“If you start to focus on your opponent then you see so much quality in your opponents and weaknesses in your own side. You start to put doubts in your mind. You need to respect your opponents but that's it, no more.” IfsNeedsMindSidesQualityDoubtFocusWeaknessOpponents Author:Emmanuel Petit
“It's hard because you want to be able to just, okay, focus your energy on trying to win the match, but you need to then have tactics as to how you're going to deal with how you're feeling.” WantNeedsTryingHardFeelingsAbleWinningEnergyDealsFocusOkayTactics Author:Andy Murray
“If you come face to face with some really challenging situations and tragic circumstances - you are going in there with a purpose. You are not going in there as a tourist. You're not going there just to merely observe. You have a purpose, and your purpose is to tell that story, to share that story for the bigger benefit of millions of other people. Your purpose is to create that bridge so you can give that story the dignity and the focus that it deserves, and you can become a part of the amplification that needs to be there.” PeopleIfsNeedsGivingStoriesFacesPurposeChallengesSituationMillionsFocusShareCircumstancesBenefitsDeserveDignityBiggerBridgesTragicFace To FaceTouristsAmplificationChallenging Situations Author:Annie Lennox
“Looking back is a form of insanity, given that I could really never understand what everybody else was thinking. I find these days that I'm much more efficient when I just focus on what I need to do in order to move my family forward and get the focus off me.” ThinkingNeedsMovingFormOrderGivenFocusMy FamilyThese DaysInsanityEfficientLooking Back Author:Grant Bowler
“I've had very little negative pushback. I think people in the Senate know that I have believed, for a number of years, and have been outspoken that we need to listen to what the American people are telling us, and we need to focus more on the well-being of people who make lower wages, $50,000 and below.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsYearsWellsLittlesHas BeensNumbersFocusNegativeWell BeingSenateWagesOutspoken Author:Jeff Sessions
“I find myself having rehearsal chats, in my head, for conversations I need to have. Sometimes they are arguments, things I need to get off my chest, award acceptance speeches. Ultimately, it clears my mind, helps me focus my thoughts, and sometimes alleviates the need for the real conversation.” NeedsMindRealSometimesHelpingFocusAcceptanceConversationSpeechArgumentHelp MeChestsAwardsMy ThoughtsRehearsalAlleviateAcceptance SpeechReal Conversation Author:Michael Lomenda
“I am Catholic, I was raised Catholic, I am a practicing Catholic. But I say we need to agree to disagree. We have a shared mission around poverty, and I focus on that, because we do a lot with the Catholic Church around poverty alleviation. I'm always looking for: what is the common thread? What do we care about? What do we believe in? We believe in women around the world. We believe in all lives have equal value.” WorldNeedsBelieveCareValuesChurchCommonPovertyFocusEqualCatholicAgreeRaisedMissionsAround The WorldDisagreeThreadCatholic ChurchCommon ThreadsAgree To Disagree Author:Melinda Gates
“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 too many politicians are not listening to the men and women they represent, and if we're going to change the path America is on, we have got to be fighting for policies not that benefit the giant corporations and the banks and the special interests and the lobbyists, which is what Washington focuses on every day, but instead every policy needs to focus on the working men and women, the truck drivers and the steelworkers, and the young people.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenNeedsAmericaYoungFightingInterestPathFocusSpecialPolicyHe ManListeningPoliticianBenefitsMen And WomenCorporationsGiantsDriversTruckSpecial InterestsLobbyistsWorking ManTruck Driver Author:Ted Cruz
“The real key is time management and being able to focus on what you need to, on using every available minute to accomplish something that needs to be done.” NeedsRealDoneAbleFocusMinutesKeysManagementAvailableAccomplishTime Management Author:Kevin J. Anderson
“I feel like when there's so much conversation about women's athletics right now, we need to focus on their performance and their skill.” NeedsFeelsFocusRight NowSkillsConversationPerformancesAthletics Author:Shawn Johnson
“I need to be at my peak and my best is holding up the trophy. Anything less I wouldn't be really excited about. So that's all I can focus on.” NeedsI CanFocusExcitedTrophies Author:Serena Williams
“What you hear in focus groups and conversations, people will give you 20 minutes of rage about how the borders are out of control. But then you start saying, practically, what are we going to do about it? What are we going to do about the 11 million here? What are we going to do to get some workers we need for the farms? Then people start having a normal conversation.” PeopleNeedsGivingMillionsFocusGroupsMinutesConversationNormalWorkersRageBordersFarmsFocus Groups Author:David Brooks
“We need to value the importance of simplicity, focus and living according to our values.” NeedsValuesVisionFocusImportanceSimplicity Author:John Bernard Philip Humbert, 9th Count de Salis-Soglio
“You don't need to stick to tough rules or overnight changes; you need not rely on hardcore discipline that makes you hate your life. You need only focus on progress, not perfection. Lean in to the process of losing weight, and it will happen easily.” NeedsHappensHateProcessFocusProgressDisciplineLosingToughPerfectionWeightSticksRelyHate YouNot PerfectHardcoreProgress Not Perfection Author:Kathy Freston
“When I have a lot of work to do my life is very distracted, so for me to concentrate on music I need to create a structure where I can focus better.” NeedsI CanLife IsFocusStructureDistracted Author:Suzanne Ciani
“If we're interested in the continuation of the human experiment we need to focus on resilience and coping with change (whether natural or anthropogenic) rather than living as if God or nature has given us a nice, orderly, calm, Babbit-like existence.” IfsNeedsHumansGivenNaturalExistenceFocusNiceCalmResilienceExperimentsCopingOrderlyContinuation Author:Dale Jamieson