## Metadata - Author: [[Benn stancil|Benn Stancil]] - Full Title:: It’s Too Many Options - Category:: #🗞️Articles - URL:: https://benn.substack.com/p/its-too-many-options - Finished date:: [[2024-06-22]] ## Highlights > Teams don’t need to optimize the handles on their hammers or the nuances of their nails; they need to become better carpenters. [The magic we’re looking for is in the work we’re avoiding.](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/E0SkEQ1e3P0) ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j0y2pc6d9pm6p7qd8vdcmzw2)) > There are business examples too. In his [14 key principles for management](https://deming.org/explore/fourteen-points/), W. Edwards Deming recommends that companies “move toward a single supplier for any one item, on a long-term relationship of loyalty and trust.” This is important, Deming says, because [quality requires consistency](https://www.uthsc.edu/its/business-productivity-solutions/lean-uthsc/deming.php#:~:text=Quality%20relies%20on%20consistency%20%E2%80%93%20the%20less%20variation%20you%20have%20in%20the%20input%2C%20the%20less%20variation%20you%27ll%20have%20in%20the%20output.). ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j0y2rnzfa5md9jhbajy5fzef))