one thing

ONE THING

What the heck is it?

by Mozammel Haque With notes from: The ONE Thing

Keller, Gary; Papasan, Jay (2013-04-01)

Well, if everyone has the same amount of time and yet some earn more than others can we then say that

it’s how we use our time that determines how successful we are in our life?

HOW DO YOU PLAN YOUR DAY?

Instead of a to-do list, you need a success list — a list that is purposefully created around extraordinary

results.

A to-do list becomes a success list when you apply 80/20 rule to it

You can actually take 20 percent of the 20 percent of the 20 percent and continue until you get to the single

most important thing!

Extraordinary results are directly determined by how narrow you can make your focus.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

The things which are most important don’t always scream the loudest.

Each standing domino represents a small amount of potential energy; the more you line up, the more

potential energy you’ve accumulated. Line up enough and, with a simple flick, you can start a chain reaction

of surprising power.

Find the lead domino, and whack away at it until it falls.

Do your most important work— your ONE Thing —

early

APPLEApple is a study in creating an

environment where an extraordinary ONE Thing can

exist while transitioning to another extraordinary ONE

Thing.

In the two years after his return in 1997, Jobs took the company from 350 products to ten. That’s 340 nos, not counting anything else

proposed during that period.

The art of saying yes is, by default, the art of saying no.

A request must be connected to my ONE Thing for me to consider it.

If you don’t make your life about what you say yes to, then it will almost certainly become what you intended to say no to.

saying NO is actually saying YES

What’s the ONE Thing I can do such that by doing it everything else will be easier or

unnecessary?

One Thing

ONE Thing “right now” is nested inside your ONE Thing today which is nested inside your ONE Thing

this week, which is nested inside your ONE Thing this month... . It’s how a small thing can actually build up to

a big one. !

You’re lining up your dominoes.

Until my ONE Thing is done — everything else is a distraction.

The more productive people are, the more purpose and priority are pushing and driving them.

Leaders:

Be a maker in the morning and a manager in the afternoon.

Be so great at it that the world can’t help but gives you an audience for it.

Live the ONE Thing

YOU ARE THE FIRST DOMINO