Focus

<p>Our capacity for success lies not so much with our intelligence but with our focus. When we mobilize our power of thought toward a single issue for a prolonged time, we can achieve spectacular results. Casual consideration won’t solve today’s problems. To find answers, a person must set all else aside and focus deeply and relentlessly on an issue until powerful new insights emerge.</p><p>To achieve our goal, we must beware of distractions. Distraction is the temptation to give the focus and energy needed for something highly important to something that is often quite insignificant.</p><p>Oliver Burkeman once said, “What will your life have been, in the end, but the sum total of everything you spent it focusing on?”</p>