Sentences with phrase «focused narrows the mind»

Being alert and focused narrows the mind's thought process, often causing one to fixate on the same solution, which certainly has its place in a typical work day.

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But focus, by definition, narrows the scope of our thinking, and given how complex and fast moving most business problems are, we should relearn the skill of simply opening our mind and giving ourselves half an hour to think, in an unstructured, creative way, about whatever pops up.

Former Harvard president Larry Summers called the program «the single most misdirected philanthropy in this decade,» according to TechCrunch, while Slate Group chairman Jacob Weisberg wrote in Newsweek, «Thiel fellows will have the opportunity to emulate their sponsor by halting their intellectual development around the onset of adulthood, maintaining a narrow - minded focus on getting rich as young as possible and thereby avoid the siren lure of helping others or pursuing knowledge for its own sake.»

It's unfortunate that most of this discussion is focused on narrow minded, inflamed, and defensive irrationality.

I truly appreciate the narrow - minded focus of this author.

All the judging I did when I had the freedom to focus on only one child and now when I look back at myself as a first - time mom is both narrow - minded and lacking of compassion.

Ames and his collaborator Joyce McCann state their theory with, to my mind, an unduly narrow focus: «The triage theory proposes that modest deficiency of any vitamin or mineral (V / M) could increase age - related diseases.»

You can't really go with something specific in mind, but you can go with a short list which will help you narrow down your choices and keep you relatively focused.

Its narrow timeframe and juddering shootout finale notwithstanding, in fact, «' 71» calls no film to mind so much as Roman Polanski's Holocaust drama «The Pianist» in its dramatic defamiliarization of urban space, and its tight focus on a single character's sensory experience of his surroundings amid broader conflict.

The F.B.I agent initially arrived in Boston looking drab in monotone pant suits, which perfectly reflect her narrow - minded tendencies to only focus on her job.

The baroque intricacies of life among the rich and gossipy is ripe for satire, but the film plays it mostly straight, focusing on Kaguya's dwindling opportunities for quiet rebellion, as well as her father's and Lady Sagami's narrow - minded conceptions of female happiness.

Such questions help us avoid narrow - minded fixes that focus only on encouraging girls» interest in STEM rather than considering the broader range of important factors.

SBA is leading to an increased emphasis on student achievement, and many educators laud this focus, but a single - minded emphasis on student proficiency on tests has some potentially negative consequences such as narrowing curriculum and declining staff morale.

The thesis should be focused on a narrow topic rather than a wide, aiming to energize the writing in a manageable way having in mind time and cost constraints.

Well, keep in mind that the life skills chapter focuses on the extremely practical nitty gritty things, like waking oneself up, feeding oneself, cleaning up after oneself, being responsible for one's own things, mending and fixing things, and so on, and I can't narrow it to three — we mustn't pick and choose; kids need all of them!

I think BN made too narrow minded decisions by focusing just eBooks.

Writing requires us to narrow our focus, block out distractions, and pound the keyboard, extruding stories from our minds onto the page.

But keep in mind that because these ETFs have a very narrow focus, they can expose you to more risk.

«You can't be narrow minded when looking at the overhead, but when there is significant overhead they had better be focused on improving the outlook for the charity in the future,» he says.

I can not claim mastery of the equations being debated here, but I find the focus on habitat loss as the driver of extinction to be narrow minded.

As you get closer to realizing your goal, be sure to keep the following three tips in mind: (1) find a mentor, (2) participate in volunteer activities, and (3) narrow the focus of your practice.

And while having a narrow, single - minded focus can help you achieve success in the long term, ignoring important details at the beginning of your company can risk failure.

But keep this in mind: You can start by simply narrowing the focus of your marketing — you don't have to turn down clients in other practice areas.

But in a couple situations that super-wide lens caused me issues with the camera «missing» focus, since the focal plane is so narrow — moving to a tap - to - focus for more artsy shots where I had a specific subject in mind fixed that right up, though.

Keeping those things in mind, I began to narrow down my expectations and am able to have razor sharp focus on achieving my goals.