Despite his frustration, he called the disappointment a "miscommunication," and said it enabled him to focus more on kick returns.
In 1970 museum patron Lila Acheson Wallace endowed a special curatorship in Egyptology to enable him to focus on his research, and he retired as curator emeritus in 1992.
Using this automated system enables him to focus more on patient care, communication and team management, while also allowing him to redeploy one of his two assistants, he says.
While he said he loved Macy's, his new role enables him to focus on the business rather than the sorts of distractions that pop up in large companies — like a phone call about a mix-up during a parade.
When Mr de Mol sold Talpa Media, the company behind The Voice, to ITV for an initial £355m in March, he said the deal would enable him to "focus even more on creating new, groundbreaking content".
David Hill, chief executive of Fox Sports, was named senior vice president of News Corporation, a position that would enable him to focus on larger companywide digital and programming initiatives worldwide.
Using pictures by others freed Xie from worry about creating his own compositions, Mr. Hearn explained, and enabled him to focus entirely on line quality like a calligrapher, which, in fact, he was.
As for Graham's future, stepping back from day-to-day duties at Y Combinator will enable him to focus once again on his writing.
This organisational change will enable him to focus on these initiatives much more sharply," Ola CEO and co-founder Bhavish Aggarwal said in a statement.
Less spectacular but equally important, he is clearly possessed of exceptional mental strength and focus, enabling him to maintain his concentration throughout the long periods of possession, and frequent crises, that his club has enjoyed and endured this decade.
