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In a world of status, independence is key, because a primary means of establishing status is to tell others what to do, and taking orders is a marker of low status. Though all humans need both intimacy and independence, women tend to focus on the first and men on the second. It is as if their lifeblood ran in different directions.
Deborah Tannen
Women
World
Key
Focus
Independence
Men
First
Others
Ran
Intimacy
Though
Tell
Status
Directions
Both
Tend
Lifeblood
Taking
Primary
Because
Establishing
Different
Orders
Different Directions
Low
Means
Second
Humans
Need
The contrasting focus on connection versus hierarchy also sheds light on innumerable adult conversations - and frustrations. Say a woman tells another about a personal problem and hears in response, 'I know how you feel' or 'the same thing happens to me.' The resulting 'troubles talk' reinforces the connection between them.
Deborah Tannen
Me
You
Woman
Problem
Light
Focus
Same Thing
Say
Response
Hierarchy
Tells
About
Resulting
Troubles
Adult
Feel
Between
Know
Talk
Also
Sheds
Another
How
Hears
Versus
Contrasting
Personal
Same
Happens
Conversations
Frustrations
Them
Connection
Thing
Singing was the big focus and outlet for me.
Debra Wilson
Me
Focus
Singing
Big
Outlet
I meditate. I breathe out what I can't control and focus on the positives.
Deepika Padukone
Focus
Control
Positives
Out
Breathe
Meditate
I had never heard anyone doing what my show does, which is put the focus on the human condition - whatever you're going through, good or bad, right or wrong, straight or gay, whatever. That human experience is the meat of the show.
Delilah
Good
Gay
You
Experience
Focus
Whatever
Bad
Through
Never
Had
Put
Wrong
Does
Doing
Condition
Heard
Going
Human
Anyone
Human Condition
Which
Human Experience
Straight
Show
Meat
Right
It always cracks me up when program directors or music directors or companies will say, 'Well, we did research, and we interviewed 25 people in our focus group, and this is what they said.' And I'm like, 'I've talked to 25 people in two hours! I talk to 50, 60, 70 people a night! Five or six days a week!'
Delilah
Music
Me
People
Will
Focus
Research
Group
Our
Say
Directors
Week
Days
Like
Hours
Talk
Well
Talked
Said
Always
Up
Five
Did
Cracks
Six
Six Days
Companies
Night
Two
Program
I'm trying to stay humble because if I don't keep producing results, all of this goes away, so I want to focus on the people close to me - my family and my team; they mean everything to me.
Denis Shapovalov
Family
Me
Humble
People
Focus
Everything
Stay
Results
Because
Close
Trying
Goes
Want
Mean
Producing
Team
Keep
Away
The top principle for disruptive and sustaining innovation is that it has to have a laser focus on customers. Innovation begins with their needs and expectations.
Denise Morrison
Needs
Innovation
Focus
Top
Principle
Begins
Expectations
Sustaining
Customers
Laser
Disruptive
When I was growing up, my father helped kindle my passion for innovation and technology. He was a high-ranking executive at AT&T and used our family dinner table as a focus group.
Denise Morrison
Family
Technology
Innovation
Passion
Father
Focus
Dinner
Group
Our
Dinner Table
Kindle
Table
He
Executive
Up
Used
Helped
Growing
Growing Up
It will be a hard game if you think about winning a championship. We need to think about our own game at the moment and focus on getting good results especially over the Christmas period.
Dennis Bergkamp
Christmas
Good
You
Game
Will
Focus
Own
Think
Our
About
Winning
Results
Over
Period
Getting
Hard
Moment
Championship
Need
Some kids don't know where they'll spend the night. How can we expect them to focus on learning?
Dennis Moore
Learning
Focus
Spend
Kids
Some
Know
How
Expect
Where
Them
Night
I love being a dad, and I'm good at it. Kids teach you about life, like how not to focus on yourself so much.
Dennis Quaid
Life
Love
Good
You
Yourself
Focus
Kids
About
Like
How
Being
Much
Teach
Dad
We just want to win. That's the bottom line. I think a lot of times people may become content with one championship or a little bit of success, but we don't really reflect on what we've done in the past. We focus on the present.
