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Gary Keller
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November 18 - December 26, 2022
It also shows up around personal passions and skills. We each have passions and skills, but you’ll see extraordinarily successful people with one intense emotion or one learned ability that shines through, defining them or driving them more than anything else.
It also shows up around personal passions and skills. We each have passions and skills, but you’ll see extraordinarily successful people with one intense emotion or one learned ability that shines through, defining them or driving them more than anything else.
“You must be single-minded. Drive for the one thing on which you have decided.” —General George S. Patton
“You must be single-minded. Drive for the one thing on which you have decided.” —General George S. Patton
he turned his passion for painting into a skill, and ultimately a profession, by simply painting one painting a day.
he turned his passion for painting into a skill, and ultimately a profession, by simply painting one painting a day.
the deep desire to share it with others. This is the story line for extraordinary success stories.
the deep desire to share it with others. This is the story line for extraordinary success stories.
Passion for something leads to disproportionate time practicing or working at it. That time spent eventually translates to skill, and when skill improves, results improve. Better results generally lead to more enjoyment, and more passion and more time is invested. It can be a virtuous cycle all the way to extraordinary results.
Passion for something leads to disproportionate time practicing or working at it. That time spent eventually translates to skill, and when skill improves, results improve. Better results generally lead to more enjoyment, and more passion and more time is invested. It can be a virtuous cycle all the way to extraordinary results.
“Success demands singleness of purpose.” — Vince Lombardi
“Success demands singleness of purpose.” — Vince Lombardi
he cofounded the Gazelle Foundation, whose main fundraiser is—wait for it—“Run for the Water,” a sponsored run through the streets of Austin.
Do you see the theme running through his life?
symbolizes how one passion can become one skill, and together ignite and define an extraordinary life.
The ONE Thing shows up time and again in the lives of the successful because it’s a fundamental truth.
The ONE Thing shows up time and again in the lives of the successful because it’s a fundamental truth.
The unintended consequence of abundance is that we are bombarded with more information and choices in a day than our ancestors received in a lifetime.
Live the ONE Thing.
The ONE Thing sits at the heart of success and is the starting point for achieving extraordinary results.
“truthiness,”
“truth that comes from the gut, not books”
“truthiness,” “truth that comes from the gut, not books”
buying into The ONE Thing becomes difficult because we’ve unfortunately bought into too many others—and
buying into The ONE Thing becomes difficult because we’ve unfortunately bought into too many others—
The real solutions we seek are almost always hiding in plain sight; unfortunately, they’ve usually been obscured by an unbelievable amount of bunk,
Over time, myths and mistruths get thrown around so often they eventually feel familiar and start to sound like the truth.
THE SIX LIES BETWEEN YOU AND SUCCESS
Everything Matters Equally
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“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
as we became adults, everything became discretionary. It all became our choice. And when our lives are defined by our choices, the all-important question becomes, How do we make good ones?
as we became adults, everything became discretionary. It all became our choice. And when our lives are defined by our choices, the all-important question becomes, How do we make good ones?
“In the weeds”
“The things which are most important don’t always scream the loudest.” —Bob Hawke
Henry David Thoreau said, “It’s not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, what are we busy about?”
They pause just long enough to decide what matters and then allow what matters to drive their day.
Achievers do sooner what others plan to do later and defer,
Achievers always work from a clear sense of priority.
making each day a stepping-stone for the next so that you sequentially build a successful life.
a success list—a list that is purposefully created around extraordinary results.
To-do lists tend to be long; success lists are short. One pulls you in all directions; the other aims you in a specific direction. One is a disorganized directory and the other is an organized directive.
If a list isn’t built around success, then that’s not w...
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a handful of flaws would usually produce a majority of the defects.
a handful of flaws would usually produce a majority of the defects.
This imbalance not only rang true to his experience, but he suspected it might even be a universal law—and that what Pareto had observed might be bigger than even Pareto had imagined.
“vital few and trivial many.”
“vital few and trivial many.”
Pareto’s Principle, it turns out, is as real as the law of gravity, and yet most people fail to see the gravity of it.
It’s not just a theory—it is a provable, predictable certainty of nature and one of the greatest productivity truths ever discovered.
It’s not just a theory—it is a provable, predictable certainty of nature and one of the greatest productivity truths ever discovered.
“The 80/20 Principle asserts that a minority of causes, inputs, or effort usually lead to a majority of the results, outputs, or rewards.”
“The 80/20 Principle asserts that a minority of causes, inputs, or effort usually lead to a majority of the results, outputs, or rewards.”
A small amount of causes creates most of the results. Just the right input creates most of the output. Selected effort creates almost all of the rewards.
A small amount of causes creates most of the results. Just the right input creates most of the output. Selected effort creates almost all of the rewards.
the majority of what you want will come from the minority of what you do. Extraordinary results are disproportionately created by fewer actions than most realize.
the majority of what you want will come from the minority of what you do. Extraordinary results are disproportionately created by fewer actions than most realize.
Juran’s great insight was that not everything matters equally; some things matter more than others—a
A to-do list becomes a success list when you prioritize it.
A few ideas gave me most of my results.
a small number of people created most of my business success; and a handful of investments put the most money in my pocket.
I want you to go small by identifying the 20 percent, and then I want you to go even smaller by finding the vital few of the vital few.
I want you to go small by identifying the 20 percent, and then I want you to go even smaller by finding the vital few of the vital few.
