132Japanese idiom 四字熟語
一意専心
いちいせんしんIchii senshin
“One aim, whole heart.”
The meaning
Do one thing at a time, entirely. Undivided attention is rare — which is precisely why it accomplishes what scattered attention cannot.
At the origin
A four-character idiom praising exclusive concentration.
The characters
In practice
For your next hour of work: one task, no other window.
Themes
In the collections · Kaizen