sweet spot

Definition

Any place that is optimal for obtaining a certain desirable effect or result.

Example Sentences

• "Here's a way to start improving your balance right now. Let's tune into a reference point, the place on which you can feel your weight concentrated, the spot that will always let you know whether or not you are in balance. I call this reference point the "sweet spot" of your foot. The sweet spot is just behind the big toe and to the side of the ball of each foot (some people grow bunions on this point)."
• "Shelby figured if the dog was going to bite her, he'd have already done so. […] She found his sweet spot—a patch low behind his ear—and lightly raked it with her nails until his big eyes rolled back in contentment."
• "Businesses hit a sweet spot—a place, time, or experience in which a company's brands, products and services, finances, leaders, and employees are in tune and in time with consumer neds, aspirations, and budgets—only when (no matter how global, or gigantic, the company) everything and everyone is aligned. Sweet spot companies practice full-circle marketing, which means that everyone must become part of the marketing team."