Derek Jeter
Success
People
Win
Focus
Become
Past
Reflect
Think
Bit
Bottom
Bottom Line
Content
Line
Lot
Times
Times People
Done
May
Just
Want
In The Past
Little
Little Bit
Really
Present
Championship
I've always been uncomfortable, so to speak, when the focus is on me.
Derek Jeter
Me
Speak
Focus
Uncomfortable
Always
Been
I love all people, and that's what I focus on.
Deshaun Watson
Love
People
Focus
All People
It's good to be able to run and have a balanced offense. They've got to be worried about both things. They can't just focus on the run game or the passing game and have us locked down that way. So when you have balance, good things are going to happen on offense.
Deshaun Watson
Good
You
Game
Balance
Good Things
Focus
Down
Worried
Way
Locked
Run
Able
About
Both
Balanced
Got
Passing
Offense
Going
Just
Happen
Us
Things
I have to stay in my lane and focus on what I have to do and listen to what the coaches are telling me to do. They're going to make sure I'm prepared on game day.
Deshaun Watson
Day
Me
Game
Focus
Telling
Stay
Make
Sure
Going
Listen
Coaches
Lane
Prepared
I write on sacred stories, symbols and rituals of all cultures - European, American and Chinese - but my audiences, typically, like me to focus on India.
Devdutt Pattanaik
Me
Focus
India
Rituals
Sacred
Write
Like
Audiences
Cultures
American
Stories
Chinese
European
Symbols
One thing that's really important for me to be creatively motivated is to find an angle. Some people refer to that as a concept, which it is, in a sense, but not overtly. It's just something I need to focus and hone in on, and the trajectory of what might be seen as a 'concept' gives me creative momentum.
Devin Townsend
Me
Creative
People
Focus
Some People
Seen
Important
Sense
One Thing
Find
Some
Angle
Something
Gives
Concept
Motivated
Refer
Trajectory
Just
Just Something
Which
Might
Really
Momentum
Creatively
Thing
Hone
Need
If we're going to have tax cuts, let's focus on those in lower and middle income groups. Make sure that they get the breaks they need to continue to try to provide for their families.
Dick Durbin
Try
Focus
Those
Make
Sure
Continue
Provide
Families
Get
Going
Middle
Tax
Tax Cuts
Breaks
Cuts
Lower
Groups
Income
Need
As wonderful as they were, my parents didn't teach me anything about self-discipline, concentration, patience, or focus. If I hadn't had a family myself, I probably never would've done anything. Marriage taught me responsibility.
Dick Van Dyke
Myself
Family
Me
Patience
Marriage
Wonderful
Focus
Responsibility
Parents
About
Never
Had
Concentration
Self-Discipline
Were
Done
Taught
Anything
Teach
When it went on the air, the sales department hated it. It was the highest advertising pullout show in the history of NBC. At the early focus groups, people were saying, 'Who are these people? Why should we watch them?
Dick Wolf
Saying
History
People
Focus
Air
Focus Groups
Hated
Highest
Advertising
Were
Sales
Department
The History Of
Them
Should
Show
Who
Groups
NBC
Why
Watch
Early
Our focus is to see that we are growing faster than the industry and, whichever product we launch, we do better than competition. We try and manage our operations better than competition. Essentially, we try to be better than what we were the previous year.
Dilip Shanghvi
Competition
Better
Try
Focus
Year
Faster
Our
Launch
See
Previous
Industry
Operations
Were
Than
Manage
Essentially
Product
Growing
I don't look too far ahead. I focus on the next fight.
Dillian Whyte
Fight
Focus
Too
Look
Far
Next
It's well documented that stop-and-go traffic wears more on a vehicle than consistent-speed highway driving. No matter our driving habits, we all know we must regularly maintain our car's vitals - oil, tires, brakes, etc. Similarly, our brains and bodies perform best with a mindful focus on tasks and a routine maintenance of healthy habits.
Dinesh Paliwal
Best
Matter
Car
Focus
Healthy
Mindful
Our
Must
Wears
Similarly
More
Habits
Driving
Vehicle
Maintain
Perform
Highway
Maintenance
Know
Well
Documented
Traffic
Brains
Brakes
Than
Tasks
Oil
Tires
Etc
Bodies
Regularly
Routine
I focus just on the important issues, and I know I can make a lot more progress.
Divock Origi
Progress
Focus
Important
More
Know
Make
Important Issues
Issues
Lot
Just
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