Total Focus Quotes

“Conventional wisdom is not always wrong—but it’s always suspect.”
― Brandon Webb, Total Focus

“common to every one of these top performers: complete and total confidence (“I will win no matter what”), combined with rigorous, consistent, meticulous mental rehearsal (“and this is exactly what it will look like and feel like”).”
― Brandon Webb, Total Focus

“The only way you can successfully and consistently focus on your business is if you maintain your health, your family, your relationships, and all the rest of what makes you a human being in a healthy state of balance.”
― Brandon Webb, Total Focus

“where you are literally unaware of everything outside your field of attention. That’s not focus; that’s being an ostrich with your head in the sand. Otherwise known as blissful denial. In business, also known as suicide. You have to stay aware of it all and at the same time be totally focused. Like most truths that really matter, it’s a paradox”
― Brandon Webb, Total Focus

“Is business all about the money? Of course not. It’s about innovation and ingenuity, about coming up with new and better ways of doing things. It’s about making people’s lives better. Exercising the incredible creativity of the human spirit. And it’s about hitting your number: giving you what you need so you can design the life you want and take care of the people you care about.”
― Brandon Webb, Total Focus

“individuals will exhibit a level of engagement with his or her business that borders on the obsessive.”
― Brandon Webb, Total Focus

“choose one thing, focus on that one thing, and execute it to the absolute limit of your abilities. Focus on your career, invest in yourself, and learn how to say no to everything else.”
― Brandon Webb, Total Focus

“Here is what I’ve learned on the field of battle, both as a SEAL and as a CEO: Stay focused— Keep keenly attuned to everything going on around you— Practice violence of action— Hold fast to a standard of absolute excellence— Embrace the suck— Honor and value your team— Lead from the front—”
― Brandon Webb, Total Focus

“The food you eat, the clothes you wear, the music you listen to. The shows and films you watch. The words and sentences you speak. The quality of your relationships. You should be a connoisseur of greatness.”
― Brandon Webb, Total Focus

“How you manage the smallest mundane details of your life will add up to your success—or failure—on the largest scale.”
― Brandon Webb, Total Focus

“There’s a point where work takes precedence, and whenever that point comes, you know you simply have to lock the doors and rivet yourself on getting the job done. And there’s a time when you have to shift your attention to your family, your kids, your girlfriend or boyfriend, your circle of friends.”
― Brandon Webb, Total Focus

“Is there purpose to this conversation? Do I want to build a relationship with this person or this company? Is there purpose behind this meeting that aligns with my life and business strategy?”
― Brandon Webb, Total Focus

“I pack a lot into every twenty-four hours, and the way I do it is by staying clear on my focus, mastering distractions, and paying attention to the quality of my communications.”
― Brandon Webb, Total Focus

“Purpose” is a powerful word; it comes from an Old French word, purpos, meaning aim or intention. To be “on purpose” is “to aim accurately.”
― Brandon Webb, Total Focus

“Front sight focus is that state of intense concentration in which all your resources and abilities are brought to bear on a singular intention, when you’re so locked on to the crosshair reticle inside your scope (or, in an iron sights system, the sighting device at the front of your weapon, hence front sight focus) that everything else blurs and disappears”
― Brandon Webb, Total Focus