Attention Quote by James Surowiecki

We often praise 'the ability to multi-task.' While you can learn when you divide your attention, divided attention doesn't lead to aiding change in…

— Norman Doidge

Attention is psychic energy, and like physical energy, unless we allocate some part of it to the task at hand, no work gets done.

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

I have read that, when you are writing or working on something creative, and your attention wanders, your brain is processing and working on…

— Romesh Ranganathan

When I do one thing for a long period of time, my attention is usually then drawn in the opposite direction.

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence.

— Robert J. Shiller

I don't know if I'm attention deficit, but I certainly am easily distracted by other things.

— James Vincent McMorrow

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…

— Tara Stiles

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.

— Keanu Reeves

If your attention is focused only on the result, then you are no longer in the process. But if you're in the process, then…

— Deepak Chopra

Attention is the ability we have to discriminate and to focus only on that which we want to perceive.

— Anonymous

The more completely you concentrate, the stronger your mind becomes.

— Frederick Lenz

Multitasking divides your attention and leads to confusion and weakened focus.

— Deepak Chopra