Keep It Simple, Stupid
I called a few of my professors today, seeing as it’s #NationalTeachersDay.
I wanted to say hello and just thank them for being such valuable mentors and friends to me...
...and I knew it was coming, too:
“So, Tyler, have you stopped trying to be all things to all people?”
It’s one of my favorite lessons they taught me:
Focus on that ONE thing, and forget about the rest.
If you simply focus on that one thing, your results will be exponential.
But the minute you start trying to be all things to all people, you’ll go mad.
Take McDonald’s, for instance.
If you’ve watched “The Founder” on Netflix, you saw that they simplified their business by eliminating all of the “crap” that was clogging up their efficiency.
How did they do that?
They focused on their “One Thing”: Burger, Fries, Shake.
Everything else went out the window. And not just the myriad food options, either.
Employees on roller skates that bring your food to you? Gone.
Food trays, plates and silverware? Gone.
Jukebox? Gone.
You get the point. They got rid of a lot of stuff.
It’s not always common practice, but common sense is pretty powerful stuff, and it turned their business into a well-oiled machine.
When I started out with my business plan, I can remember having 10+ “services” that I was trying to offer to people.
Seriously.
And I can also - very vividly - remember my professors trying to drive home the point of simplification (to which I’m sure I about drove them up the wall with)
It’s common sense, but it’s not always common practice.
Today, I have one product, one service...
And I do that one product, one service, very, very well.
And sometimes I sit and imagine what it would be like if I had 10+ services that I was still trying to offer... or even 5!
Especially as a one-man business machine, I know I’d just go mad!
So anyways, this was just a fun, short post about simplicity, turning common sense into common practice, and to ALWAYS appreciate your teachers, professors, coaches and mentors.
Give them a call today and say thank you!
To Teachers’ Day,
Tyler
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