Michael Korda Quotes

Concentration is the magic key that opens the door to accomplishment. By concentrating our efforts upon a few major goals, our efficiency soars, our projects are completed -- we are going somewhere. By focusing our efforts to a single point, we achieve the greatest results. The first rule of success, and the one that supercedes all others, is to have energy. It is important to know how to concentrate it, how to husband it, how to focus it on important things instead of frittering it away on trivia.

Concentration is the magic key that opens the door to accomplishment.

Throughout my career, I have discovered and rediscovered a simple truth.It is this: the ability to concentrate single-mindedly on your most important task, to do it well and to finish it completely, is the key to great success, achievement, respect, status and happiness in life.

I make a little goal every day and work toward achieving it - even if it's the smallest little thing.

Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus - it's simply learning how to focus.

The real key is time management and being able to focus on what you need to, on using every available minute to accomplish something that needs to be done.

The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish good results while the strongest, by dispersing his effort over many chores, may fail to accomplish anything.

Efficiency and focus are the keys to success.

Don't talk too much, be focused on the goal and achieve it.

I think my motto is to always remain focused on what it is that you're trying to accomplish.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

I just think there are enough hours in the day. If you just focus and dedicate yourself and approach each task as it presents itself, you can accomplish a lot.

Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it. That is what goals can do for us; concentrate our energy.

Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.

Goal-setting and achieving those goals - that's just what I do.

Review your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them.

If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most important and then give it all you've got.

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

One of the secrets of a successful life is to be able to hold all of our energies upon one point, to focus all of the scattered rays of the mind upon one place or thing.

If you develop just one muscle, one skill, make it the ability to focus and just get on with it. It will not only make you desirably employable, but it will make you happy.

I discovered that the best thing for me was to be very busy all the time. I can get a lot done, and I can do those tasks well.

Work smart. Get things done.

I'm not interested in how long I can hold out, but in how fast I can reach the finishing line.

The most important thing to keep in mind in being effective is focus.

When you set goals and you reach those goals in mid-August and early September, there's nothing to look forward to. You sort of lose your drive.