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If quests are driven mostly by prestige or a desire to focus on traits that sound good and are easy to measure, trouble awaits.
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240 |
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A business environment with an unbalanced focus on short-term results and money before people affects society at large.
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18 |
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During tense times, a little lightheartedness may go a long way to help relax those around us and reduce tensions so that we can focus on getting our jobs done.
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49 |
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Short breaks from a task can prevent habituation, help us maintain focus, and reactivate our commitment to a goal.
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61 |
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The best bosses realize that when they focus on the little things, the big things take care of themselves.
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28 |
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Freaking out about time pressure causes people to focus on the task at hand and tune out everything else.
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226 |
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In large part, we are what we do, and our identity is closely connected with whatever we’re focused on, including our careers, relationships, projects, and hobbies. When we quit any of those things, we have to deal with the prospect of quitting part of our identity. And that is painful.
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132 |
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Left to our own devices, we tend to focus on the thing we’re doing, practically to the exclusion of anything else. It’s not just that we don’t explore other opportunities. We don’t notice them when they’re right in front of us.
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226 |
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Compared with games, reality is depressing. Games focus our energy, with relentless optimism, on something we’re good at and enjoy.
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36 |
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The more we focus on ourselves and avoid a commitment to others… research shows, the more we suffer from anxiety and depression.
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113 |
