28 Jan 2026 · 1 min
David Brier argues that in a crowded market, being different matters more than being better. When everyone claims to be the best, companies compete on price and blend into sameness. Differentiation is what lets brands rise above the noise.
We live in a world where there's no shortage of people or companies or services or products saying, we are great. We are the best. We have everything you've been looking for, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. So we have a lot of background noise that all sounds a lot very similar. So, I mean, that's kind of like the. What I call, like, the sea of sameness. Sameness, as in being similar, similar, similar. It's like, how the heck do I tell the difference between this company and this company and this company and this company? Because there's an enormous am Similarity, to the point where everything seems kind of redundant, which leaves companies and individuals having to compete on price. Well, one thing that has to be understood right out of the gate is that different is better than better. Right. It.
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