Cliff Notes – The ONE THING – The Surprisingly simple truth ...

... THING – The Surprisingly simple truth behind extraordinary results ... The ONE Thing sits at the heart of success and is the starting ... “Ifyouchasetworabbits..Youwillnotcatcheitherone”Excellentbookanditisworthreadingwhichhelpstoprioritizeandmanageourtimeaswellaspersonalaspirations.TheONEThingsitsattheheartofsuccessandisthestartingpointforachievingextraordinaryresults.TheONEThingbecomesdifficultbecausewe’veunfortunatelyboughtintotoomanyothers—andmoreoftenthannotthose“otherthings”muddleourthinking,misguideouractions,andsidetrackoursuccess.·        Noonesucceedsalone:everyonehasonepersonwhoeithermeansthemostofthemorwasthefirsttoinfluence,trainormanagethem.·        EVERYTHINGMATTERSEQUALLYisalie,noteverythingmattersequally,andsuccessisn’tagamewonbywhoeverdoesthemost.·        To-doliststendtobelong;successlistsareshort.To-dolistsareastapleofthetime-management-and-successindustry.Onepullsyouinalldirections;theotheraimsyouinaspecificdirection.Achieversoperatedifferently.Theyhaveaneyefortheessential.Theypausejustlongenoughtodecidewhatmattersandthenallowwhatmatterstodrivetheirday.·        NarrowittoONE:Successrequiresthatyoufollowthe80/20Principle,butyoudon’thavetostopthere.Keepgoing.Youcanactuallytake20percentofthe20percentofthe20percentandcontinueuntilyougettothesinglemostimportantthing!TheimperativeONE.·        Gosmall.Don’tfocusonbeingbusy;focusonbeingproductive.Allowwhatmattersmosttodriveyourday.·        Sayno.Whetheryousay“later”or“never,”thepointistosay“notnow”toanythingelseyoucoulddountilyourmostimportantworkisdone.·        Multitaskingisaneffectivewaytogetlessdone:Whenyoutrytodotwothingsatonce,youeithercan’torwon’tdoeitherwell.Ifyouthinkmultitaskingisaneffectivewaytogetmoredone,you’vegotitbackward. Researchersestimatewelose28percentofanaverageworkdaytomultitaskingineffectiveness.·        successisaboutdoingtherightthing,notaboutdoingeverythingright:Contrarytowhatmostpeoplebelieve,successisnotamarathonofdisciplinedaction.Thetricktosuccessistochoosetherighthabitandbringjustenoughdisciplinetoestablishit.·        Buildonehabitatatime.Successissequential,notsimultaneous.Nooneactuallyhasthedisciplinetoacquiremorethanonepowerfulnewhabitatatime.·        Willpowerhasalimitedbatterylifebutcanberechargedwithsomedowntime.It’salimitedbutrenewableresource.Youmakedoingwhatmattersmostaprioritywhenyourwillpowerisitshighest.·        Timeyourtask.Dowhatmattersmostfirsteachdaywhenyourwillpowerisstrongest.Maximumstrengthwillpowermeansmaximumsuccess.·        Abalancedlifeisalie:magichappensattheextremes.·        GooutofBalance:Whenyouactonyourpriority,you’llautomaticallygooutofbalance,givingmoretimetoonethingoveranother.·        Thinkabouttwobalancingbuckets.Separateyourworklifeandpersonallifeintotwodistinctbuckets—nottocompartmentalizethem,justforcounterbalancing.Eachhasitsowncounterbalancinggoalsandapproaches.Further-Yourworklifeisdividedintotwodistinctareas—whatmattersmostandeverythingelse,Professionalsuccessrequiresit.Acknowledgethatyourpersonallifeactuallyhasmultipleareasandthateachrequiresaminimumofattentionforyoutofeelthatyou“havealife.”Youmustnevergotoolongortoofarwithoutcounterbalancingthemsothattheyareallactiveareasofyourlife.Yourpersonalliferequiresit.·        Startleadingacounterbalancedlife.Lettherightthingstakeprecedencewhentheyshouldandgettotherestwhenyoucan.Anextraordinarylifeisacounterbalancingact.