“Avoid trivial pursuits. You are a child of God, destined for glory, and called to do great things in His Name. Do not waste your life on hobbies, sports, and other recreational pursuits. Do not throw away the precious moments of your life on entertainment, movies, and video games. Though some of these things can properly have a 'small place' in the Christian's life, we must be careful not to give undue attention to temporal and fruitless activities. Do not waste your life. Employ the time of your youth in developing the character and skills necessary to be a useful servant of God.” GivingChildrenMomentsCharacterChristianFaithGamesNamesSportsPowerfulAttentionYouthActivitySkillsWasteGloryCarefulEntertainmentPursuitVideoGreat ThingsDevelopingServantBe CarefulHobbiesDestinedChild Of GodServant Of GodPrecious MomentsSmall Places Author:Paul Washer
“I learned to observe other people - that’s sort of what it teaches you. To pay attention. Which can also be a really natural human skill so I don’t think I’m better equipped than other human beings.” PeopleHumansNaturalPayAttentionTeachSkillsPay Attention Author:Natalie Portman
“Enlightenment is just the beginning, later on come other skills . . . patience, a forgiving nature, extreme attention . . . .” AttentionSkillsEnlightenmentForgivingExtremes Author:E. J. Gold
“Dominant energy patterns that are contributing to the stress in a human being, are able to be picked up, if a person is open enough. And for me, as a medical intuitive, that's where I focus my attention. That's what the skill is all about.” IfsHumansPersonsEnoughAbleEnergyHuman BeingsAttentionFocusSkillsStressPatternsMedicalDominantIntuitiveContributing Author:Caroline Myss
“I was a class clown, of the classic term for it. I would get the work done easily, and then I would try to deprive other people of their educations. I developed skills for mimicry, and I was a good showoff. I knew how to get attention, and I knew how to do it in a positive funny way.” PeopleWayTryingDoneTermAttentionClassSkillsClassicClownWork DoneMimicryShowoffs Author:George Carlin
“Teaching's hard! You need different skills: positive reinforcement, keeping students from getting bored, commanding their attention in a certain way.” WayNeedsDifferentHardCertainAttentionTeachingStudentsSkillsBoredReinforcementPositive Reinforcement Author:Bill Gates
“Flow is the process of achieving happiness through control over one's inner life. The optimal state of inner experience is order in consciousness. This happens when we focus our attention (psychic energy) on realistic goals and when our skills match the challenges we face.” StatesHappensFacesOrderEnergyProcessGoalChallengesAttentionConsciousnessFocusAchieveSkillsFlowRealisticPsychicsInner LifeOptimalChallenges We FaceRealistic GoalsAchieving Happiness Author:Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
“We have to create that bridge for the future. And that means making sure we're paying attention to the wages of workers in countries, making sure that we're investing in their education and their skills.” MeanCountryAttentionSkillsWorkersInvestingPay AttentionBridgesWages Author:Barack Obama
“I always knew I could hold people's attention and make them laugh every 30 or 40 seconds, and I got approval and attention for that, so the behavior was reinforced. Later, that became an important skill on the street corner.” PeopleImportantAttentionLaughingStreetsSkillsBehaviorCornersSecondsApprovalStreet Corners Author:George Carlin
“We can have skills training in mindfulness so that we are using our attention to perceive something in the present moment. This perception is not so latent by fears or projections into the future, or old habits, and then I can actually stir loving-kindness or compassion in skills training too, which can be sort of provocative, I found.” I CanMomentsFoundAttentionCompassionKindnessHabitSkillsPerceptionMindfulnessTrainingPerceivePresent MomentProjectionProvocativeLatentLoving KindnessOld HabitsSkills Training Author:Sharon Salzberg
“I'm sure you could have. Fending off unwanted male attention is a skill every attractive woman must acquire. But you're also a lady who was reluctant to cause a scene.. (Hammond Cross)” CausesAttentionSceneSkillsCrossesMalesAttractiveAcquireReluctantUnwantedAttractive Woman Author:Sandra Brown
“What is needed, however, isn't just that people working together be nice to each other. It is discipline. Discipline is hard--harder than trustworthiness and skill and perhaps even than selflessness. We are by nature flawed and inconstant creatures. We can't even keep from snacking between meals. We are not built for discipline. We are built for novelty and excitement, not for careful attention to detail. Discipline is something we have to work at.” PeopleHardTogetherAttentionNiceNeededDisciplineSkillsCreaturesBuiltHarderDetailsCarefulExcitementMealsWorking TogetherBeing NiceSelflessnessFlawedNoveltyTrustworthinessAttention To Detail Book:The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right Source: The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right