A Joosr Guide to... The One Thing by Gary Keller: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results

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The secret to life is ONE thing. When you can figure out what that one thing is for you, concentrate on it fully and avoid distractions, you have the formula you need to reach any goal.

The One Thing by Gary Keller is all about finding the ONE thing in life that is going to help you achieve the most success. You can spend your life frantically working through your To Do list, or you can focus single-mindedly on the one project that is going to bring you the greatest gain. Figuring out what that ONE thing is and focusing on it is the secret to achieving success beyond anything you ever imagined.

You will learn:

· How to prioritize by asking the Focusing Question on a regular basis

· Why you should focus on counterbalancing instead of trying to live a balanced life

· How some things once hailed as keys to success are actually detrimental to productivity.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Joosr
• Release date: Aug 31, 2015
• ISBN: 9781785671241

Book preview

What’s it about?

How do you approach success? We are constantly told that with hard work and dedication we can achieve anything. And yet there are a lot of hard-working people in the world, committed to their work, who aren’t achieving the success they had hoped. Many such individuals even consider themselves a failure. Their life is in turmoil, and everything seems to be falling apart at the seams. So, if hard work and dedication isn’t a foolproof method, what is the right way to approach success?

It’s been said that the definition of insanity is to repeatedly do the same thing and expect a different result. If you keep attempting to achieve success in the same manner as you’ve always done, is it logical to believe that the next time will be any different? Yet if you ask someone what they need to do to turn their life or their business around, most often they won’t have a clue. So most of us keep plodding on aimlessly hoping we’ll stumble on to success.

This is where The One Thing comes in. Author Gary Keller points to focus as being the often-elusive key to success—something that is sorely lacking in many individuals. This doesn’t