--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: What I focus on in life is what I get…" description: "\"“What I focus on in life is what I get. And if I concentrate on how bad I am or how wrong I am or how inadequate I am, if I concentrate on what I can't..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e0/w-mitchell-2-192565_enough-time_what-i-focus-on-in-life-is-what-i-get-an_280075.jpg" --- # What I focus on in life is what I get. And if I… ![“What I focus on in life is what I get. And if I concentrate on how bad I am or how wrong I am or how inadequate I am, if I concentrate on what I can't do and how there's not enough time in which to do it, isn't that what I get every time? And when I think about how powerful I am, and when I think…” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e0/w-mitchell-2-192565_enough-time_what-i-focus-on-in-life-is-what-i-get-an_280075.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e0/w-mitchell-2-192565_enough-time_what-i-focus-on-in-life-is-what-i-get-an_280075.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e0/w-mitchell-2-192565_enough-time_what-i-focus-on-in-life-is-what-i-get-an_280075.jpg) > ““What I focus on in life is what I get. And if I concentrate on how bad I am or how wrong I am or how inadequate I am, if I concentrate on what I can't do and how there's not enough time in which to do it, isn't that what I get every time? And when I think about how powerful I am, and when I think about what I have left to contribute, and when I think about the difference I can make on this planet, then that's what I get. You see, I recognize that it's not what happens to you; it's what you do about it.”” [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Focusing on strengths and possibilities shapes outcomes; negative focus reinforces limitations. **In simple terms:** Positive focus creates positive results. Key Takeaway Shift attention to strengths and contributions. Themes mindset self‑efficacy empowerment Mood hopeful determined inspirational Type motivational philosophical When to use this quote - personal development - goal setting - leadership - coaching Key Concepts cognitive framing self‑fulfilling prophecy Questions to Reflect On - What aspects of yourself do you overlook? - How can you reframe perceived shortcomings into opportunities? A Different Perspective Negative focus can become a self‑fulfilling cycle, limiting growth. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/) [Time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/) ## Related quotes > [I think women are very powerful and I think we're more powerful together than separated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zendaya/i-think-women-are-very-powerful-and-i-think-we-re-more-powerful/) [Zendaya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zendaya/) > [Some people need to grow up and focus on their own life not try to ruin other peoples](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/some-people-need-to-grow-up-and-focus-on-their-own-life-not-try-to/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [When you are soul-centered, you can focus your attention where and when you want to, easily, without distraction. You know to look for what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/when-you-are-soul-centered-you-can-focus-your-attention-where-and/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Better days will come. Just focus on your life after finishing school. Your dreams and wishes! Don't give up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/better-days-will-come-just-focus-on-your-life-after-finishing-school/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I know it's not all about me all the time, but I think it's okay for it to be sometimes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-know-it-s-not-all-about-me-all-the-time-but-i-think-it-s-okay-for/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I try to set an intent every morning and take time to think about whatever I hope to achieve that day. I've learned that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-roy/i-try-to-set-an-intent-every-morning-and-take-time-to-think-about/) [Rachel Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-roy/) > [“You only have as much time as you think you do. Start telling yourself you have enough time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leticia-rae/you-only-have-as-much-time-as-you-think-you-do-start-telling-yourself/) [Leticia Rae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leticia-rae/) > [If you come in with all of the answers, you might create something that's very beautiful and powerful, but I think it will also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-frost/if-you-come-in-with-all-of-the-answers-you-might-create-something/) [Mark Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-frost/) > [Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/words-are-more-treacherous-and-powerful-than-we-think/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) > [“If you're down to earth in spite of being the most powerful being, then I think there is no soul in the world who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shivam-chaudhary/if-you-re-down-to-earth-in-spite-of-being-the-most-powerful-being/) [Shivam Chaudhary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shivam-chaudhary/) > [You are more powerful than you think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-cook/you-are-more-powerful-than-you-think/) [Tim Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-cook/) > [“Don't ever forget that you are more powerful than you think.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/celia-oliva/don-t-ever-forget-that-you-are-more-powerful-than-you-think/) Celia Oliva > [Any group of people that has been subordinate absorbs the idea of our own subordination, and that it is natural, and comes to think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/any-group-of-people-that-has-been-subordinate-absorbs-the-idea-of-our/) [Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/) > [The mind is way more powerful than you could think of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-conner/the-mind-is-way-more-powerful-than-you-could-think-of/) [James Conner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-conner/) > [No matter how bright your destiny, every action you take from your decision is a subject of your thought. Your thought is very powerful,THINK…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rotimi/no-matter-how-bright-your-destiny-every-action-you-take-from-your/) [Rotimi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rotimi/) ## More by Anonymous > [And a tear rolled down her cheek, as she said goodbye; because she's walking away, and she's never looking back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-a-tear-rolled-down-her-cheek-as-she-said-goodbye-because-she-s/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Life is full of change. That's how we learn and grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-full-of-change-that-s-how-we-learn-and-grow/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-ll-seldom-experience-regret-for-anything-that-you-ve-done-it-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/scrabble-the-game-is-available-in-braille-that-s-a-nice-fact-this/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Everyone needs someone to love, and I choose you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everyone-needs-someone-to-love-and-i-choose-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write,    To thank the God of nature, who conveyed    My soul to me, and with such care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/this-tale-of-my-sore-troubled-life-i-write-to-thank-the-god-of-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Put on my J's and dance the whole night away Im naughty by nature like Im hip-hop hooray With my hands in the sky,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/put-on-my-j-s-and-dance-the-whole-night-away-im-naughty-by-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Me.. I have been through a lot, but I still manage to have a smile on my face. Im not worried about the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/me-i-have-been-through-a-lot-but-i-still-manage-to-have-a-smile-on-my/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Distance is a test of love. many will fail for those who can't withstand it, but for those who can, theres only one answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/distance-is-a-test-of-love-many-will-fail-for-those-who-can-t/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Im sorry I ever tried...