Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

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.

I want to do one thing and do it well.

Focus on one thing and do one thing well.

It's important to focus on what we do best and master one craft at a time.

The trouble with a great many men is that they spread themselves out over too much ground. They fail in everything. If they would only put their life into one channel, and keep it in, they would accomplish something. They make no impression because they do a little work here and a little work there....Lay yourselves on the altar of God, and then concentrate on some one work.

I don't believe in doing everything and being mediocre at all of them. I believe in being good at one thing.

I'm in lockdown mode as far as what I want to accomplish. I don't let anything else get in my way.

Just do what you do best.

Whatever you are doing, give it all of your attention. Prioritise what you're going to do carefully, and then be in the moment.

I'm a person of whim, and easily distracted. I don't like multitasking. When I'm doing one thing, I like to do just that thing.

The lesson I learned is that sometimes the task you have at hand needs all of your concentration and focus.

Give me a man who says this one thing I do, and not those fifty things I dabble in.

Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.

You're a wise person if you can easily direct your attention to what ever needs it.

I'm very big on focus.

It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's powers on one thing.

The thing that you do obsessively between the ages of 13 and 18 is the thing that you stand the best chance of being world class at.

I believe in doing what I am best at. I don't want to waste my energy in other things; instead, I would put all that in reaching the next level in a craft that I love the most.

Focus. It's powerful to do just one thing and pour all your energy into it.

The F-word here is focus.

My whole thing is if you want to do it, then do it. Kobe told me this, but he said, 'You don't wanna lay all your eggs in one basket, but you wanna lay all your eggs in one basket.' If you wanna do something and be great at it, that's what you're going to have to specialize in. Just take it and run.

You need to have laser focus on doing your job.

I believe when you have your hands on four or five pots at once, you can never have a firm grip on one pot. My one pot is being a boxer.

I don't want to be jack of all, master of none. I want to focus completely and excel as an actor with every project.

When you have a deep focus, you can't go wrong at all. Not when you're an expert at what you do.