30 Second Elevator Speech - Helps you Focus More. I find today's professional world quite demanding. A lot of industries are dog eat dog industries wherein a person can only succeed if a competitor fails. In the office, you need to be on your toes and stay on the cutting edge so that you will not become obsolete. For many business persons, staying ahead of the competition is no longer a want but now an extreme need. Therefore, any person who wants to keep up in today's dizzying pace needs to keep himself sharp. Not only skills but his mind also. To be able to stay ahead of the competition, one is required to have laser beam focus on his goals.