The document discusses how companies and teams can get better at marketing or get beaten by their competitors due to lack of improvement. It provides examples of companies that got beaten due to factors like hubris from success, undisciplined pursuit of more clients and revenue, denial of risk, and excuses. These companies grasped desperately for solutions but ultimately became irrelevant or failed. The document advocates getting better at marketing by paying attention to real evidence from prospects about what messages get their attention and tuning marketing activities accordingly. It also discusses how companies can transition to improving their marketing through asking what benefits change provides and costs non-action incur.