In his TedEd talk Richard St. John quotes successfull people in order to stress the importance of focus:
James Cameron, producer of Titatnic and Avatar, two of the highest-grossing films of all time: „You’ve got to be super focused like a laser to get anthying worthwhile done. When I did Avatar I was focused for four years.“
Larry Page, co-founder of Google: „You should focus on one important goal and you need to be single-minded about it.“
Jaymie Matthews, astrophysicist and mission scientist, „Focus is the key word for our success. We pulled this off on a tight budget and short time line because we did one thing exceptionally well.“
Tom Monaghan, founder of Domino’s Pizza: „A fanatical focus on doing one thing well.“
Bill Gates: „If you want to be a great software company, you have to be only a software company. You can’t dabble in other things.“