Concentration is the factor that causes the great discrepancy between men and the results they achieve. . . the difference in their power of calling together all the rays of their ability and concentrating on one point. (Orison Swett Marden)

Concentration is the factor that causes the great discrepancy between men and the results they achieve. . . the difference in their power of calling together all the rays of their ability and concentrating on one point.

Orison Swett Marden

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