Bill CanadyCEO & Founder, The 80/20 Institute · Be a Great CEO: Learn how to Fix it, Grow it, & Sell it.

Define Your Company's ONE Goal in 90 Secs! #shorts

13 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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In this 90‑second YouTube short, Bill Canady promises viewers that, within the next half‑hour, they will be able to craft a single‑line, company‑wide goal and quickly test its validity using three diagnostic questions. He outlines a four‑meeting structure that frames the first 100 days of a CEO’s tenure, emphasizing that Meeting 1 is the decisive session that determines whether the subsequent three meetings are worthwhile. The bulk of the episode focuses on how to run Meeting 1 to differentiate a true goal from a mere wish. He then presents three actionable moves that leaders can execute before their next leadership meeting to install the goal throughout the organization. The video is part of the “1,000 Day CEO” series and is delivered in an instructional, high‑energy style.

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Here's my promise. By the end of the next half hour, you'll be able to write your own company's one goal on a single line and test it about 90 seconds and test it in about 90 seconds against the 3 questions I tell it that will tell you whether you've got a goal or a wish and run the meeting that installs it in the building. So, here's the plan. First, I'll give you 4 meetings that make up your first 100 days so you know where this sits. Then I'm going to spend most of this episode on meeting 1, because that's the one that decides whether the other 3 are worth having. Then 3 moves, and you can run all 3 before your next leadership meeting. This is The 1,000 Day CEO. I'm Bill Canady. Now let's get into it.