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1, #102 - A hard 'No'
- Anyone can say no to bad ideas, but only a focused person can say no to good ideas. Focus is about saying no.
When talking about one of the biggest lessons he learned from Steve Jobs, Jonny Ive said it was focus.This sounds really simplistic, but it still shocks me how few people actually practice this, and it’s a struggle to practice, but is this
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- 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
from Almost Everyone I’ve Met Would Be Well-Served Thinking More About What to Focus On by Henrik Karlsson
"Focusing is about saying no."
– Steve JobsPaulina Paucic added
- Jobs would often test people, asking them, “how many things have you said no to?” Ive was up to the task of answering, only he didn’t mean it, and Jobs read right through him.
I would have these sacrificial things, because I wanted to be very honest about it. And so I’d say, “Well, I said no to this and no to that.” But he knew that I wasn’t vaguel
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