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January 6 - January 21, 2023
The best advice I ever came across on the subject of concentration is: Wherever you are, be there.
You always have two choices with any experience in your life: You can either learn from it or you can place blame. The choice is always yours.
“We need ‘why power’ not willpower.”
The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it—as long as you believe 100 percent.
Every single thought we have is creative: Each one has the power to build and the power to destroy.
Your beliefs are the stories about yourself that you have accepted to be true … so you can decide to change the stories.
“If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree.”
Concentrate all your thoughts on the task at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
“Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb,” said Pythagoras.
“Multitasking is known to slow people down by 50 percent and add 50 percent more mistakes.”
“All man’s miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone.”
Sharpen your intellect by making it a habit to do one thing at a time.
Exceptional work is always associated with periods of deep concentration.
Learning with a purpose increases your attention, comprehension, and retention; it also helps organize your thoughts.
Your mind never wanders; it moves toward more interesting things.
“There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.”
“If you want to cure boredom, be curious. If you’re curious, nothing is a chore; it’s automatic—you want to study. Cultivate curiosity, and life becomes an unending study of joy.”
could only find three kinds of business in the world—mine, yours, and God’s. Whose business are you in?”
Learn to practice peace, because if you have no attention you have no retention.
Concentration is about learning how to stay centered. When you concentrate your power, you can achieve anything.
When you train your creativity, you automatically train your memory. When you train your memory, you automatically train your creative thinking skills!
People that learn quickly or have a so-called photographic memory apply creativity to everything they learn.
“Hear a piece of information and three days later you’ll remember 10 percent of it. Add a picture and you’ll remember 65 percent.”
The important thing is that you practice. The more you practice, the better you will become.
Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
Interest level is measured by how much you remember.
Memory ... is the diary that we all carry about with us.
The human brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working as soon as you are born and doesn’t stop until you get up to deliver a speech.
“Chaos is the sexiest excuse for laziness ever invented.”
We all love to win but how many people love to train?
“The more we struggle and debate, the more we reconsider and delay, the less likely we are to act.”
The only way you get to be good at anything is through self-discipline. Remember: Life only rewards action!
If you’re hoping to harvest a life of great deeds, remember you first have to plant some great seeds.
