Shut Doors, Open Roofs
Most firm owners are terrified of turning away business. They leave every door open, taking on any client with a budget, assuming that a wider funnel is the only way to safeguard revenue.
The default mindset says that closing doors on certain client types shrinks your opportunity. But keeping every door open forces you to deliver custom, generalist work. It creates operational friction, dilutes your team's focus, and caps your margins.
Here is the reality: you must shut doors to open roofs. When you intentionally close the side doors to bad-fit clients, you eliminate the artificial ceiling on your firm. Specialised focus gives you vertical headroom. It allows you to build deep expertise, create repeatable assets, and command fees that generalists can never justify. You aren't shrinking your market; you are dominating a room.
Do this today: Identify the bottom 20% of your client list that causes 80% of your operational headaches. Write down the explicit criteria that makes them a bad fit, and commit to closing the door on that profile for all future business.
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