·        BigisBadisalie:Thinkingbigisessentialtoextraordinaryresults.Successrequiresaction,andactionrequiresthought.Buthere’sthecatch—theonlyactionsthatbecomespringboardstosucceedingbigarethoseinformedbybigthinkingtobeginwith.·        Whatyoubuildtodaywilleitherempowerorrestrictyoutomorrow:Whenpeopletalkabout“reinventing”theircareerortheirbusiness,smallboxesareoftentherootcause.Itwilleitherserveasaplatformforthenextlevelofyoursuccessorasabox,trappingyouwhereyouare.·        Thinkbig.Avoidincrementalthinkingthatsimplyasks,“WhatdoIdonext?”Thisisatbesttheslowlanetosuccessand,atworst,theofframp.Askbiggerquestions.Agoodruleofthumbistodoubledowneverywhereinyourlife.Ifyourgoalisten,askthequestion:“HowcanIreach20?”Setagoalsofarabovewhatyouwantthatyou’llbebuildingaplanthatpracticallyguaranteesyouroriginalgoal.·        Failyourwaytosuccess:Don’tfearfailure.It’sasmuchapartofyourjourneytoextraordinaryresultsassuccess.Adoptagrowthmindset,anddon’tbeafraidofwhereitcantakeyou.Extraordinaryresultsaren’tbuiltsolelyonextraordinaryresults.They’rebuiltonfailuretoo.Whenwefail,westop,askwhatweneedtodotosucceed,learnfromourmistakes,andgrow.Don’tbeafraidtofail.Seeitaspartofyourlearningprocessandkeepstrivingforyourtruepotential.·        Don’tputallyoureggsinonebasket”isallwrong.“putallyoureggsinonebasket,andthenwatchthatbasket.”Lookroundyouandtakenotice;menwhodothatdonotoftenfail.Itiseasytowatchandcarrytheonebasket.Itistryingtocarrytoomanybasketsthatbreaksmosteggsinthiscountry.·        Thesecretofgettingaheadisgettingstarted.Thesecrettogettingstartedisbreakingyourcomplexoverwhelmingtasksintosmallmanageabletasksandthenstartingonthefirstone.·        “What’stheONEThingIcando/suchthatbydoingit/everythingelsewillbeeasierorunnecessary?”–Breakingitdown further:“Whatstheonething”–onethingversusmany–forcestowardsspecific–“cando”beatstheintentioneverytime.“Suchthatbydoingit”letsyouknowyou’regoingtohavetodigdeep,becausewhenyoudothisONEThing,somethingelseisgoingtohappen.Archimedessaid,“GivemealeverlongenoughandIcouldmovetheworld,”andthat’sexactlywhatthislastparttellsyoutofind.“Everythingelsewillbeeasierorunnecessary”istheultimateleveragetest.Ittellsyouwhenyou’vefoundthefirstdomino.·        Extraordinaryresultsarerarelyhappenstance.Theycomefromthechoiceswemakeandtheactionswetake.TheFocusingQuestionalwaysaimsyouattheabsolutebestofbothbyforcingyoutodowhatisessentialtosuccess—makeabestdecision.Butnotjustanydecision—itdrivesyoutomakethebestdecision.·        “Successissimple.Dowhatsrighttherightway,attherighttime”–ArnoldH.Glasowsaid- Understandandbelieveit.ThefirststepistounderstandtheconceptoftheONEThing,thentobelievethatitcanmakeadifferenceinyourlife.Ifyoudon’tunderstandandbelieve,youwon’ttakeaction.·        Leveragereminders.SetupwaystoremindyourselftousetheFocusingQuestion.Oneofthebestwaystodothisistoputupasignatworkthatsays,“UntilmyONEThingisdone—everythingelseisadistraction.”·        Thinkbigandspecific.Settingagoalyouintendtoachieveislikeaskingaquestion.It’sasimplestepfrom“I’dliketodothat”to“HowdoIachievethat?”·        Thinkpossibilities.Settingadoablegoalisalmostlikecreatingatasktocheckoffyourlist.Astretchgoalismorechallenging.Itaimsyouattheedgeofyourcurrentabilities;youhavetostretchtoreachit.Thebestgoalexploreswhat’spossible.·        Whatyouseeisdeterminedbywhatyoudon’t-Thinkofpurpose,priority,andproductivityasthreepartsofaniceberg.·        DiscoveryourBigWhy.Discoveryourpurposebyaskingyourselfwhatdrivesyou.What’sthethingthatgetsyouupinthemorningandkeepsyougoingwhenyou’retiredandworndown?Isometimesrefertothisasyour“BigWhy.”It’swhyyou’reexcitedwithyourlife.It’swhyyou’redoingwhatyou’redoing.