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My First Million

My First Million

The best business ideas come from noticing what's working and doing it better, faster, or for a different audience.

Back to Beliefs

Taking simple ideas very seriously is the key to exceptional success

Evidence

Examples across domains: Nick Gray with dinner parties, Dyson with vacuums, MTV with cartoons, Spongebob creator with marine biology

Implication

The constraint isn't finding the 'right' idea, it's developing the muscle to take any simple idea seriously enough to become excellent at it

Counter Belief

You need a brilliant, complex, or novel idea to build something significant

Example Application

Instead of endlessly searching for the perfect startup idea, pick something simple (like hosting events, making content, or solving one small problem) and commit to becoming the best in the world at it through obsessive focus and iteration.