“We are not born focusing. It's an acquired skill that requires initial effort and constant upgrading.” BornEffortFocusSkillsConstantInitialsUpgrading Author:Robert Genn
“A successful economic development strategy must focus on improving the skills of the area's workforce.” SuccessfulFocusEconomicDevelopmentSkillsAreasStrategyImprovingGlobal EconomyWorkforceEconomic DevelopmentWorld Economy Author:Rod Blagojevich
“If you develop just one muscle, one skill, make it the ability to focus and just get on with it. It will not only make you desirably employable, but it will make you happy.” IfsAbilityFocusSkillsJust OneMusclesMake You Happy Author:Kate Reardon
“Consider developing your whole self with the same raw focus and intensity that you develop a particular skill set. Get focused. Go out, have adventures. Run, jump, skin your knee, fall in love, root loudly for the away team at a baseball game, barely escape a crash of stampeding rhinos, live to see another day. Experience things big and small. Go for a walk. The world is full of wonders.” WorldLoveSelfWholeBigsRunningFallGamesWalksWonderFocusTeamParticularAdventureSelf LoveWalkingSkillsRootsSkinsExperienceBaseballFalling In LoveFocusedDevelopingKneesIntensityCrashAnother DayBaseball GamesLive LoveRhinos Author:Anthony Holden
“Soft focus is an important skill that can effect us metaphorically. In other words, the way we see the future has everything to do with how well we can look up and see the expanded horizon before us.” WayWellsLooksImportantImaginationFocusEffectsSkillsLook UpHorizon Author:Peter Kline
“One of the biggest benefits of playing box for a young lacrosse player is in the development of lacrosse IQ. Because everyone plays with a short stick [in box lacrosse], you have to focus on being a complete lacrosse player versus specializing as an attackman or d-man. That is how your IQ grows and skills improve.” MenPlayYoungGrowsFocusPlayerDevelopmentSkillsBenefitsSticksBoxesVersusLacrosseLacrosse Players Author:Peter Lawrence
“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
“Too many players focus on physical tells. For both online and live games, you should be focusing more on betting patterns and histories. The ability to figure out your opponent's hand based on his betting pattern is a crucial skill.” ShouldHandsGamesAbilityFocusPlayerFiguresSkillsPatternsOpponentsOnlineCrucialBetting Author:Daniel Negreanu
“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
“It is better to excel in any single art than to arrive only at mediocrity in several, so moderate skill in several is to be preferred where one cannot attain to perfection in any.” ArtFocusSkillsPerfectionMediocrityModerates Book:The Letters of Pliny the Consul: With Occasional Remarks Source: The Letters of Pliny the Consul: With Occasional Remarks
“When I became a father acting sort of took the place of what I did in my free time and my children became the main focus. I play a lot and my children play. Both my sons - my daughter's still too young really - have surpassed me with their music skills, which is wildly irritating.” ChildrenStillsPlayYoungFatherActingFocusSonSkillsDaughterMy ChildrenMy DaughterMy SonIrritatingFree TimeChildren Playing Author:Paul Bettany
“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
“I would really like to focus on directing features, and then eventually take that skill set back to television. On features, you have more control. On television, the producers are the creative forces behind it. Directors come and go on television.” ForceBehindsCreativeFocusTelevisionGoes OnDirectorsSkillsProducersFeaturesComes And Goes Author:Eric Balfour
“I started off with a company, InfoSpace, with my own funding. The company was listed among the most successful companies and I went on to start Intelius and Moon Express. Now, I focus my time on using the skills of an entrepreneur to solve many of the grand challenges facing us in the areas of education, healthcare, clean water and energy.” EnergyWaterChallengesMy OwnCompanySuccessfulFocusMoonSkillsAreasEntrepreneurCleanSolveMy TimeHealthcareFundingClean WaterSuccessful Company Author:Naveen Jain
“There is no differentiation between all living things: trees, river, animals, and humans. We are all one interdependent organism, so our focus may seem broad but each element interacts with the other. We have so many phenomenal eyes, skills, and hands on deck. It's mind-blowingly exciting.” MindHumansMayHandsSeemsEyeAnimalFocusTreeSkillsElementsRiversExcitingBroadsOrganismsLiving ThingsPhenomenalDeckHumans And AnimalsDifferentiation Author:Ian Somerhalder
“I realise I'll have to acquire the ability to speak to my audience in between numbers. I've never had to do that. On the street I only focus on the keyboard settings for my next song, which takes a bit of time and a lot of concentration. So I'll have to develop that new skill, which gives me pause, because I'm afraid I'll say something stupid and disillusion people when they realise I'm an ordinary earthling - in fact, as ordinary as anyone else on this planet.” PeopleGivingFactsSongNextSpeakBitsAbilityNumbersAudienceFocusStreetsStupidPlanetsSkillsOrdinaryGive MeSettingSettingsAcquireConcentrationRealisingPausesKeyboardsDisillusionNew SkillsAbility To Speak Author:Susan Schneider
“Some people can work amid chaos or conversations, and some can't - and while there's no doubt an element of brain wiring to it, there's also the possibility of acquiring skills that improve your focus.” PeopleBrainDoubtFocusPossibilitySkillsConversationElementsChaosNo DoubtWiring Author:Carolyn Hax
“It's a skill that people are born with. Either you're a focuser or you're a multitasky person. I am a full-focus person.” PeoplePersonsBornFocusSkills Author:Jodie Foster
“Even where the game is today, cats don't really focus on necessarily what it is that you're saying so when people say, "Oh, you can't rap," I play into the joke. That's why I'll challenge anybody; anybody rapping, let's go just because I know what the art form is and even when you see these battle rappers in here, they're so skillful. It's actually a skill.” PeopleKnowsArtPlayTodayFormGamesChallengesFocusBattleSkillsJokesCatRapRapperSkillful Author:Nick Cannon
“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
“A successful economic development strategy must focus on improving the skills of the area's workforce, reducing the cost of doing business and making available the resources business needs to compete and thrive in today's global economy.” NeedsTodayEconomySuccessfulFocusEconomicDevelopmentCostSkillsResourcesAreasStrategyAvailableThriveImprovingReducingGlobal EconomyWorkforceEconomic DevelopmentWorld Economy Author:Rod Blagojevich
“Seeing a patter doesn't mean you know how to put it all together. Take baby steps: don't focus on the folks whose skills are far beyond your own. When you're new to something-or you haven't tried it in a while-it can feel impossibly hard to get it right. Every misstep feels like a reason to quit. You envy everyone else who seems to know what they're doing. What keeps you going? The belief that one day you'll also be like that: Elegant. Capable. Confident. Experienced. And you can be. All you need now is enthusiasm. A little bravery. And-always-a sense of humor.” KnowsNeedsFeelsMeanLittlesHardReasonSeemsTogetherBeliefStepsKnow HowFocusSeeingHavensBabyOne DaySkillsCapableBraveryFolksEnvyQuittingEnthusiasmSense Of HumorElegantBaby Steps Book:Knit Two Source: Knit Two