Being laser-focused on one specific goal is not the key to success, says Eddie Huang. Huang would know: he's a successful restaurateur, writer and television personality and says that multitasking has been key to his success. "Ever since I was a kid I've always seen how things are connected," Huang told CNBC Make It at OZY Fest. "It's just how I see life." This mentality has allowed Huang to pursue multiple careers simultaneously.

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"I was always cooking. I just loved food" says Huang. His passion to pursue food as a career came from his family. "If my parents were ever not around, where would the recipes go?" he asks. "So I started to record my mother's recipes." "Writing was always my hobby and my passion. I always loved it," he says. "I have tons of composition books and old things I've written on the computer, saved." "I always wanted to make a movie," he says. "Before anybody paid me to, me and my friends borrowed the camera in the college library and we shot a short film." By pursuing all of these passions, Huang has built multiple successful careers at the same time. "As I was cooking I never stopped writing. As I was writing I never stopped cooking," he says.

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