Few things concentrate the mind like the loss of large amounts of money.

This, I assure you, is apt to concentrate the mind.

Nothing like having a shotgun shoved up your nose to concentrate the mind wonderfully.

While hopefully this extreme scenario will not materialise, it does help to concentrate the mind.

Good they were too, captain Keith Wood observing that the cold seemed to concentrate the mind.

And such indisputable arithmetic can concentrate the mind.

Nothing like a deadline to concentrate the mind.

It was true: nothing did concentrate the mind like the prospect of being hanged in the morning.

It can concentrate the mind wonderfully.

The isolation helps concentrate the mind.'

Nor is it possible to concentrate the mind on one particular enemy if you live in a crowded place.

That should concentrate the mind.

This calls for the ability to concentrate the mind upon a multitude of small details, and take pains with little, uninteresting things.

If only I had one overriding responsibility -like a button that triggered nuclear armageddon, say -it might help to concentrate the mind.

In order that remote ends may be attained, it is often necessary to cease thinking of them and concentrate the mind upon immediate means.

Practise steadily in this way for a few months, and you will be surprised to find how easy it becomes to concentrate the mind.