The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results

by Gary Keller

An extraordinary life is a counterb...

if you fear big success, you’ll either avoid it or sabotage your efforts to achieve it.

some reason there is the fear that big success brings crushing pressure and stress, that the pursuit of it robs them of not only time with family and friends but eventually their health.

go big. Why? Because you wouldn’t want to limit yourself.

When you allow yourself to accept that big is about who you can become, you look at it differently.

It’s about bold ideas that might threaten your comfort zones but simultaneously reflect your greatest opportunities.

“What set Sabeer apart from the hundreds of entrepreneurs I’ve met is the gargantuan size of his dream. Even before he had a product, before he had any money behind him, he was completely convinced that he was going to build a major company that would be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Thinking big is essential to extraordinary results. Success requires action, and action requires thought. But here’s the catch—

the only actions that become springboards to succeeding big are those informed by big thinking to begin with.

the only actions that become springboards to succeeding big are those informed by big thinking to begin with.

Make this connection, and the importance of how big you think begins to sink in.

Thinking informs actions and actions determine outcomes.

how big you think becomes the launching pad for how high you achieve.

how big you think becomes the launching pad for how high you achieve.

Think as big as you possibly can and base what you do, how you do it, and who you do it with on succeeding at that level.

Think as big as you possibly can and base what you do, how you do it, and who you do it with on succeeding at that level.

Big gives you the best chance for extraordinary results today and tomorrow.

thinking big, long before he made it big,

on the journey to achieving big, you get bigger.

As you experience big, you become big.

Growth-minded students, as she calls them, employ better learning strategies, experience less helplessness, exhibit more positive effort, and achieve more

They are less likely to place limits on their lives and more likely to reach for their potential.

Like any other habit, you set your mind to it until the right mindset becomes routine.

Like any other habit, you set your mind to it until the right mindset becomes routine.

only took those who immediately jumped at the challenge.

only took those who immediately jumped at the challenge.

To live great, you have to think big. You must be open to the possibility that your life and what you accomplish can become great. Achievement and abundance show up because they’re the natural outcomes of doing the right things with no limits attached.

Don’t fear big. Fear mediocrity. Fear waste. Fear the lack of living to your fullest.

Only living big will let you experience your true life and work potential.

Think big.

Ask bigger questions. A good rule of thumb is to double down everywhere in your life.

If your goal is ten, ask the question: “How can I reach 20?”

Set a goal so far above what you want that you’ll be building a plan that practically gua...

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“saw things differently”

The point was that they didn’t choose from the available options; they imagined outcomes that no one else had. They ignored the menu and ordered their own creations.

“People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are t...

Act bold. Big thoughts go nowhere without bold action. Once you’ve asked a big question, pause to imagine what ...

study people who have already achieved it. What are the models, systems, habits, and relationships of other p...

Don’t fear failure.

Adopt a growth mindset, and don’t be afraid of where it can take you.

it would be accurate to say that we fail our way to success. When we fail, we stop, ask what we need to do to succeed, learn from our mistakes, and grow.

Don’t be afraid to fail. See it as part of your learning process and keep striving for your true potential.

Don’t let small thinking cut your life down to size. Think big, aim high, act bold. And see just how ...

Intentionally, purposefully less. I was looser than ever, way laid back for me, and breathing. I challenged the axioms of success, and guess what? I became more successful than I ever dreamed possible and felt better than I’d ever felt in my life.

Intentionally, purposefully less. I was looser than ever, way laid back for me, and breathing. I challenged the axioms of success, and guess what? I became more successful than I ever dreamed possible and felt better than I’d ever felt in my life.

the key to success isn’t in all the things we do but in the handful of things we do well.

the key to success isn’t in all the things we do but in the handful of things we do well.

If you can honestly say, “This is where I’m meant to be right now, doing exactly what I’m doing,” then all the amazing possibilities for your life become possible.

If you can honestly say, “This is where I’m meant to be right now, doing exactly what I’m doing,” then all the amazing possibilities for your life become possible.

And here is the prime condition of success, the great secret—concentrate your energy, thought and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged.

Having begun on one line, resolve to fight it out on that line, to lead in it, adopt every improvement, have the best machinery, and know the most about it.

The concerns which fail are those which have scattered their capital, which means that they have scattered their brains also. They have investments in this, or th...

“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket” is all wrong. I tell you “put all your eggs in one basket,...

Look round you and take notice; men who do that do not often fail. It is easy to watch and carry the one basket. It is trying to carry too many baske...

The Focusing Question. Mark Twain agreed with Carnegie and described it this way:

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret to getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks and then starting on the first one.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret to getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks and then starting on the first one.

the Chinese proverb “A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” They just never stop to fully appreciate that if this is true, then the wrong first step begins a journey that could end as far as two thousand miles from where they want to be.