From Jim Tressel's "The Winners Manual" -- Focus is a critical part of discipline, because there are many things going on around us that can draw us away from the singleness of thought we need to accomplish whatever the moment calls for. In 2003, we asked our seniors to define focus. Here are a few of those responses:
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Focus is when your mental attention is centered on what you need to do. Nothing else can get into your head.
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Focus is when someone can resist temptation in the present to further pursue a goal in the future.
Focus is when someone can resist temptation in the present to further pursue a goal in the future.
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Focus means concentrating on your responsibility.
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Focus means total concentration. Committing to something and staying with it until it is done and done right. Never giving up.
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Focus is the ability to concentrate on something by ignoring outside, important forces that can interfere with the task at hand. Taking advantage of all opportunities that facilitate the task and increase the change of success.
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Focus is disciplined and zeroed in on the goal and only the goal.
