It’s easier to do trivial things that are urgent than it is to do important things that are not urgent.
John Cleese
An English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. A co-founder of the comedy troupe Monty Python.
Being Disciplined
Being Organised
Focus
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
Alexander Graham Bell
A Scottish-born inventor, scientist, and engineer. Credited with inventing the first practical telephone.
Being Better
Being Disciplined
Focus
A genuinely creative accomplishment is almost never the result of a sudden insight, a lightbulb flashing on in the dark, but comes after years of hard work.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
A Hungarian-American psychologist. He recognized and named the psychological concept of "flow", a highly focused mental state conducive to productivity.
Being Disciplined
Creativity
Focus
Inspiration
The mastery of the art must be a matter of ultimate concern; there must be nothing else in the world more important than the art.
Erich Fromm
German social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist.