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Gary Keller
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September 21 - October 9, 2015
how to connect one goal with the next over time until you know the most important thing you must do right NOW.
think big—but go small.
breaking a big goal down into the steps needed to achieve it—helps engage the strategic thinking you need to plan for and achieve extraordinary results.
Those who wrote down their goals were 39.5 percent more likely to accomplish them. Writing down your goals and your most important priority is your final step to living by priority.
devote maximum time to being productive on their top priority, their ONE Thing.
Time blocking is a very results-oriented way of viewing and using time. It’s a way of making sure that what has to be done gets done.
To achieve extraordinary results and experience greatness, time block these three things in the following order: Time block your time off. Time block your ONE Thing. Time block your planning time.
The key to making this work is to block time as early in your day as you possibly can. Give yourself 30 minutes to an hour to take care of morning priorities, then move to your ONE Thing.
“Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.” —Peter Drucker
everyone became accustomed to the fact that for regular periods of time she would not be accessible. They adjusted.
To experience extraordinary results, be a maker in the morning and a manager in the afternoon.
The best way to protect your time blocks is to adopt the mindset that they can’t be moved.
Day in and day out, your own need to do other things instead of your ONE Thing may be your biggest challenge to overcome.
Find somewhere to work that takes you out of the path of disruption and interruption.
Turn off your phone, shut down your e-mail, and exit your Internet browser.
Tell those most likely to seek you out what you’re doing and when you’ll be available.
Extraordinary results become possible when where you want to go is completely aligned with what you do today.
Block time early in the day, and block big chunks of it
The people who achieve extraordinary results don’t achieve them by working more hours. They achieve them by getting more done in the hours they work.
Achieving extraordinary results through time blocking requires three commitments.
First, you must adopt the mindset of someone seeking mastery.
Second, you must continually seek the very best ways of doing things.
And last, you must be willing to be held accountable to doing everything you can to achieve your ONE Thing.
THE THREE COMMITMENTS TO YOUR ONE THING Follow the Path of Mastery Move from “E” to “P” Live the Accountability Cycle
E - entrepreneurial
P - purposeful
when you can see mastery as a path you go down instead of a destination you arrive at, it starts to feel accessible and attainable.
the healthy view of mastery means giving the best you have to become the best you can be at your most important work.
Time on a task, over time, eventually beats talent every time.
The path of mastering something is the combination of not only doing the best you can do at it, but also doing it the best it can be done.
Highly productive people don’t accept the limitations of their natural approach as the final word on their success. When they hit a ceiling of achievement, they look for new models and systems, better ways to do things to push them through.
The Purposeful person follows the simple rule that “a different result requires doing something different.
When you’ve done the best you can do but are certain the results aren’t the best they can be, get out of “E” and into “P.” Look for the better models and systems, the ways that can take you farther. Then adopt new thinking, new skills, and new relationships to help you put them into action. Become Purposeful during your time block, and unlock your potential.
Taking complete ownership of your outcomes by holding no one but yourself responsible for them is the most powerful thing you can do to drive your success.
When life happens, you can be either the author of your life or the victim of it.
effective as writing down your goals can be, simply sharing your progress toward your goals with someone regularly even just a friend, makes you almost twice as effective.
future elite performers seek out teachers and coaches
Extraordinary results happen only when you give the best you have to become the best you can be at your most important work.
there are Four Thieves that can hold you up and rob you of your productivity.
THE FOUR THIEVES OF PRODUCTIVITY Inability to Say “No” Fear of Chaos Poor Health Habits Environment Doesn’t Support Your Goals
The way to protect what you’ve said yes to and stay productive is to say no to anyone or anything that could derail you.
When you say yes to something, it’s imperative that you understand what you’re saying no to.
Saying yes to everyone is the same as saying yes to nothing.
Focusing on ONE Thing has a guaranteed consequence: other things don’t get done.
Personal energy mismanagement is a silent thief of productivity.
No one succeeds alone and no one fails alone. Pay attention to the people around you.
Make sure that the people around you and your physical surroundings support your goals.
“To get through the hardest journey we need take only one step at a time, but we must keep on stepping.” —Chinese Proverb
Extraordinary results require you to go small. Getting your focus as small as possible simplifies your thinking and crystallizes what you must do.
at any moment in time there can be only ONE Thing, and when that ONE Thing is in line with your purpose and sits atop your priorities, it will be the most productive thing you can do to launch you toward the best you can be.
The most common regret was this: I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself not the life others expected of me.
Put yourself together, and your world falls into place. When you bring purpose to your life, know your priorities, and achieve high productivity on the priority that matters most every day, your life makes sense and the extraordinary becomes possible.
