which we want to live.” WantNeedsHumansKindHuman BeingsFocus Author:Howard Gardner
“To be a racing driver it's essential you have very good eyesight, and that's especially relevant at night. Your senses are heightened, you're travelling over 200mph, you need to focus on that 110-metre braking point and you have to have absolute faith and commitment in your driving.” NeedsNightFocusEssentialsCommitmentAbsolutesVery GoodDrivingSensesDriversRacingRelevantEyesightRacing Driver Author:Allan McNish
“We need to start acting like a team, focus on winning and not worry about all of the other stuff that goes on. We lost our focus last year. We worried about who was being hired, who was being fired. That's got to change. We don't need any more finger pointing. We need to act like a team.” NeedsYearsLastsWinningLostStuffActingWorryFocusTeamGoes OnFingersWorriedLast YearPointingPointing Fingers Author:Albert Belle
“I idolized all of the bodybuilders who came from that old-school hardcore era. Those guys didn't need any fancy equipment; they trained with intensity and focus, regardless of the gym or other limitations. These guys could do presses with pails full of cement and still get a great workout.” NeedsStillsSchoolGuyFocusPressesErasLimitationFancyGymIntensityEquipmentWorkoutGreat WorkOld SchoolCementHardcoreBodybuilderIdolizedGreat Workout Author:Mike Matarazzo
“Goal-setting is powerful because it provides focus. It shapes our dreams. It gives us the ability to hone in on the exact actions we need to perform to achieve everything we desire in life.” NeedsGivingDreamActionDesireGoalAbilityPowerfulFocusAchieveShapesSettingSettingsOur DreamsSetting Goals Author:Jim Rohn
“Women need to be in key operational roles where they run businesses in the organization. Sometimes when organizations focus on leadership diversity, they're mostly in areas like HR or non-operating line functions.” NeedsSometimesRunningLinesRolesFocusKeysDiversityAreasOrganizationFunction Author:Gracia Martore
“Let's also make sure that a high school diploma puts our kids on a path to a good job. Right now, countries like Germany focus on graduating their high school students with the equivalent of a technical degree from one of our community colleges, so that they're ready for a job. At schools like P-TECh in Brooklyn ... students will graduate with a high school diploma and an associate degree in computers or engineering. We need to give every American student opportunities like this.” NeedsGivingCountryKidsSchoolJobsOpportunityCommunityPathFocusStudentsCollegeReadyRight NowDegreesComputerHigh SchoolGermanyGraduatesEngineeringAssociatesGood JobBrooklynOur CommunityDiplomaCommunity CollegeHigh School StudentsHigh School Diploma Author:Barack Obama
“Regardless, heterosexual marriage is largely in trouble today because people see it as a selfish means of pleasing self, rather than a committed relationship in which the focus is on meeting the needs of the partner, that sense of selfishness and the redefinition of love as to something that is purely sentimental and emotional, has been destructive.” PeopleLoveNeedsMeanHas BeensSelfTodayFocusTroubleEmotionalMeetingsCommittedPartnersSelfishSelfishnessDestructiveSentimentalSense Of SelfCommitted RelationshipHeterosexual Marriage Author:Mike Huckabee
“Just be loving. You also have to recognize that you need to take the focus off yourself and put it on your children to give them a proper start in life.” NeedsGivingChildrenFocusOur ChildrenYour ChildrenLoving You Author:Benjamin Bratt
“Art is about eliminating almost everything in order to focus on the thing that you need to talk about.” NeedsArtOrderFocusArt IsEliminating Author:Jonathan Lethem
“The people who started the American government, the founders of the Constitution, didn't like political parties but they were forced to start them. Nobody ever created political parties in England, they evolved. And there do tend to be two general tendencies that focus around how much government you think you need.” PeopleThinkingNeedsTwoGovernmentPoliticalPartyFocusConstitutionEnglandTendenciesFoundersPolitical PartiesAmerican Government Author:Barney Frank
“We need to make sure our activities and our attitudes line up with what pleases God first and foremost. Wherever we focus our attention the most will become the driving force in our lives.” NeedsFirstsForceLinesAttentionAttitudeFocusOur LivesPleaseActivityDrivingDriving ForceGod First Author:Lysa TerKeurst
“Most companies, 97 percent or more, put all their focus on clever advertising and clever taglines to get people to buy average or mediocre products. You need to back off and offer a really good product or service.” PeopleNeedsCompanyFocusProductsOffersPercentAverageCleverAdvertisingMediocreTaglines Author:Brian Tracy
“We need to stop focusing on people leaving earth and focus on, like Jesus said, the Kingdom of God is the yeast. Yeast invades dough.” PeopleNeedsSaidEarthJesusFocusLeavingKingdomsKingdom Of GodDoughYeastPeople Leaving Author:Myles Munroe
