Have you summoned your wits from wool-gathering?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Asks if someone has stopped daydreaming and is ready to think.
- In plain terms
- Are you ready to think now?
- What can you take from it?
- Focus your mind on the task.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are you focused right now?
- What distracts you most?
Another view
It assumes the person was distracted recently.
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