My First Million
The best business ideas come from noticing what's working and doing it better, faster, or for a different audience.
“I only have three goals this year grow the channel get big and sell chocolate”
What It Means
Extreme focus on just 3 objectives rather than pursuing multiple opportunities simultaneously
Why It Matters
Shows how successful people achieve breakthrough results by concentrating resources rather than diversifying efforts
When It's True
When you have more opportunities than you can effectively execute on and need to choose the highest impact activities
When It's Risky
If the chosen focus areas are wrong or if external conditions change rapidly requiring pivot
How to Apply
List all current projects and goals
Identify the 2-3 that align with core strengths and market opportunities
Eliminate or delegate everything else
Communicate focus clearly to team and stakeholders
Example Scenario
“An entrepreneur with 10 different side projects chooses to focus only on their main SaaS product, marketing agency, and content creation, shutting down everything else to achieve 10x better results”
Related Knowledge
The Clone Creation Framework
A system for replicating high-performance decision-making by having new hires shadow the founder 24/7 for six months, then gradually taking on responsibilities while maintaining the founder's thinking patterns.
Achieve 10x results by saying no to 1000x more opportunities than competitors
You operate fewer projects than before but each generates exponentially better results because of concentrated resources and attention.
Total Addressable Mindset (TAM Thinking)
Always evaluate opportunities based on the maximum possible audience size, choosing only ideas that can theoretically ap
Extreme focus beats diversification for breakthrough results
Most successful people are saying no to far more opportunities than they're saying yes to
it's impossible to do what I'm doing better than me because I'm gonna spend 10 times more
Creating unbeatable competitive position by outspending and out-obsessing competitors rather than relying on skill alone
Having children significantly reduces entrepreneurial ambition and achievement potential for most pe
Children require massive time, emotional energy, and mental bandwidth that would otherwise be available for business building.