Ken Auletta Quotes

One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.

The people who work with me know how focused I am, and so I would advise people who are not concerned with me to rather focus on themselves instead of focusing on my focus.

I'm a big fan of intention. That's because I have learned first-hand the power of setting my intention on my goal and making all decisions based off of that intention.

It's so hard for me to focus on things for a long time that I'm not incredibly passionate about.

My work keeps me focused.

I'm never really trying to focus on one aim.

I think my motto is to always remain focused on what it is that you're trying to accomplish.

I know where my priorities lie.

The moral turpitude of the boys of today appears to center in their failure to concentrate on any particular objective long enough to obtain their maximum results.

Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it. That is what goals can do for us; concentrate our energy.

Don't let ambition get so far ahead that it loses sight of the job at hand.

My job is my sport so I have to make sure that I stay focussed on it. I train almost every day so it takes up a lot of my life and you don't want to bring any new distractions into your life.

Intentions count in your actions.

If you love something, you have to stay really focused and can't let outside things distract you.

I had tried to get focused on other things. But I always ended up back in the same place, and it wasn't making me happy. I needed to get the focus back.

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.

Review your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them.

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most important and then give it all you've got.

Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets.

TV's not the problem, and I'm tired of it being posed as this antithesis to creativity and productivity. If TV's getting in your way of writing a book, then you don't want to write a book bad enough.

Here in Seattle, I'm the most productive I've ever been. I don't allow myself personal distractions. I'm extremely disciplined here.

Skating taught me to set a goal and to block out other things and just focus on this one thing.

One of the widest gaps in human experience is the gap between what we say we want to be and our willingness to discipline ourselves to get there.

I think when you focus on the work, it becomes a simpler pursuit.