My #1 ToC lesson - you must read this.

It took me 30 years to realise this! Doh! Slow learner.

It took me almost 30 years to figure out the #1 lesson from the Theory of Constraints. And once I truly got it, TOC got easier. And so did life.

Let me be clear — it’s not this:

→ Bottlenecks are bad.

Nope. What’s bad is this:

→ the delays
→ the rework
→ the corner-cutting
→ the lost profits
→ the increased stress
→ the failed businesses
→ the ever-growing hospital waiting lists
→ the anger
→ the waste

… all of which happen because you’re trying to:

• run your business (or team)

• faster than

• your bottleneck can handle.

That’s it. That’s the lesson.

It’s like when 8-year-old YOU tried running downhill faster than your legs could carry you… and you stumbled, fell, and skinned your knees.

If you’re seeing queues, delays, or mounting stress — don’t just push harder.

That’s just your bottleneck waving a red flag.

Look around. The symptoms are there.

Start there.

Hope that helps simplify things.

Your’s enthusiastically,

Clarke - The Bottleneck Guy - who’d love you to hit reply, say hello, and maybe even tell me something vaguely interesting!!!