The ONE Thing Summary

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

You need to be doing fewer things for more effect instead of doing more things with side effects.

Getting extraordinary results is all about creating a domino effect in your life.

The key is over time. Success is built sequentially. It’s one thing at a time.

An 11-year study of nearly 7,100 British civil servants concluded that habitual long hours can be deadly.

Researchers showed that individuals who worked more than 11 hours a day (a 55-plus hour workweek) were 67 percent more likely to suffer from heart disease.

Counterbalancing is not only about your sense of well-being, it’s essential to your being well.

it’s not about how much overtime you put in; the key ingredient is focused time over time.

To achieve an extraordinary result you must choose what matters most and give it all the time it demands.

“Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.”—Peter Drucker

Success is built on focusing on just one task or goal at a time. By eliminating distractions and zeroing in on one priority, you can make meaningful progress.

Takeaway: Ask yourself daily: "What’s the ONE thing I can do today that makes everything else easier or unnecessary?"

Small, consistent actions lead to big results over time, like a line of dominos falling. Start with the most important task, and it’ll create a ripple effect, making other tasks easier.

Takeaway: Identify the smallest, most impactful action you can take, and make it a habit.

We all have a gauge of will power that is full as we start the day and depletes itself as we go through different tasks during the day.

Sometimes our problems seem unsolvable whereas we just depleted our "mind battery 🔋" and in that situation even the smallest issues or tasks become extremely difficult.

First things first, we should start the day with the most important task while our battery is at the fullest. Then we can move to the other tasks of the day.

However, we must keep in mind that our tasks aren't equal in importance. Subsequently, we have to establish 2 lists :

• One of all the tasks that deplete our battery but doesn't add much to our lives
• And one of all the activities that reload our battery

• Some of your tasks are important but take too much of your time while having to little output (like doing groceries, cooking, cleaning...). Those tasks should all be delegated one way or another unless it's your passion.
• Other tasks are completely useless but we still keep doing them to feel productive but doing even 100 of them won't ever equal doing 1 important task, so just get them out of your mind and time.

Success is actually a short race — a sprint fueled by discipline just long enough for habit to kick in and take over. —Gary Keller

Low goals don't require extraordinary actions so they rarely lead to extraordinary results. - The one thing.

Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. - George Bernard Shaw

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. - Walter Elliot

Don't break the chain.

All the best foks

• Go small.
• Go extreme.
• Say no.
• Dont get trapped in the check off game.

1. Inability to Say "No"
2. Fear of Chaos
3. Poor Health Habits
4. Envuronment Doesn't Support Your Goals.