Quotes About Task At Hand

#1. Efficiency may curtail [energy] demand in the short term, for the specific task at hand. But its long-term impact is just the opposite ... efficiency fails to curb demand because it lets more people do more, and do it faster-and more/more/faster invariably swamps all the efficiency gains.

Peter W. Huber

#2. For the Romans, gravitas denoted a man's metaphorical "heaviness" - a strength of purpose, sense of authority, depth of character, and commitment to the task at hand that together formed a structure sturdy enough to bear the weight of his significant responsibilities

Brett McKay

#3. To focus our mind on the task at hand-with fierce concentration-m akes for a productive use of time.

R.C. Sproul

#4. Success in anything is about focus and concentration. When I coached, I'd say to the players, 'Yes, I know you played hard, but that's not good enough. You've got to stay focused on the task at hand the entire game.'

Rick Barry

#5. What sets disciplined people apart? - The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.

Bill Parcells

#6. Almost religiously, I step away from everything and close my eyes and breathe deeply for a few moments. It helps solidify my focus and aligns everything in my body to take care of the task at hand - which is winning, of course.

Amanda Beard

#7. Secret to Productivity is single tasking: Focus only on one task at hand. And don't start another till that one is completely done

Vivek Naik

#8. With a clear mind that is reinforcing positivity back into myself and my craft, I am able to focus my energy on the task at hand and enjoy my experiences and day.

Allison Holker

#9. Do not dwell on the past, do not dream of the future. Instead, focus only on the task at hand.

Siddhattha Gotama

#10. Don't dwell on what may be. Apply yourself to the task at hand. The Hags of Fate may predict the future, but there is always free will, and that is your saving grace, my dear.

Yasmine Galenorn

#11. In a state of flow, however, maintaining focused attention on these absorbing activities requires no exertion of self-control, thereby freeing resources to be directed to the task at hand.

Daniel Kahneman

#12. When you're in between the white lines, the game face is on. I was only focused on the task at hand - out, safe, ball, strike - leaving little time to think about how special a player, moment or game happened to be.

Doug Harvey

#13. I tend to forget what I'm doing will ever be read while I'm writing it, and just get on with the task at hand.

Garth Ennis

#14. Turn off your mind, and focus on what you've got to do - task at hand.

Tony Horton

#15. But listen to me
there are times in life when those kinds of excuses don't cut it anymore. Situations when nobody cares whether you're suited for the task at hand or not.

Haruki Murakami

#16. When I'm hiring someone I look for magic and a spark. Little things that intuitively give me a gut feeling that this person will go to the ends of the earth to accomplish the task at hand.

Tommy Mottola

#17. Get done with the damn sibling rivalry and let's get back with the task at hand here so we can figure out what we're going to do.

Pixie Lynn Whitfield

#18. Keep calm and carry on. A challenging time is just that - a period in time. Taking a few deep breaths and knowing that it won't last forever really allows me to focus on the present moment and task at hand.

Elizabeth Armstrong

#19. This year [2015] has shown with painful clarity that our existing systems, approaches, and funding, are inadequate to the task at hand, and to the amount of human suffering that is ongoing.

Lawrence O'Donnell

#20. Cooperation implies equality of the participants in the particular task at hand.

Carter G. Woodson

#21. Believe that your attitude has everything to do with your success, regardless of the task at hand.

Anonymous

#22. I don't think I'm stubborn. I just focus on the task at hand and do what it takes. Persistence is the single most important thing for success.

Terry Matthews

#23. The creative person basically has two kinds of jobs: One is the sexy, creative kind. Second is the kind that pays the bills. Sometimes the task at hand covers both bases, but not often.

Derek Sivers

#24. In Jiu Jitsu, we often fall into the trap of simply trying a technique "harder," rather than recognizing that it is a poorly chosen tool for the task at hand.

Chris Matakas

#25. 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

#26. It is the full involvement of flow, rather than happiness, that makes for excellence in life. When we are in flow, we are not happy, because to experience happiness we must focus on our inner states, and that would take away attention from the task at hand.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

#27. Good teams focus on the task at hand. They don't care what's happened the last 13 days, they worry about today and they worry about getting better. That's what good teams do.

Mike Zimmer

#28. Simply put, if you are not doubting yourself or not thinking of other things that you could be doing instead of the task at hand, you're probably not working hard enough

Dos Remedios, Robert

#29. Dedication means spending whatever time or energy is necessary to accomplish the task at hand.

Anil Sinha

#30. This was the part she liked the last, the anticipation before the release of violence. Duringa fight nothing mattered but the fight itself, now she had to strugglw to keep her mind on the task at hand

Cassandra Clare

#31. Neuroplasticity research showed that the brain changes its very structure with each different activity it performs, perfecting its circuits so it is better suited to the task at hand.

Naveen Jain

#32. Harnessing the power of the present means having your full awareness on the task at hand and having access to the possibilities, the opportunities, and the support that exists right now.

