The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results
by Gary Keller
Thinking big is essential to extraordinary results. Success requires action, and action requires thought. But here’s the catch—the only actions that become springboards to succeeding big are those informed by big thinking to begin with. Make this connection, and the importance of how big you think begins to sink in. Highly successful people know this. So every day they line up their priorities anew, find the lead domino, and whack away at it until it falls. Why does this approach work? Because extraordinary success is sequential, not simultaneous. What starts out linear becomes geometric. You do the right thing and then you do the next right thing. Over time it adds up, and the geometric potential of success is unleashed.
Thinking big is essential to extraordinary results. Success requires action, and action requires thought. But here’s the catch—the only actions that become springboards to succeeding big are those informed by big thinking to begin with. Make this connection, and the importance of how big you think begins to sink in.
It’s not that we have too little time to do all the things we need to do, it’s that we feel the need to do too many things in the time we have.
The path of mastering something is the combination of not only doing the best you can do at it, but also doing it the best it can be done.
The trick to success is to choose the right habit and bring just enough discipline to establish it.
Passion for something leads to disproportionate time practicing or working at it. That time spent eventually translates to skill, and when skill improves, results improve. Better results generally lead to more enjoyment, and more passion and more time is invested. It can be a virtuous cycle all the way to extraordinary results.
"Thinking big is essential to extraordinary results. Success requires action, and action requires thought. But here’s the catch—the only actions that become springboards to succeeding big are those informed by big thinking to begin with. Make this connection, and the importance of how big you think begins to sink in."
"Highly successful people know this. So every day they line up their priorities anew, find the lead domino, and whack away at it until it falls. Why does this approach work? Because extraordinary success is sequential, not simultaneous. What starts out linear becomes geometric. You do the right thing and then you do the next right thing. Over time it adds up, and the geometric potential of success is unleashed."
"It’s not that we have too little time to do all the things we need to do, it’s that we feel the need to do too many things in the time we have."
"The path of mastering something is the combination of not only doing the best you can do at it, but also doing it the best it can be done."
"The trick to success is to choose the right habit and bring just enough discipline to establish it."
"BIG IDEAS There can only be ONE. Your most important priority is the ONE Thing you can do right now that will help you achieve what matters most to you. You may have many “priorities,” but dig deep and you’ll discover there is always one that matters most, your top priority—your ONE Thing. Goal Set to the Now. Knowing your future goal is how you begin. Identifying the steps you need to accomplish along the way keeps your thinking clear while you uncover the right priority you need to accomplish right now Put pen to paper. Write your goals down and keep them close."
"The payoff from developing the right habit is pretty obvious. It gets you the success you’re searching for. What sometimes gets overlooked, however, is an amazing windfall: it also simplifies your life. Your life gets clearer and less complicated because you know what you have to do well and you know what you don’t. The fact of the matter is that aiming discipline at the right habit gives you license to be less disciplined in other areas. When you do the right thing, it can liberate you from having to monitor everything."
- →It’s not that we have too little time to do all the things we need to do, it’s that we feel the need to do too many things in the time we have.
- →The path of mastering something is the combination of not only doing the best you can do at it, but also doing it the best it can be done.
- →The trick to success is to choose the right habit and bring just enough discipline to establish it.
- →Where I’d had huge success, I had narrowed my concentration to one thing, and where my success varied, my focus had too.
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