As a preschooler, Jeffrey P. Bezos displayed an unmatched single-mindedness. By his mother’s account, the young Bezos got so engrossed in the details of activities at his Montessori school that teachers had to pick him up in his chair to move him to new tasks.
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Robert D. Hof. "THE TORRENT OF ENERGY BEHIND AMAZON." BusinessWeek (Dec. 14, 1998): 119.