#focus

You can change the place you live, your clothes, your interests, your friends, your religion and even your partner. But if you forgot to change your mind, attitude, beliefs about the world, how you treat people and how you plan to be different this time around, why did you even bother? ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#changing #different #inattention #life #loss-of-focus

Yet he argued that even a tedious topic can take on a certain fascination if you make an effort to look at it afresh: "The subject must be made to show new aspects of itself; to prompt new questions; in a word, to change. From an unchanging subject the attention inevitably wanders away. ↗

— Winifred Gallagher

#focus #change

Don't look at the present storm, but look to the Son coming. ↗

— Anthony Liccione

#courage #focus #hope #jesus #looking-forward

Successful continual learning means maintaining a balance and variety of success-oriented attributes, the most prominent being awareness, confidence, persistence, determination, courage, and focus. But curiosity, ingenuity, and creativity may be even more important as it is these traits that fuel the desire to continue to question and challenge the status quo. ↗

— Lorii Myers

#confidence #courage #creativity #determination #focus-curiosity

Narrow the focus, take the ascent one step at a time, and it's amazing what odds a man can beat. ↗

— Courtney Schafer

#courage #focus #persistence #courage

I talked about 12 to 18 months, and that's about reaffirming our foundation for sustained growth: getting the discipline back, getting the basics right, getting the customer focus back... so by the end of next year, I hope most of that's in place. ↗

— Jim Cantalupo

#back #basics #customer #discipline #end

Listen for the call of your destiny, and when it comes, release your plans and follow. ↗

— Mollie Marti

#exercise #focus #life-design #purpose #servant-leader

When you don't know where you are going in life (No Clear Destination), you don't need direction... you need Divine Revelation ↗

— Fela Durotoye

#focus #leadership #purpose-of-life #vision #leadership

Smartass Disciple: If you are really a master, then make me see miracles! Master of Stupidity: Go to sleep and dream, then wake up thirty years later! ↗

— Toba Beta

#logic-of-the-observer #mindset #miracle #relativity #truth

Urgent equals ephemeral, and ephemeral equals unimportant. ↗

— John le Carré

#time-management #urgent #equality