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Why Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are so successful, in one word

Published: 15 July 2014

When Bill Gates first met Warren Buffett, their host at dinner, Gates鈥 mother, asked everyone around the table to identify what they believed was the single most important factor in their success through life.听Gates and Buffett gave the same one-word answer: 鈥淔ocus.鈥

...听The answer is to develop and value both types of focus.听笔谤辞蹿别蝉蝉辞谤听Henry Mintzberg聽taught that there are two sources of strategy:

  1. 顿别濒颈产别谤补迟别听蝉迟谤补迟别驳测, where leaders develop a clear vision and map this to long, medium and short term goals (focus as a noun);
  2. 别尘别谤驳别苍迟听蝉迟谤补迟别驳测, where people respond to unanticipated problems and opportunities (focus as a verb).

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