If I'm asked what the next most important quality is for a novelist, that's easy too: focus - the ability to concentrate all your limited talents on whatever's critical at the moment.

如果有人问我小说家第二重要的素质是什么，这个答案也很简单：注意力—即集中有限才能完成此刻最为重要的事情的能力。

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With energy and time freed up to concentrate on the to-dos, focus provides the leverage to turn what doesn’t seem like “enough” into sufficient, even abundant resources.

但我们腾出时间和精力来集中注意力到任务清单上的事情，使我们在完成必要任务时所需的精力由足够变成了充分，甚至会显得轻而易举。

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Playing an instrument before sleeping can help to soothe you, calm your mind and force you to focus and concentrate on a task. Make sure it's classical music!

睡前玩乐器可帮你舒服的入睡，使你的大脑平静强迫你集中注意力，但必须是古典音乐。

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"You have to concentrate your eyes to something near, but focus your eyes on something far."

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"When someone we love dies, we lose the ability to concentrate or focus, " Friedman said.

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He became forgetful about discussions and appointments, and he was unable to concentrate or focus, the suit said.

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Possibly having our schools concentrate more focus on real world learning.

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