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Problem talk creates problems, Solution talk creates solutions.

There's a lot to be said for quitters. Those people who are extremely good at one thing got that way by quitting almost everything else.

Intense concentration for hour after hour can bring out resources in people that they didn't know they had.

When conscious activity is wholly concentrated on some one definite purpose, the ultimate result, for most people, is lack of balance accompanied by some form of nervous disorder.

If your attention is focused only on the result, then you are no longer in the process. But if you're in the process, then the result is guaranteed.

When we think about our strengths, we are strong. When we think about our weaknesses, we are weak.

The quality of your attention determines the quality of other people's thinking.

Think not of what you did yesterday, but what you can do for yourself today.

The first law of success is concentration - to bed all the energies to one point, and to go directly to that point, looking neither to the right nor the left.

Energy flows where attention goes.

He to whom many objects of pursuit arise at the same time, will frequently hesitate between different desires till a rival has precluded him, or change his course as new attractions prevail, and harass himself without advancing.

The eye of the mind, like that of the body, can only extend its view to new objects, by losing sight of those which are now before it.

They whose activity of imagination is often shifting the scenes of expectation, are frequently subject to such sallies of caprice as make all their actions fortuitous, destroy the value of their friendship, obstruct the efficacy of their virtues, and set them below the meanest of those who persist in their resolutions, execute what they design, and perform what they have promised.

The human mind is not rich enough to drive many horses abreast and wants one general scheme, under which it strives to bring everything.

Nothing is difficult, when gain and honour unite their influence.

There is no temper more unpropitious to interest than desultory application and unlimited inquiry, by which the desires are held in a perpetual equipoise, and the mind fluctuates between different purposes without determination.

Chess is a game that benefits people of all ages, especially kids, in any area of life, business, problem solving, and social skills. Chess has the unique ability to combine focus, concentration, imagination, coordination, teamwork, and leadership all at the same time.

Take five minutes to center yourself in the morning...Set your intention every day.

To focus means to bring your attention to the center, to concentrate on one thing intently in order to gain clarity.

There are cases where you design something that looks good on paper and there's only one small part of it that's fun. You have to focus on that and throw the rest away.

It gave me a chance to re-evaluate my life and my career. Cancer certainly gives things a new perspective. I would not have won the Tour de France if I had not had cancer. It gave me new strength and focus.