It takes discipline to block out this chorus of chaos and focus on what matters.

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The American people want Washington to focus on what matters: jobs and the economy.

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Successful innovators focus on what matters most rather than spreading their effort and resources on capabilities that are less critical.

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Today, I am a featured innovation columnist for Forbes and author of Free the Idea Monkey...to focus on what matters most!

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But they also free you to focus on what matters.

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But only if they focus on what really matters, and on what can really be achieved.

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One of those close to the prime minister says the decision has been driven by "de-cluttering" - that is getting the No 10 team to focus on what really matters.

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"What matters now to consumers is which car can I focus on that's not going to give me a headache and which is going to cost quite a bit as far as repairs are concerned, " Festekjian says.

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