The Power of One Degree:                                               One Shift Separates Struggling from Scaling

The Power of One Degree: One Shift Separates Struggling from Scaling

Every Founder eventually faces the same moment: uncertainty, pressure, and challenges you can’t control. The news is filled with uncertainty, chaos, and fear. P&Ls are tighter. Costs are higher. Labor is scarce.And it’s easy — far too easy — to start believing that this is just the new normal.

But in that moment, there’s one truth: the only thing that separates surviving from thriving is one choice — the choice to shift one degree.

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Often, what holds Founders back isn’t just the market noise— it’s the beliefs they quietly accept.

  • “There just aren’t enough guests right now.”
  • “People won’t spend like they used to.”
  • “There aren’t any good people left to hire.”
  • “Margins are gone — it’s just survival mode.”
  • “This is just the way it is right now.”

That’s the dangerous edge where survival thinking lives. And that’s exactly where the Power of One Degree lives.

The Power of One Degree is choosing something different.

  • Instead of fewer guests — it’s finding new ways to attract frequency.
  • Instead of lower check averages — it’s elevating the experience to increase value.
  • Instead of no talent — it’s building a business that great people want to join.
  • Instead of shrinking margins — it’s tightening operations to create new profitability.
  • Instead of “this is just the way it is” — it’s leading your business to the way you want it to be.

The Power of One Degree is a shift in:

Perspective — from fear to focus.

Leadership — from reacting to driving.

Action — from waiting to executing.

Belief — from accepting limits to breaking them

In a Founder-led business, the Power of One Degree multiplies. It cascades through your locations, your leadership team, your systems, your customers. This one small shift creates exponential gains over time.

I’ve seen it over and over again — Founders who embrace the Power of One Degree build stronger businesses, stronger cultures, and stronger financial results. Not because everything was easy, but because they made one choice: I choose to thrive.

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The world isn’t waiting for perfect conditions — and neither should you.

The Power of One Degree is the difference. You have all the power to make the choice to shift by one degree to thrive!


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Joanna Rolek

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The power of mindset and resiliency -- the legacy of the lessons you shared with all of us in our corner of the world, Kathleen. Such excellent advice!

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