Debbie Ford

#33. The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.

Vince Lombardi

#34. DO IT RIGHT, DO IT WRONG, BUT DO IT. Squeeze your eyes shut and jump. Because a wonderful thing happens then. Your focus shifts from yourself, your nervousness, and your imagined inadequacies to the task at hand.

Barbara Sher

#35. Awarness of potential distractions is helpful untill it limits your ability to focus on the task at hand

Kirsten Beyer

#36. Enthusiasm is a state of mind that inspires and arouses one to put ACTION into the task at hand. It is the most contagious of all emotions and transmits the impetus toward agreement and action to all within reach of your words.

Napoleon Hill

#37. Get a grip, change your shorts, and move on to the task at hand.

Rob Thurman

#38. To be in flow means to be totally absorbed in whatever one is doing at the moment. It occurs when one is fully present and completely focused on the task at hand ... Flow can occur during any human activity, whether work or at play.

Dalai Lama

#39. I think if I'm guilty of anything, I'm guilty of always being incredibly focused on the task at hand. So wherever I've worked, I've just always tried to do my best, achieve my best, build a great team around me.

Angela Ahrendts

#40. One has to beckon the spiritual warrior inside oneself whenever it is deemed necessary for the task at hand. Courage is the fuel. Healing is the direction. Forgiveness is the balm. Love is the atmosphere Divine.

Donna Goddard

#41. Let go of your worries and focus
only on the task at hand. The future will be what it will, and fretting about it will only make your fears more likely to come true .
I know,
Glaedr

Christopher Paolini

#42. Other people can think ahead all they want. I just focus on the task at hand and try to move on.

Jeremy Renner

#43. It turns out, that men, when they're taking care of their business, they're not fully attending to the task at hand, but, I'm sure there's an evolutionary explanation for this, if you give them a target, they will aim.

Richard Thaler

#44. The research suggests that praise may have [a negative, unintended] effect, directing attention away from the task [at hand] and toward your reaction.

Alfie Kohn

#45. Once taken off one task without completing the transaction, the mind continues to seek closure. Fight to stay focused on the task at hand.

Jeff Davidson

#46. I don't, as my mom would say, sweat the small stuff in our relationship. Because when I think of day-to-day irritations that you might have with the one you love, they're nothing compared to the bigger task at hand.

Michelle Obama

#47. Christians are to be fully engaged at work as whole persons, giving their minds, hearts, and bodies fully to doing the best job possible on the task at hand.

Timothy Keller

#48. During the financial crisis, I worked with hundreds of executives who struggled as a result of their thoughts about job security. When their beliefs changed, so did their emotional experience - and they were then able to focus on the task at hand more effectively.

Andrew J. Bernstein

#49. My brain didn't seem to want to conform itself to the task at hand and kept wandering to stupid things like a compulsion to line up all the blue M&Ms or count how many times the word "to" appeared in the "To be or not to be" speech (fifteen, as it turns out).

E.E. Holmes

#50. My best time as a writer is any day, or any moment, when the work's going well and I'm completely absorbed in the task at hand. The hardest time is when it's not, and I'm not. The latter tend to outnumber the former. But I'm a persistent little cuss. And I soldier on.

Meredith Maran

#51. A famous Tibetan meditator once said, "I have only one task at hand: to stand guard at the entrance of my mind. When the afflictions are at the ready, I remain at the ready; when they stand easy, I stand easy." Once

Dalai Lama XIV

#52. If worries begin, then realize that the task at hand is going to be disturbed and if worries do not occur, then know that the task will not be disturbed. Worries are obstacles to the work.

Dada Bhagwan

#53. You, friend, are on a quest." "I don't know what that is," said Despereaux. "You don't have to know. You just have to feel compelled to do the thing, the impossible, important task at hand.

Kate DiCamillo

#54. So robots are good at very simple things like cleaning the floor, like doing a repetitive task. Our robots have a little tiny bit of common sense. Our robots know that if they've got something in their hand and they drop it, it's gone. They shouldn't go and try and put it down.

Rodney Brooks

#55. Design truly is a contact sport. It demands that we bring all of our senses to the task, and that we apply the very best of our thinking, our feeling and our doing to the challenge that we have at hand.

Tom Wujec

#56. Be brief, be pointed, let your matter standLucid in order, solid and at hand;Spend not your words on trifles but condense;Strike with the mass of thought, not drops of sense;Press to close with vigor, once begun,And leave, (how hard the task!) leave off, when done.

Joseph Story

#57. The lesson I learned is that sometimes the task you have at hand needs all of your concentration and focus.

Damian Lewis

#58. Shaving was not an easy task, for his hand continued to shake very much; and shaving requires attention, even when you don't dance while you are at it.
But if he had cut the end of his nose off, he would have put a piece of sticking-plaster over it, and been quite satisfied.

Charles Dickens

#59. A great change is at hand, and our task, our obligation, is to make that revolution, that change, peaceful and constructive for all.

John F. Kennedy