I've been doing marketing and positioning for practically my entire adult life. But that very simple question stayed with me because I realised I didn't have a clean answer...
When AI exploded, I did what most of us did. I went wide and broad. New tools, new products, new formats. And a lot of it was great.
But 'wide and broad’ has a cost: the core message gets diluted…
And when I look back at every period in my life where I truly thrived, it was always because I had picked one thing and stayed with it.
For five years, my one thing was building an online language school in small European markets. I remember people saying,
'You're charging 15 euros a month for a membership – where are you going to get with that?'
I didn't have anything else in the works, so I just kept doing it.
Full focus on one thing.
That business has now generated over $1,500,000 in markets that aren't historically profitable. And that’s because I didn't split my attention…
So right now, I'm sitting with that question and defining the one thing for this business, for this community, for you.
And I'd love to ask you the same: what is your one thing right now?
It could be a product you're building, a skill you're developing, or even a decision you've been putting off.
Hit reply and tell me. I'm reading every response.
Best,
Darius