Focus

The world is louder than it's ever been — phones, notifications, group chats, headlines. This week is about the quiet superpower that beats them all: focus. Not doing more things. Doing one thing — really well.

Bruce Lee

> The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.

Martial artist, actor, and philosopher, 1940–1973

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Alexander Graham Bell

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

Inventor of the telephone, 1847–1922

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Confucius

> The man who chases two rabbits catches neither.

Chinese teacher and philosopher, 551–479 BCE

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Stephen Covey

> The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.

American educator and author, 1932–2012

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Tony Robbins

> Where focus goes, energy flows.

American author and coach, b. 1960

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Bonus: Bruce Lee

> I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

Martial artist, actor, and philosopher, 1940–1973

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Try This at Home or in the Classroom

Ask a young person: "What's something you keep meaning to finish but haven't?" Read them the Confucius rabbit line. Then set a timer for 20 minutes and let them work on that one thing — phone in another room. See what happens.

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These quotes come from 120 Positive Quotes for Kids by Robert Parker-Cross.

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