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What's My Lead Domino?
Keller's domino effect: knock over one thing and the rest becomes easier. You're not looking for the whole project — just the first domino that starts the chain. Four questions to find it.
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Frequently asked questions
- What's a lead domino?
- The first action in a chain — the ONE Thing that makes subsequent tasks easier or unnecessary. From The ONE Thing: success is built sequentially, one domino at a time.
- How is this different from the Focusing Question?
- The Focusing Question picks your priority for a time horizon. The lead domino is the first physical action that starts progress on that priority.
- Can I have multiple lead dominoes?
- One at a time. Multiple lead dominoes means simultaneous effort — Keller's economic reality says you go small on all of them.