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Focus Quotes - Page 24

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

Soren Kierkegaard (2013). “The Wisdom of Kierkegaard”, p.91, Simon and Schuster

If you focus on near-term growth above all else, you miss the most important question you should be asking: will this business still be around a decade from now?

Peter Thiel, Blake Masters (2014). “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future”, p.39, Crown Business

For a person to become deeply involved in any activity it is essential that he knows precisely what tasks he must accomplish, moment by moment.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2004). “Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning”, p.37, Penguin

You have to combine both things: invention and innovation focus, plus the company that can commercialize things and get them to people.

"Computing is still too clunky: Charlie Rose and Larry Page in conversation". Interview with Charlie Rose, blog.ted.com. March 19, 2014.

I focus on spiritual wealth now, and I'm busier, more enthusiastic, and more joyful than I have ever been.

"Money Not the End Goal for Successful Men". Book by Andrew Leckey, articles.chicagotribune.com. July 20, 2008.

No one achieves greatness by becoming a generalist. You don't hone a skill by diluting your attention to its development. The only way to get to the next level is focus.

John C. Maxwell (2003). “Thinking for a Change: 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life and Work”, p.50, Hachette UK