"Jobs insisted that Apple focus on just two……" — Walter Isaacson
"Jobs insisted that Apple focus on just two or three priorities at a time. “There is no one better at turning off the noise that is going on around him,” Cook said. “That allows him to focus on a few things and say no to many things. Few people are really good at that."
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