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The Simple Catch: One Idea That Changes Everything
Ever tried catching four balls at once? Nearly impossible, right?
But catching one? Easy.
This simple analogy perfectly captures what's wrong with most businesses today.
We're trying to juggle too many priorities, features, and messages—and dropping them all.
The most powerful shift in business thinking isn't adding more, but ruthlessly focusing on one thing.
Find the most compelling point and communicate it in the most compelling way. This isn't just about marketing—it's a complete business philosophy.
When you identify that one core promise or feature that matters most, everything aligns: your product strategy, your resource allocation, your team's focus.
Think about Raising Canes with their deliberately tiny menu. Or consider Apple's "1,000 songs in your pocket" for the iPod.
They didn't list every feature—they found the one thing that mattered and made it exceptional. What if you approached your business this way?
Ask yourself: "What one thing, if achieved in the next 12 months, would change everything for us?" Maybe it's creating a reliable lead channel, solving a talent shortage, or improving cash flow. The magic happens when you commit to this one thing and resist distraction.
Yes, it's hard. You'll see fires you want to put out. You'll grow impatient waiting for results. But spreading resources across multiple initiatives guarantees mediocrity in all of them. Excellence lives at the extreme end of the curve.
The difference between the 90th percentile and the 99th isn't linear—it's exponential. But you can't reach that level without depth, and you can't go deep when you're spread thin. This mindset requires removing, not adding.
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Like Eastern artists who reveal sculptures by removing excess stone, great businesses succeed by eliminating distractions, not by adding features. As Jack Dorsey said, "Perfect every detail and limit the number of details."
The irony? Simplicity requires more work than complexity. Complexity is often the child of lazy thinking—we can't prioritize, so we do everything.
But true simplicity comes from the discipline to say no, even to good ideas, so your one great idea can thrive.
When you finally commit to that one thing, everything gets clearer. Your team understands the mission. Your customers get a focused message.
And you create space for the kind of excellence that changes everything.