549. Silence and Combat

In a combat situation do not speak. Try to still your mind so that there is no "silent" inner conversation. Both types of speech will steal your energy and prevent you from taking action. When you talk about doing something, you are not doing it.

457. Controlled Focus

Focus is the master key to your success. Whatever you focus on is what you wind up getting. Focus on Poverty, you get Poverty, focus on Wealth, you get Wealth. Controlled focus is like a laser beam that cuts through the apparent obstacles. You need to practice this focusing consistently until it becomes the way in which your mind operates by default. Focussing like this is the concentration and directing of your power.

Here is a nice formula :

Focus X Consistency = Effective Power.

73. Concentration of Power

Controlled focus is like a laser beam that will cut through anything that seems to be stopping you. A laser beam is a beam of coherent light. i.e. light whose waves are all vibrating at the same frequency and in the same direction of polarisation. Coherence of mind or "joined up thinking" as it is sometimes called allows you to create a project that will do what it is supposed to do and not fall apart before the job is finished.