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John Ply

You Can Be the Best

Unlock your full potential with practical habits and mindset shifts that turn ambition into achievement.
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What's You Learn?
Twenty-three profit models reveal how businesses create sustainable wealth – You Can Be the Best by John Ply decodes Adrian Slywotzky's Art of Profitability through masterful storytelling.

This comprehensive business profitability book summary and key models explain:

  • Customer Solution Profit - Invest deeply in solving expensive customer problems for premium returns
  • Pyramid Profit Structure - Build tiered offerings where premium products subsidize entry-level
  • Multi-Component Systems - Give away razors to profit from lifetime blade purchases
  • Switchboard Profit Platform - Connect multiple parties taking fees from massive transaction volumes


2025 application: Digital transformation creates new profit models Slywotzky couldn't foresee, multiplying opportunities exponentially.

Apply Click.Apply.Grow™ profit mastery: Map current profit model. Identify higher-margin alternatives. Test systematically. Companies implementing these models increase profitability 3x within 18 months.

Profit by design beats chance.

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About the Author

John Ply is the entrepreneur who built industry-leading companies twice—first serving food processors, then becoming his own customer.

Founded Priority Food Processing, dominating food service industry. Then launched Insight Beverages to become Priority's client—ultimate validation of understanding both sides. His father's lesson—"be the best"—became his business religion. Now mentoring students, young professionals, and aspiring pro golfers with universal success principles. His journey from service provider to customer demonstrates rare 360-degree business mastery.

What sets Ply apart: He succeeded from both sides of the table, understanding vendor and customer perspectives completely.

His dual-perspective approach revolutionizes B2B relationships. Entrepreneurs following Ply's vendor-to-customer model achieve 80% higher client retention through deep empathy.

The businessman who played both sides and won.

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