Esther Hicks Quotes

Visualization is daydreaming with a purpose.

I learned early in sports that to be effective - for a player to play the best he can play - is a matter of concentration and being unaware of distractions, positive or negative.

I like building.

Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.

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 never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both well.

And it comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much. We're always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important.

A builder is like a little god - somebody who does things, doesn't just draw things.

I'm into designing houses and interior design. I like change. I like creating things out of nothing.

To help you focus, to help you really understand what you're doing, you have to say no a lot. When you say yes to everything, you get distracted. When you say no, you have to get the one thing you're doing really right.

An agenda is not a bad thing.

Try not to do too many things at once. Know what you want, the number one thing today and tomorrow. Persevere and get it done.

Competition is an easy way to get into flow.

It's marvelous the change that comes about when a man gets together all his forces and centers them upon the doing of one thing at a time.

The patience that goes with the game, the little things that go along with the game, you have so much more time to think in golf than you do in football - you have to keep your thoughts positive. I'm not sure I've got that mastered.

You do what is manageable, and you do it well rather than trying to do a thousand things just a little bit OK.

Acting and recording an album at the same time, that's not my sport. I could write a movie when my attention was paid to that. But I'm good at one thing at a time.

Building a house is a lot like moviemaking. The attention to detail, the sense that you're doing something that has longevity.

It's hard to edit. It's hard to stay focused. And yet, we know we'll only do our best work if we stay focused. And so, you know, the hardest decisions we made are all the things not to work on, frankly.

If you're running a race, and you're looking at the lane to your right or your left, you're gonna trip instead of... focusing forward.

I want to live a life full of purpose and intention. Sometimes when we play sports and athletics you can lose your purpose.

Whatever you're trying to do, wherever you're trying to go in life, whatever you got your mindset on, stay there.

I've learned that the more I streamline what my actual tasks are and where I'd like to direct my energy, as opposed to where I let my energy go in an unaware state of mind, the more energy I have to place where my intentions are. Boundaries are good! Use them and know where they are.

I make 18 three-footers after every round. It's just something that helps me focus on routine, and helps me hear the ball go in the hole. It's something I do every day.

I cannot say yes to too many things. I am better off giving attention to one thing at a time.