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“Focus is about controlling your behavior, so it becomes easier to do the right things, and harder to be distracted by the wrong things.”
― Tim S. Grover, Winning: The Unforgiving Race to Greatness

“Once we have surrendered our senses and nervous systems to the private manipulation of those who would try to benefit from taking a lease on our eyes and ears and nerves, we don't really have any rights left.”
― Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man

“When a person is not doing his job, there can only be two reasons for it. The person either can’t do it or won’t do it; he is either not capable or not motivated. To determine which, we can employ a simple mental test: if the person’s life depended on doing the work, could he do it? If the answer is yes, that person is not motivated; if the answer is no, he is not capable.”
― Andrew S. Grove, High Output Management

“Carl Jung, the renowned psychologist, summed it up: “The foundation of all mental illness is the avoidance of true suffering.”
― Dan Crenshaw, Fortitude: Resilience in the Age of Outrage