One Plus One Makes a Bundle. This was the saying I heard quite often in elementary school. It seemed so basic and not particularly useful to me at the time. That changed a few months ago.
One evening, I sat in the backyard wondering when I would finally make it in life. I pondered several ways I could achieve success—perhaps earn more money, build my own mansion, and get the car of my dreams. I stumbled upon numerous ideas: starting businesses, landing high-paying jobs, trying forex trading, and more. Although all these ideas seemed reasonable, none felt truly convincing.
I wondered if I could simply kickstart everything at once and later drop the unsuccessful ones, keeping only what worked. Then I recalled a verse that changed everything:
“The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.”
This was the game changer. It revealed the answer that had always been right in front of me—one I, and perhaps many others, had consistently overlooked.
Like so many of us who desire success, when asked exactly how we plan to achieve it, we often lack a clear, explicit answer. How can we expect to succeed without an executable, realistic plan in place?In this context, the “single eye” or unity of vision refers to focus. The common mistake many of us make is trying to juggle three to five balls with one foot. How is that even possible? Yet we attempt it daily—trying to launch three business ideas, run a YouTube channel, and maintain a full-time job, all in the name of “making it.”
All these ideas may be reasonable, but are you being reasonable?
I also recalled a saying I heard years ago: “All masters tend to ignore most other aspects of their lives and concentrate on one thing until they become nearly the best, if not the best, at it.” This is their formula for success.
As I walked away from my unproductive meditation on success, it dawned on me: I don’t need to be everywhere, do everything, or have the absolute best business idea. All I needed was to identify the one thing I was confident would work and invest all my time and resources into it until I became so good at it that making money was no longer a problem.
The mistake most of us make is believing we need to do many things at once to become great, or that we must launch three to five businesses simultaneously to succeed. This is not the case; in fact, it is the opposite. Such divided focus only slows down or sabotages our path to success.As Jesus put it in Mark 3:25 (KJV):
“And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.”
You are not divided against yourself, but attempting to cook all meals at once may cause you to overcook or overseason some dishes. However, if you prepare one dish at a time—even if you aspire to cook over twenty—you will eventually master them all excellently by proceeding gradually. This is where the journey begins. This is the secret to making that bundle.
No one is born with hands full of money, though a few are lucky enough to have rich parents. This does not make you any less capable of succeeding—otherwise, only rich kids would become millionaires. But we know that is not true.
As Matthew 6:22 reminds us, how much light will your body receive if your eye is single?
Mastery works the same way. Becoming exceptionally good at what you do requires focusing on what truly matters, day in and day out. Then success will come knocking at your door.