·        Purposewithoutpriorityispowerless: Researcherscallthisthe“planningfallacy”Visualizingtheprocess—breakingabiggoaldownintothestepsneededtoachieveit—helpsengagethestrategicthinkingyouneedtoplanforandachieveextraordinaryresults.ThisiswhyGoalSettingtotheNowreallyworks.·        Taketimeoff.Blockoutlongweekendsandlongvacations,thentakethem.You’llbemorerested,morerelaxed,andmoreproductiveafterward.Everythingneedsresttofunctionbetter,andyou’renodifferent.Restingisasimportantasworking.·        TimeBlockyouronething:Toexperienceextraordinaryresults,beamakerinthemorningandamanagerintheafternoon.Yourgoalis“ONEanddone.”Butifyoudon’ttimeblockeachdaytodoyourONEThing,yourONEThingwon’tbecomeadonething.·        TimeBlockyourPlanningtime:Blockanhoureachweektoreviewyourannualandmonthlygoals-AsWalterElliotsaid,“Perseveranceisnotalongrace;itismanyshortracesoneafteranother.”Asyoucompletetheseshortracesandgetachaingoing,itgetseasierandeasier.Momentumandmotivationstarttotakeover.·        Protectyourtimeblock:Timeblockingworksonlywhenyourmantrais“NothingandnoonehaspermissiontodistractmefrommyONEThing.”Unfortunately,yourresolvewon’tkeeptheworldfromtrying,sobecreativewhenyoucanbeandfirmwhenyoumust.Yourtimeblockisthemostimportantmeetingofyourday,sowhateverittakestoprotectitiswhatyouhavetodo.·        THETHREECOMMITMENTSTOYOURONETHINGo  FollowthePathofMastery-whenyoucanseemasteryasapathyougodowninsteadofadestinationyouarriveat,itstartstofeelaccessibleandattainable.o  Movefrom“E”to“P”- Entrepreneurialpersontopurposefulperson-Whenyou’vedonethebestyoucandobutarecertaintheresultsaren’tthebesttheycanbe,getoutof“E”andinto“P.”Lookforthebettermodelsandsystems,thewaysthatcantakeyoufarther.Don’tjustsettleforwhatcomesnaturally—beopentonewthinking,newskills,andnewrelationships.BecomePurposefulduringyourtimeblock,andunlockyourpotential.o  LivetheAccountabilityCycle-Takingcompleteownershipofyouroutcomesbyholdingnoonebutyourselfresponsibleforthemisthemostpowerfulthingyoucandotodriveyoursuccess.Sostayoutofthepassengerseatandalwayschoosethedriver’sside.·        FourThievesthatcanholdyouupandrobyouofyourproductivity:o   inabilitytosay“no”-WhenyougiveyourONEThingyourmostemphatic“Yes!”andvigorouslysay“No!”totherest,extraordinaryresultsbecomepossible.o   fearofchaos-“Whenyouargueforyourlimitations,yougettokeepthem,”butthisisoneyoucan’tafford.Figureitout.Findaway.Makeithappen.o   poorhealthhabits-whenyouspendtheearlyhoursenergizingyourself,yougetpulledthroughtherestofthedaywithlittleadditionalefforto  environmentdoesn’tsupportyourgoals-Makesurethatthepeoplearoundyouandyourphysicalsurroundingssupportyourgoals.TherightpeopleinyourlifeandtherightphysicalenvironmentonyourdailypathwillsupportyoureffortstogettoyourONEThing.WhenbothareinalignmentwithyourONEThing,theywillsupplytheoptimismandphysicalliftyouneedtomakeyourONEThinghappen. MarkTwain: Twentyyearsfromnow,youwillbemoredisappointedbythethingsthatyoudidn’tdothanbytheonesyoudiddo.Sothrowoffthebowlines.Sailawayfromthesafeharbor.Catchthetradewindsinyoursails.Explore.Dream.Discover.Alifeworthlivingmightbemeasuredinmanyways,buttheonewaythatstandsaboveallothersislivingalifeofnoregrets.Successisaninsidejob.Putyourselftogether,andyourworldfallsintoplace.Whenyoubringpurposetoyourlife,knowyourpriorities,andachievehighproductivityontheprioritythatmattersmosteveryday,yourlifemakessenseandtheextraordinarybecomespossible.Allsuccessinlifestartswithinyou.                TheONEThingisreal.Ifyouputittowork,itwillwork.  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