“A lot of times, I'll have a goal, I'll start writing, and I'll end up in some far off place, which is good. It's nice to have a focus, but letting the lyrics write themselves where they need to go is important.” NeedsWritingImportantEndsGoalFocusNice Author:James Hetfield
“The men who are the most attractive and well-adjusted people I know absolutely love women, and understand how to focus on what she needs, rather than on what he can get. Basically, men need to love women more.” PeopleKnowsMenNeedsWellsFocusHe ManAttractive Author:Matthew Hussey
“It's difficult to get large groups of people, to the extreme levels of focus and productivity that you need, for a startup to be successful.” PeopleNeedsDifficultLevelsSuccessfulFocusGroupsExtremesProductivityBeing SuccessfulLarge Groups Author:Sam Altman
“Most people focus on forgiving others, thinking there isn't a need for self-forgiveness, particularly if they see themselves as a victim.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsSelfFocusVictimForgivingSelf ForgivenessForgiving Others Author:Liane Holliday Willey
“I think we have to really focus on the issues much more than we may have in the past. I think we have to seek to create coalitional strategies that go beyond racial lines. We need to bring black communities, Chicano communities, Puerto Rican communities, Asian American communities together.” ThinkingNeedsMayTogetherPastBlackCommunityLinesIssuesFocusStrategyAsianAsian AmericanBlack Community Author:Angela Davis
“You've got to be committed. It comes down to setting yourself goals as an individual. In rugby you have team goals that you strive for, but you also set yourself simple goals that are achievable. It helps to write them down so you understand what you need to do, and what your focus is. Put them on your wall, then each time you wake up, you'll see them. Then you can just tick them off once you've achieved them.” NeedsWritingHelpingIndividualGoalSimpleFocusTeamWallWake UpStriveCommittedSettingSettingsRugbyTickTeam GoalYour Wall Author:Filo Tiatia
“First, we need to focus government on the things that are required of the State. Second, we need to achieve competence in government so that the State delivers on the things it sets out to do.” NeedsFirstsStatesGovernmentFocusAchieveIndiaGovernanceCompetence Author:Narendra Modi
“The need of the hour is to think big. The more we focus on skill, scale & speed, it will increase India's growth trajectory.” ThinkingNeedsBigsMotivationGrowthHoursFocusSkillsIndiaIncreaseSpeedScalesThink BigTrajectory Author:Narendra Modi
“I want stuff to play as wide as possible. I want to be able to see... if I could play the whole thing in a master and it could be compelling enough, that'd be great. Then it simplifies my day, it simplifies life for the actors when you could just focus on that. But by the same token I don't want to be forced into coverage. So I want it to be as good from every angle and I need to get as many of the kind of shadings that I want from every angle.” IfsWantNeedsKindEnoughPlayWholeAbleActorsStuffFocusMastersWideIf I CouldCompellingAngleSimplifyCoverageTokens Author:David Fincher
“Golf is like acting in that both require concentration and relaxation at the same time. In acting, you can't push emotion. You have to let it rise from you naturally. Same thing in golf. You have to have a plan and a focus; but then you need to just let it happen and enjoy the smooth movement of the swing.” NeedsHappensEnjoyActingEmotionFocusPlansMovementGolfConcentrationSwingsSmoothRelaxation Author:Jane Seymour
“This focus on money and power may do wonders in the marketplace, but it creates a tremendous crisis in our society. People who have spent all day learning how to sell themselves and to manipulate others are in no position to form lasting friendships or intimate relationships... Many Americans hunger for a different kind of society - one based on principles of caring, ethical and spiritual sensitivity, and communal solidarity. Their need for meaning is just as intense as their need for economic security.” PeopleNeedsKindMayDifferentSpiritualFormWonderPrinciplesEconomyFocusEconomicSecurityPositionCrisisSellsHungerCaringTyrannyIntenseIntimateOur SocietyLastingEthicalTyrantsDifferent KindsSolidaritySensitivityManipulateMarketplaceIntimate RelationshipsMoney And PowerLasting FriendshipEconomic Security Author:Michael Lerner
“It is important to communicate to children about what we are going through. We often speak in half truths. We don't frame the truth or explain our experience in terms they can understand. We need to take time to do this. What has to happen is that more people have to get involved with more children. Focus energy on the child. Children are raising themselves these days in all sorts of strange ways.” PeopleWayNeedsChildrenImportantHappensEnergySpeakTermHalfFocusStrangeInvolvedCommunicateThese DaysTake TimeGet InvolvedHalf Truth Author:James Redfield
