One of the most impactful stories shared is about a friend who owned a roofing business but was also dabbling in general contracting and house flipping.
When asked why he wasn’t focusing on just roofing, the friend said he didn’t want to leave money on the table.
But the truth, as the speaker points out, is that "the money you are leaving on the table is the focus that you're not giving to the one thing that matters."
By scattering his efforts, his friend was missing out on the potential to build a billion-dollar roofing business
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