the skillful management of attention is the sine qua non of the good life and the key to improving virtually every aspect of your experience.

if you want to become more productive, managing your time should take a backseat to how you manage your energy and attention.

The more we can manage our attention with intention, the more focused, productive, and creative we become.

By controlling how much time you spend on a task, you control how much energy and attention you spend on it.

Stop Managing Your Time. Start Managing Your Focus.

In sum, one of the primary things I learned was how to kill time. I learned also to wish away my life. I learned to give myself away.

When I learned how to plan each day and set specific goals, I became more focused on the things that really make a difference.

Like fingers pointing to the moon, other diverse disciplines from anthropology to education, behavioral economics to family counseling, similarly suggest that the skillful management of attention is the sine qua non of the good life and the key to improving virtually every aspect of your experience.

The more you discipline yourself to use your time well, the happier you will feel and the better will be the quality of your life in every area.

It's All in the Energy First, I teach becoming aware of four energy points: thoughts, words, feelings, and actions.

Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.

...Learn to concentrate, to give all your attention to the thing at hand, and then to be able to put it aside and go on to the next thing without confusion.
My husband said that being President of the United States meant that you saw more kinds of people, took up more subjects, and learn more about a variety of things than anyone else. But it required complete concentration on the person you were with and on what he was saying. When that person left the room, you pulled down a shade in your mind, and you were ready, with your attention free, for what the next person had to say. You might have to shift from banking to forestry, but each subject had the attention and concentration it required and each, in turn, was put in the back of the mind, ready to be called upon when needed.

you can manage your mind in three primary ways: let be, let go, let in.

There are always distractions. So you better train yourself to manage your attention. Not your time. Because that’s the biggest mistake people make. We falsely believe that we can manage time. But time can’t be managed. The only thing you control is your attention.