Quotes about Attention

As Paul Naeger reminds us in his excellent article Red Flag Decision Making, Emotions serve a purpose, informing us what to do. If our brain comes across something and categorizes it as a "red flag," we will be notified through thoughts and feelings created by emotion. This "red flag" alerts us to pay attention. Our emotions act as a cueing system notifying us to pay attention and take action.

Wherever you are - be all there.

We have to look and ensure that we're paying attention to what we're doing, so that we don't reflexively institute processes and procedures that exclude people without thought.

There's no difference between fame and infamy now. There's a new school of professional famous people that don't do anything. They don't create anything.

We want eyeballs on the screen.

Digital technology has several features that can make it much easier for teachers to pay special attention to all their students.

We are what we do with our attention."64

All this time the Guard was looking at her, first through a telescope, then through a microscope, and then through an opera-glass. At last he said, "You're travelling the wrong way," and shut up the window and went away.

Don't pole-vault over mouse turds.

The care of the soul is 'a matter of the highest importance;' beyond any thing which can be brought into comparison with it.

Listen to your life. All moments are key moments.

When you let go of your attention for a little while, do not think you may recover it whenever you please.