56. Undivided Attention
Full-time involvement in a single project improves individual performance.
When Derek Jacoby gave his wonderful performance as Alan Turing in the play Breaking the Code, in London’s West End, he worked exclusively on that play for its entire run. Instead of accepting several roles in repertory, he devoted all of his attention and intelligence to that one play. He learned his lines, rehearsed with the other actors, investigated Turing’s life, and determined how he could best portray the great mathematician, logician, and cryptographer. Then he performed the role every night.
The culture of the theater bestows success upon ...
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