“For me, my core focus has always been to help others so what drives me to keep doing this is the fact that I can continue to learn to coach others such as yourself. You might not be a fitness trainer, or maybe you are, but you need to find that CORE reason that will keep you going forever.” NeedsI CanReasonFactsHelpingMightForeverFocusCoachesCoreHelping OthersTrainers Author:Scott Herman
“As for major obstacles keeping young Latinos from becoming filmmakers, I think our communities are still coming into their identities as storytellers. It's such an important identity to reclaim - it's how our ancestors kept our cultures alive. But a long history of silencing, invisibility, and marginalization has kept generations of Latinos from believing in themselves, from seeing themselves as agents of their own lives. I think there needs to be a focus on this aspect to help cultivate young Latinas to see themselves as cultural producers and defenders.” ThinkingNeedsBelieveLongStillsImportantHelpingYoungCultureCommunityFocusAliveSeeingGenerationsIdentityBecomingMajorsAspectObstaclesProducersAgentsFilmmakerAncestorStorytellerLatinoOur CommunityDefendersInvisibilityLatinaMarginalizationSilencing Author:Aurora Guerrero
“In the Western world there isn't much value given to the necessity for just being quiet. And just resting, and just being, without a focus or a goal. At least a certain amount in our lives - we don't need to do half and half; it's okay if we're doing a lot of doing, we just need some being mixed in.” IfsWorldNeedsCertainValuesGivenGoalHalfFocusOur LivesAmountQuietOkayWesternJust BeingWestern WorldBeing Quiet Author:Shakti Gawain
“When you start to write, things begin to come into focus in a way they don't when you're not writing. It's a very good way to find out how much you don't know because you learn specifically what you need to know that you don't know at the moment by writing.” KnowsWayNeedsWritingMomentsFocusVery GoodGood Way Author:David McCullough
“Whenever faced with a challenge, I dig deep within myself and summon my spiritual and physical forces. This gives me the focus, determination, perseverance, and support I need to succeed.” NeedsGivingSpiritualForceChallengesSupportFocusSucceedDeterminationGive MePerseveranceDeep WithinDig DeepDetermination PerseverancePhysical Force Author:Gail Devers
“Those of us who have gone through breast cancer treatment will say "yes" ..we absolutely need to focus on prevention. I never want my daughter to go through what I have gone through...never.” WantNeedsGoneFocusDaughterCancerBreastsTreatmentMy DaughterBreast CancerPreventionCancer Treatment Author:Ravida Din
“The one thread that was most surprising and most consistent was the lack of fear that people felt at the worst moment. They felt a lot of fear in early stages, when they're just realizing what's happening. But then things really seemed to be at their peak of terror, the fear went away. You can imagine why that's useful. At that moment your brain needs to focus all its attention on surviving, so people will feel a sense of calm as their brain tries to sort out a plan.” PeopleNeedsFeelsTryingMomentsFeltRealizingAttentionBrainFocusImaginePlansWorstStageHappeningsCalmTerrorConsistentThat MomentSurprisingThreadSurvivingWorst Moments Author:Amanda Ripley
“It's wrong to focus only on economic cooperation and then to hope that a sufficiently stable system will become democratic more or less by itself. The EU needs to urge its neighbors to pursue both economic stability and political modernization in equal measures.” NeedsPoliticalFocusEconomicEqualDemocraticNeighborPursueUrgesCooperationStabilityStableModernizationEconomic StabilityEconomic Cooperation Author:Alvaro de Vasconcelos
“Oftentimes, especially during my recovery, I didn't need to think about everything I was doing wrong; instead, I needed to focus more on what I was doing right-and then do more of the right stuff. I needed to live more in the solution.” ThinkingNeedsStuffFocusNeededSolutionsRecoveryDoing RightRight Stuff Author:Jenni Schaefer
“Indian manufacturing is constrained in its growth by the fact that it just can't ship goods in and out fast enough to compete with Chinese delivery time. India needs to really focus on this aspect if it is going to grow at anything above 7 percent.” IfsNeedsEnoughFactsGrowsGrowthFocusPercentAspectIndiaShipsChineseIndianGoodsManufacturingDelivery Author:Arjuna Mahendran
“Our focus is on ensuring America has the strongest economy in the world for the next 100 years and to do that, we need to get to the role of the Federal Reserve and we need to get it right.” WorldNeedsYearsAmericaNextRolesEconomyFocusStrongestReservesFederal Reserve Author:Kevin Brady
“Film is so much about that intensity of focus that there always needs to be some tension and some forward motion. The novel goes into a series of lovely observations about the world, but you've got to find the story.” WorldNeedsStoriesFilmNovelFocusSeriesLovelyObservationTensionIntensityForward Motion Author:Lenny Abrahamson