The One Thing by Gary Keller
by Parker · 67 things on Twos
- Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.
- You have to figure out the one thing.
- What is the one thing you can do this week that would make everything else easier?
- Extraordinary results come from your ability to narrow your focus.
- Go as small as possible.
- The domino effect starts with one thing. Each domino can bring down something bigger.
- When you think of success, shoot for the moon.
- Success builds on success.
- It takes time to learn, accomplish, and make money.
- No one succeeds alone.
- Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least.
- The things that matter most don't always scream the loudest.
- Have a success list instead of a todo list. That will lead to miraculous results.
- The majority of your results will come from the minority of your actions.
- Learn to say no until the one thing that matters most is complete.
- Things don't matter equally.
- If you try to do two things at once you won't do either well.
- Don't multitask.
- You need just enough discipline to build a habit.
- Success is about doing the right thing, not about doing everything right.
- Success is sequential not simultaneous.
- A balanced life is a myth.
- If you try to divide your time across multiple things, none of them will get the time they deserve.
- Magic does not happen in the middle, magic happens at the extremes.
- Time waits for no one. If you put something off for later, you may never get to it.
- No matter how hard you try, there will always be things left unserved.
- The question of balance is really a question of priority.
- If you are working, work, if you are playing, play.
- Historically we have done a poor job estimating our limits.
- Science isn't about guessing, but rather the art of progressing.
- Think and believe big.
- Thinking big is essential for extraordinary results.
- Big requires growth.
- Fear mediocrity.
- Only living big will unleash your true life and work potentials.
- People that are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the only ones that do.
- Set goals so big that the solution comes up with a game changer.
- Imagine what life looks like with the answer.
- Study the lives of people that have achieved it.
- Do less.
- Listen to your body, slow down, and chill out.
- We over think, over analyze, and over prepare our businesses relationships and lives.
- We usually succeed in spite of what we do rather than because of it.
- If you can honestly say that this, what you are doing right now, is what you are meant to be doing, all of the amazing possibilities of your life become possible.
- There is an art to clearing away all the clutter and focusing on what matters most.
- Concentrate your energy, thought, and effort exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged. It is the secret to success.
- Strive to build the best products and learn the most about it.
- Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.
- The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.
- Answers come from questions and the quality of any answer is directly proportional to the question.
- Ask the right question, get the right answer.
- Ask the most powerful questions and the answers could be life altering.
- Judge a man by the quality of his questions, not his answers.
- The power to question is the basis of all human progress.
- Asking questions improves learning by as much as 150%.
- Sometimes questions are more important than the answers.
- Life is a question and how we live it is the answer.
- The questions that we ask ourselves determines the life that we eventually live. To get the answers we seek, we must come up with our own questions.
- What is the one thing I can do, in that doing it, everything will become easier or unnecessary?
- Your life can be so big, but you must go very small in order to get it.
- In order to do anything, we must make decisions. Making small decisions allows us to drill down on the what is really important.
- It is important to do the right task first, but it is also important to build the right mindset. Build the right skills.
- Build one right thing on top of the previous right thing.
- You cannot have your back. You must pick one thing at a time to do.
- Focus on the first domino and knock that sh*t over.
- Success is simple. Do what is right, the right way, at the right time.
- People do not decide their future. They decide their habits, and their habits decide the future.