- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Focus Quotes
What you focus on is what you build.
These focus quotes come largely from people describing their creative process — narrowing in on the best shots during filming, choosing between a pinhole view and a wide panorama, and treating a life's work like a child that demands ongoing attention. For more, see our Concentration quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're guilty of something, you can focus on that, but if something terrible happens, and you can't imagine how you could have changed it, that's very difficult for the mind. In some ways, it's more difficult not to be at fault because it's a subtler thing.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I stopped dating for six months a year ago. Dating requires a lot of energy and focus.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just have to stay away from craft services. Having that routine allows me to keep absolute focus on the physical shape I want to be in. It's also important to allow yourself to have treats every once in awhile, so I indulge in dark chocolate. It's just a balance, for the most part!
- Every Single Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have to control my mouth - and that's hard enough - and then I have to manipulate the puppet and make it look real - like, make its interactions look real. And then I have to sing at the same time, and I have to have my facial expressions reacting to the puppet... So it's a lot going on, and I have to focus on every single thing at the same time.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My job is to focus on bringing characters to life in an honest and personal way.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
We rarely write in the studio. Everything's already completely arranged before we go in. That way, we can really focus on getting the recording right.
- Conserving
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've definitely got better over the years at conserving my energy in pre-season - at knowing what to focus on and what to let go.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a tendency to look at investments in isolation. Investors focus on the risk of individual securities.
- Feedback
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- Nov 07, 2020
Multitasking creates a dopamine-addiction feedback loop, effectively rewarding the brain for losing focus and for constantly searching for external stimulation.
- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to blinker ourselves, to better monitor our attentional focus. Enforced periods of no email or Internet to allow us to sustain concentration have been shown to be tremendously helpful. And breaks - even a 15-minute break every two or three hours - make us more productive in the long run.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People who organize their time in a way that allows them to focus are not only going to get more done, but they'll be less tired and less neurochemically depleted after doing it.
- Dozens
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're building a business, you want to focus and deliver excellence at what you do. This simply cannot be done when you are launching multiple ventures, dozens of new products, and selling everywhere and anywhere at the same time.
- Ale
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Kind Foundation was created to scale our social impact and be able to deepen our focus on fostering empathy and developing kinder communities.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
Beginning players are predictable and rarely bluff. They tend to focus only on their own hand and simply hope to catch the one card they need to improve.
- Negative
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- Nov 07, 2020
Social distance makes it all the easier to focus on small differences between groups and to put a negative spin on the ways of others and a positive spin on our own.
- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think focus is in itself ever a bad thing. But focus of the wrong kind, or managed poorly, can be.
- Detach
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- Nov 07, 2020
Brain studies of mental workouts in which you sustain a single, chosen focus show that the more you detach from what's distracting you and refocus on what you should be paying attention to, the stronger this brain circuitry becomes.
- Grad
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- Nov 07, 2020