Chapter 4: Focus on Your Best 20 Percent


Overview

I ve got more energy now than when I was younger because I know exactly what I want to do.

legendary ballet master George Balanchine

When he was 12, Steven Spielberg decided to be a movie director. Five years later he visited Universal Studios. He ducked out of the standard tour to find a real movie being made. The 17-year-old buttonholed the head of Universal s editorial department to tell him about the films he was going to make.

Next day Spielberg dressed in a suit, loaded his dad s briefcase with two candy bars and a sandwich, and marched boldly through the gate into Universal Studios. He commandeered a deserted trailer, writing Steven Spielberg, Director on the door. He became a fixture on the lot, mixing with directors, producers , writers, and editors, sucking in ideas, observing how real directors behaved.

At the age of 20, Spielberg showed Universal a small movie he d made and won a seven-year contract to direct a television series. Later, of course, he made a string of hits, including ET , one of the highest-grossing movies of all time.

Spielberg was focused.

Focus is the secret of all personal power, happiness, and success. Focus means doing less; being less. Focus makes less more. Few people focus, yet focus is easy. Focus expands individuality , the essence of being human.




Living the 80. 20 Way. Work Less, Worry Less, Succeed More, Enjoy More
Living The 80/20 Way: Work Less, Worry Less, Succeed More, Enjoy More
ISBN: 1857883314
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 86
Authors: Richard Koch

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