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Focus
His management mantra was “Focus.” He eliminated excess product lines and cut extraneous features in the new operating system software that Apple was developing. He let go of his control-freak desire to manufacture products in his own factories and instead outsourced the making of everything from the circuit boards to the finished computers. And he
... See moreWalter Isaacson • Steve Jobs
“People are always going to ask you to do more. If you follow them blindly, you can end up being in a different market. Your product can have more features and a bigger footprint and more complexity than it originally had — and lose the focus that made it so valuable in the first place,” says Basecamp product manager Ryan Singer.
Martin Eriksson • Product Leadership: How Top Product Managers Launch Awesome Products and Build Successful Teams
If done right, after 4–8 weeks of self-auditing you will start to open up time to focus on strategy and the other key components of your company. You need to be focused on the most important things—not on everything. You also need the ability to take a step back and look at the big picture. If you spend all your time on the tactical brass tacks, yo
... See moreElad Gil • High Growth Handbook: Scaling Startups From 10 to 10,000 People
One of the things Steve [Jobs] would say [to me] because he was worried I wasn’t focused — he would say, “How many things have you said no to?” I would tell him I said no to this. And I said no to that. But he knew I wasn’t interested in doing those things. There was no sacrifice in saying no [to those things]. What focus means is saying no to some... See more