Intentional Focus Quotes

You become what you give your attention to...If you yourself don't choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.

The act of listening is in fact an act of composing.

Remember, whatever we put our attention on expands in our experience, so consider where you are focusing your time and energy.

If you don't make a conscious effort to control your focus-and decide in advance which things you're going to focus on-you'll be so pulled by the demands of the world that you will soon find yourself living in reaction rather than living a life plan you've designed for yourself.

I can interpret my own work honestly. And performing by myself seems to focus the attention in the right places.

Frame in terms of what you want to have in the picture, not about making a nice picture, that anybody can do.

I would say that I quite consciously rely on my obsessions in all my work, that I deliberately set up an obsessional frame of mind. In a paradoxical way, this leaves one free of the subject of the obsession.

The act of paying attention contains tremendous power.

In centering prayer, the sacred word is not the object of the attention but rather the expression of the intention of the will.

Only one thing registers on the subconscious mind: repetitive application - practice. What you practice is what you manifest.

I don't call cut between the takes - it's my way to help the actor keep focused. As soon as you say 'cut' you have 10 people jumping on them and everybody's trying to do a great job, and they do, but sometimes they forget that the more important thing is the performance, creating the performance.

Beauty is something we can affirm and intend to have more of. What happens then is our perceptual ability, no matter where we are, expands in that direction.

I think the first and most important thing is that you've got to have a goal and a vision.

Paying attention to what we allow ourselves to pay attention to is a tricky thing. It's like being in two places at once but completely worth the discipline. We can react mindlessly or respond mindfully. It's up to us.

We make real that to which we pay attention. The Master knows this. The Master places himself at choice with regard to that which she chooses to make real.

It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience.

Speak the affirmative; emphasize your choice by utter ignoring of all that you reject.