Jill Biden Quotes

When you're playing, it's important to focus 100 per cent on what you're doing.

When I'm in the movie, I'm entirely in the movie. When I'm on the set, I'm 200 per cent there; when I'm at home, I'm 200 per cent at home.

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

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

No more than a surgeon can operate while tweeting can you reach your potential with one ear in, one ear out. You actually have to reacquaint yourself with concentration. We all do.

Whatever I'm doing, I'm in that moment and I'm doing it. The rest of the world's lost. If I'm cooking some food or making soup, I want it to be lovely. If not, what's the point of doing it?

I can enjoy what I'm engaged in and be fully present rather than planning my answers to questions while someone else is speaking or thinking about my next appointment while my current engagement is still in in progress.

We've lost the ability to immerse ourselves in things.

Usually, when I give talks, I'm 100% there, 100% present.

Whatever you are doing, put your whole mind on it. If you are shooting, your mind should be only on the target. Then you will never miss. If you are learning your lessons, think only of the lesson. In India boys and girls are taught to do this.

Giving something your time isn't the same as giving it your attention.

It is better to be fully present and rested and engaged for one thing than rushed, distracted, and scattered for ten.

The quality of one's life depends on the quality of attention.

I'm pretty much done with mindfulness. I'm just going to start paying attention.

I just try to concentrate on concentrating.

To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.

Attention is the material I work with.

My concentration span is truly that of a gnat. Some people have this ladder, and that's all there is - the ladder. I have the ladder, too, but there's a building around it with scaffolding, and lots of windows for me to peek into. Then suddenly I'll remember, 'Oh, there's the ladder. I should be concentrating on that.'

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.

Brain studies of mental workouts in which you sustain a single, chosen focus show that the more you detach from what's distracting you and refocus on what you should be paying attention to, the stronger this brain circuitry becomes.

The more you focus, the more that focus becomes a habit.

A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily detached from it.

When I play, I become entirely absorbed in the game. It may be a form of concentration.

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.

I don't do one show and wish I was doing something else.