“With practice and focus, you can extend yourself far more than you ever believed possible.”— Edmund Hillary, telegraph.co.uk
“It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him.”— Ludwig Wittgenstein, amazon.com
“Don’t think about what can happen in a month. Don’t think about what can happen in a year. Just focus on the 24 hours in front of you and do what you can to get closer to where you want to be.”— Eric Thomas, goodreads.com
“If you are interested in something, you will focus on it, and if you focus attention on anything, it is likely that you will become interested in it. Many of the things we find interesting are not so by nature, but because we took the trouble of paying attention to them.”— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, amazon.com
“To control the breathing is to control the mind. With different patterns of breathing, you can fall in love, you can hate someone, you can feel the whole spectrum of feelings just by changing your breathing.”— Marina Abramovic, beta.theglobeandmail.com
“What are the five products you want to focus on? Get rid of the rest, because they’re dragging you down.”— Steve Jobs, amazon.com
“Always remember, your focus determines your reality.”— George Lucas, Qui-Gon Jinn, Liam Neeson, amazon.com
“Even five minutes around trees or in green spaces may improve health. Think of it as a prescription with no negative side effects that's also free.”— NYS State: Department of Environmental Conservation, dec.ny.gov
“Spending time in nature, looking at plants, water, birds and other aspects of nature gives the cognitive portion of our brain a break, allowing us to focus better and renew our ability to be patient.”— NYS State: Department of Environmental Conservation, dec.ny.gov
“I learned to stay focused. It’s easy when you’re a young founder to think all your ideas are great ones, but that can be hard on your team, and distracting, when you’re always changing direction.”— Sophia Amoruso, digiday.com
“I can teach you the secret to running this airline in thirty seconds. This is it: We are THE low-cost airline. Once you understand that fact, you can make any decision about this company's future as well as I can.”— Herb Kelleher, seekingalpha.com
“I wasn’t focused when I was 16. I was just chilling out, going to school, seeing my friends. I wasn’t taking running seriously. It’s hard as a teenager, there are a lot of distractions. I’m not complaining but now I think if I’d listened to my coach more then maybe I could have been more successful.…”— Mo Farah, bigissue.com
“If you are putting your focus on outcomes that are larger than yourself, then the results will be great.”— Tony Robbins, twitter.com
“I really want to clear my life so that I have to make as few decisions as possible about anything except how to best serve this community.”— Mark Zuckerberg, telegraph.co.uk
“Toolkit for clear thinking: Start with the end goal in mind. Think from the perspective of the other person.”— Carl Pei, twitter.com
“Focus. The ability to lose yourself in an enjoyable task can be seen as sexy.”— Valeria Chuba, selfgrowth.com
“If you decide to focus on one thing at a time, instead of trying to solve everything at once, and just do that one thing, then you will feel a sudden decrease in stress.”— Gudjon Bergmann, amazon.com
“Focus on one specific object in a photo with your actual phone camera, not with Instagram's blur tool. Manually tap on your camera screen to decide what the main focus should be, then take your photo. This looks less heavily edited and much more professional.”— Danielle Tullo, cosmopolitan.com