“Don’t compromise your focus by comparing what you are trying to learn to what you already know. Focus in the moment, on what you are trying to learn now.”
“Focusing on what you've done is not as important in this learning process as focusing on who you have become”
“Don't try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist; use it to be a better whatever-you-already-are.”
“Don’t focus on the pain in the world, focus on what will keep you sane in the world.”
“Focusing on what you don’t want instead of focusing on what do want gets you nowhere. Negativity makes a horrible motivator. Decide what you want and move in that direction.”
“What you focus on expands. So focus on what you want, not what you do not want.”