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You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage pleasantly, smilingly, and non-apologetically – to say no to other things. And the way to do that is by having a bigger yes burning inside.
—Stephen R. Covey
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The Giants of The Flow Zone explore focus, mastery, creativity, and the deep satisfaction that comes from becoming fully engaged in meaningful work. Their wisdom reminds us that excellence grows through attention, practice, and the willingness to lose ourselves in the process of doing something well. Explore inspiring quotes on focus, mastery, creativity, and flow to deepen concentration, strengthen your craft, embrace deliberate practice, and find greater fulfillment in meaningful work.
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You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage pleasantly, smilingly, and non-apologetically – to say no to other things. And the way to do that is by having a bigger yes burning inside.
—Stephen R. Covey
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Control consciousness and you control the quality of your life.
—Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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Simplicity boils down to two steps: Identify the essential. Eliminate the rest.
—Leo Babauta
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A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life.
—Charles Darwin
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My experience is what I agree to attend to.
—William James
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The first step in crafting the life you want is to get rid of everything you don’t.
—Joshua Becker
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Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold.
—Joseph Chilton Pearce
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Lost time is never found again.
—Benjamin Franklin
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The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.
—Andrew Carnegie
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Running allows me to set my mind free. Nothing seems impossible. Nothing unattainable.
—Kara Goucher
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In the never-ending battle between order and chaos, clutter sides with chaos every time. Anything that you possess that does not add to your life or your happiness eventually becomes a burden.
—John Robbins
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It is not enough to be busy… The question is: what are we busy about?
—Henry David Thoreau
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If you think lifting weights is dangerous, try being weak. Being weak is dangerous.
—Bret Contreras
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Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.
—Mary Oliver
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A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.
—Herbert A. Simon
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Multitasking divides your attention and leads to confusion and weakened focus.
—Deepak Chopra
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It's not always that we need to do more but rather that we need to focus on less.
—Nathan W. Morris
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The really happy people are those who have broken the chains of procrastination, those who find satisfaction in doing the job at hand. They're full of eagerness, zest, productivity. You can be, too.
—Norman Vincent Peale
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Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.
—Oprah Winfrey
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Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.
—Edward de Bono
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Growth rarely happens all at once. It unfolds through the ideas we explore, the questions we ask, and the small choices we make along the way. Wherever you are in your journey, there is always another perspective to discover and another step waiting to be taken.