Mark Kohler says entrepreneurs waste energy juggling multiple projects when they should master one first. A business consultant named Rulon helped him see his scattered ventures were the problem. Pick one thing, get it working smoothly, then add the next.
Chapters
Choose one thing and get it going well. Spin that plate. My team members say, hey, my example of spinning plates, you can go to YouTube and search, you know, spinning plates with Johnny Carson. Get that first plate really spinning well and then, okay, then I can come over and start this one or I could come over and do that one. But get one really rocking, like get your feet under you. I know some people have the problem of analysis paralysis. They don't take action at all. They're so frustrated that they're not taking action. My problem is stop taking action. Like just focus and get it, you know? So that was a huge learning lesson for me. And it took a business consultant. Rulon had sat down and was like, "Dude." I could tell you some of the businesses. It was bad, just all over the place. They're all good businesses if I just dedicated myself to one of them.