Just Do 1 Thing
30 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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Bezos, Zuckerberg, and Jobs all built one massive company. Elon Musk is the rare exception. Pick one thing and commit to it instead of juggling multiple paths.

Bezos, Zuckerberg, and Jobs all built one massive company. Elon Musk is the rare exception. Pick one thing and commit to it instead of juggling multiple paths.
The hardest part of business is staying focused. You hear Bezos talk about it, you hear your Zuck talk about it, you hear Jobs talk about it. And what's interesting about this is that the vast majority of them have one massive business. Elon is, of course, the one exception that everybody wants to bring up. But for everyone who haven't just generated $100 billion in a year, then maybe consider every other person on the Forbes list that just did one thing for the entirety of their career. Bezos has Blue Origin. Yeah, after 35 years of Amazon. Mr. Panda, he owns the Cosmo. Yeah, but he also did that after 45 years of Panda Express, and Panda Express is still his cash cow. If you have 3 different paths or 4 different things that you're considering, pick.