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/im-sorry-i-ever-tried/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Being betrayed by the one you love is the worst feeling in the world...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/being-betrayed-by-the-one-you-love-is-the-worst-feeling-in-the-world/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Let children support their parents or be imprisoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/let-children-support-their-parents-or-be-imprisoned/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The only person I've ever purposely caused pain here is myself...By simply sharing, caring too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-only-person-i-ve-ever-purposely-caused-pain-here-is-myself-by/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Start a business, not a startup”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/start-a-business-not-a-startup/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-truth-is-of-course-that-the-curtness-of-the-ten-commandments-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Explore all 162,899 Anonymous quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More Enough time quotes > [If I died If I died tonight would you notice? Would you even care? If I died tonight would you find it humorous? Would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-i-died-if-i-died-tonight-would-you-notice-would-you-even-care-if-i/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“God, you had enough time to have been through it three times. You've been through my stuff. I bet you over and let one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/god-you-had-enough-time-to-have-been-through-it-three-times-you-ve/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [Lots of relationships fail because we spend more time pointing out each other's mistakes and not enough time enjoying each other's company.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/lots-of-relationships-fail-because-we-spend-more-time-pointing-out/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“If you spend too much time thinking about doing something, you won’t ever have enough time to experience it or feel it. And feeling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-lister/if-you-spend-too-much-time-thinking-about-doing-something-you-won-t/) [Ann Lister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-lister/) > [When you're frustrated with people, when they've made you angry, it just may be because you haven't given them enough time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-pausch/when-you-re-frustrated-with-people-when-they-ve-made-you-angry-it/) [Randy Pausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-pausch/) > [Man: You are all going to live... (Smith family cheers) Man: ... for 24 more hours. Which is just enough time for you to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/american-dad/man-you-are-all-going-to-live-smith-family-cheers-man-for-24-more/) [American Dad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/american-dad/) > [“Artists are never poor, they just don't get enough time to make money !”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brahmananda-patra/artists-are-never-poor-they-just-don-t-get-enough-time-to-make-money/) [Brahmananda Patra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brahmananda-patra/) > [We live a short enough time on this earth. A man should do what he loves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-tsukiyama/we-live-a-short-enough-time-on-this-earth-a-man-should-do-what-he/) [Gail Tsukiyama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gail-tsukiyama/) > [“If you say something over and over again, it begins to lose it's meaning... Say anything enough times and it becomes gibberish.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-berg/if-you-say-something-over-and-over-again-it-begins-to-lose-it-s/) [Elizabeth Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-berg/) > [If you really like Someone, there's no such things as not haveing enough Time for them…!!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-you-really-like-someone-there-s-no-such-things-as-not-haveing/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“I’m worried that I haven’t said a lot of this very well, and that we don’t have enough time for me to tell you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-dibdin/i-m-worried-that-i-haven-t-said-a-lot-of-this-very-well-and-that-we/) Emma Dibdin > [My loves in life are food, history and rugby. I'd love to be a history professor or a rugby player but I prefer rugby…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregg-wallace/my-loves-in-life-are-food-history-and-rugby-i-d-love-to-be-a-history/) [Gregg Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregg-wallace/) > [This is your life do wat you love, and do it often. if you don't like something, change it. if you don't like your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amiea/this-is-your-life-do-wat-you-love-and-do-it-often-if-you-don-t-like/) Amiea > [I wish there were more minutes in an hour, more hours in a day, more days in a week, more weeks in a month,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-wish-there-were-more-minutes-in-an-hour-more-hours-in-a-day-more/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-bruce/satire-is-tragedy-plus-time-you-give-it-enough-time-the-public-the/) [Lenny Bruce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-bruce/) Browse all 941 Enough time quotes ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What I focus on in life is what I get. And if I concentrate on how bad I am or how wrong I am or how inadequate I am, if I concentrate on what I can't do and how there's not enough time in which to do it, isn't that what I get every time? And when I think about how powerful I am, and when I think about what I have left to contribute, and when I think about the difference I can make on this planet, then that's what I get. You see, I recognize that it's not what happens to you; it's what you do about it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/what-i-focus-on-in-life-is-what-i-get-and-if-i-concentrate-on-how-bad/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Enough time" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/what-i-focus-on-in-life-is-what-i-get-and-if-i-concentrate-on-how-bad/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e0/w-mitchell-2-192565_enough-time_what-i-focus-on-in-life-is-what-i-get-an_280075.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e0/w-mitchell-2-192565_enough-time_what-i-focus-on-in-life-is-what-i-get-an_280075.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e0/w-mitchell-2-192565_enough-time_what-i-focus-on-in-life-is-what-i-get-an_280075.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What I focus on in life is what I get. And if I concentrate on how bad I am or how wrong I am or how…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Anonymous", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "“What I focus on in life...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/what-i-focus-on-in-life-is-what-i-get-and-if-i-concentrate-on-how-bad/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/what-i-focus-on-in-life-is-what-i-get-and-if-i-concentrate-on-how-bad/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```