laser focus

laser focus

English

Etymology

From the precise straightness of a laser beam.

Noun

laser focus (plural laser focuses)

1. A very intense focus (of the human mind); a hyperfocus.
   • 2011, Catherine Mann, His Heir, Her Honor, Silhouette (→ISBN), page 30:

     ... engaged in a number of careful affairs over the years, never had he let a woman truly break through his laser focus on his work.

   • 2019, Sharon B. Buchbinder, Nancy H. Shanks, Bobbie J Kite, Introduction to Health Care Management, Jones & Bartlett Learning (→ISBN), page 511:

     When approaching problems, Maureen has a laser focus on the financial aspects. She is extremely driven and lacks patience for anyone she deems “not smart ...

   • 2021, Naz Beheshti, Pause. Breathe. Choose.: Become the CEO of Your Well-Being, New World Library (→ISBN), page 214:

     ... but their increasingly compromised well-being undermines their laser focus and productivity. They unwittingly take a route that leads toward burnout and ...

Related terms

• laser-focused

See also

• laserlike