Michael Gerber Quotes

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.

I do tend to lose myself in whatever job I'm doing or hobby I'm into.

If your attention is on superfluous aspects that are not part of the story, then you can't be concentrating on the human realities of the piece.

I don't think you can ever get bored or lose focus as a competitor.

There are times in the game when you have lapses. It just means you're not as locked in as when you first get in or at the end of the game.

When on stage, I have good concentration. When I don't find something interesting, I can't concentrate.

For some reason, I can really tune in in the majors, and I have no idea why. They really get my attention.

I just don't think people listen. I mean, they can't listen to a whole album closely without checking their iPhone or wanting to skip to their favorite song, or putting something else on, practically. That's why the zone out is a good thing.

In racing, they say that your car goes where your eyes go. The driver who cannot tear his eyes away from the wall as he spins out of control will meet that wall; the driver who looks down the track as he feels his tires break free will regain control of his vehicle.

Art has something to do with the arrest of attention in the midst of distraction.

I have a terrible attention span, so if something can keep my attention, I know that that's at least a great start.

It's hard to get people to focus on one idea.

I think that art has something to do with an arrest of attention in the midst of distraction.

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

One great cause of failure of young men in business is lack of concentration.

In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention.

What holds attention determines action.

One doesn't read poetry while thinking of other things.

If you are interested in something, you will focus on it, and if you focus attention on anything, it is likely that you will become interested in it. Many of the things we find interesting are not so by nature, but because we took the trouble of paying attention to them.

To feel as well as hear what someone says requires whole attention.

Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

What an orchestra! They just sit there, but their minds are thousands of miles away with their bookies.

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

Distraction wastes our energy, concentration restores it.