Brian Tracy Quotes

I'm a writer, not a professional runner. It's fun and it helps me write. I need powerful concentration.

I try to stay focused.

The F-word here is focus.

I can't let distractions get in the way.

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

To succeed, you must be able to concentrate, and to know what to concentrate on.

Good performance is about the capacity to focus and concentrate.

A journalist also needs to be disciplined, and so do I. I am, essentially, lazy. Without discipline I'd be just a mass of gummy bears on the sofa instead of on book tour with my eighth novel.

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

I learned that focus is key. Not just in your running a company, but in your personal life as well.

I'm scattered, and then that last hundred pages, bam, I'm a laser.

When I was bringing up a child, I taught myself to write in very short, concentrated bursts. If I had a weekend, or a week, I'd do unbelievable amounts of work.

I like the busy-ness of office life. What I discovered, to my surprise, is that I love the solitary nature of writing. What happens is that you write when you're ready.

When I'm on set, I do whatever I can to find my focus.

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

I'm very big on focus.

I can do a book in three months if I spend all day, seven days a week at it and, in fact, I work better that way.

If you dedicate your attention to discipline in your life you become smarter while you are writing than while you are hanging out with your pals or in any other line of work.

In the end, you have to just sit down, shut up, and write.

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

Channel your energy. Focus.

I am busy with my work. My path is clear.

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

You've just got to focus on what you have to do.

Staying focused on a project or plan is one of the most difficult challenges we face. There is always the house to clean, calls to make, laundry to fold, deadlines to meet. Actually, there is only one thing that keeps us from our goals - lack of focus. And very often, lack of focus is caused by fear.