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Based on my someday goal, what’s the ONE Thing I can do in the next five years to be on track to achieve it? Now, based on my five-year goal, what’s the ONE Thing I can do this year to be on track to achieve my five-year goal, so that I’m on track to achieve my someday goal? Now, based on my goal this year, what’s the ONE Thing I can do this month so I’m on track to achieve my goal this year, so I’m on track to achieve my five-year goal, so I’m on track to achieve my someday goal? Now, based on my goal this month, what’s the ONE Thing I can do this week so I’m on track to achieve my goal this
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students who visualized the process performed better across the board—they studied earlier and more frequently and earned higher grades than those who simply visualized the outcome.
Visualizing the process—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.
Your last step is to write down your answers.
Your most important priority is the ONE Thing you can do right now that will help you achieve what matters most to you.
Pull your purpose through to a single priority built by Goal Setting to the Now, and that priority—that ONE Thing you can do such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unnecessary—will show you the way to extraordinary results. And once you know what to do, the only thing left is to go from knowing to doing.
“Productivity isn’t about being a workhorse, keeping busy or burning the midnight oil... . It’s more about priorities, planning, and fiercely protecting your time.”
Every minute of every day, the question is never will we be doing something, but rather what that something is we’ll be doing.
what we do defines our life more than anything else.
the most successful people are the most productive people.
Productive people get more done, achieve better results, and earn far more in their hours than the rest.
They do so because they devote maximum time to being productive on their top priority, their ONE Thing.
They time block their ONE Thing and then protect their time bloc...
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block off the appropriate time every day so it becomes a habit. Everything else—other projects, paperwork, e-mail, calls, correspondence, meetings, and all the other stuff— must wait.
If disproportionate results come from one activity, then you must give that one activity disproportionate time.
“Today, what’s the ONE Thing I can do for my ONE Thing such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unnecessary?” When you find the answer, you’ll
My recommendation is to block four hours a day.
Your goal is “ONE and done.” But if you don’t time block each day to do your ONE Thing, your ONE Thing won’t become a done thing.
There is magic in knocking down your most important domino day after day.
All you have to do is avoid breaking the chain, one day at a time, until you generate a powerful new habit in your life—the time-blocking habit.
So it’s your job to protect your time blocks from all those who don’t know what matters most to you, and from yourself when you forget.
“Until My ONE Thing Is Done—Everything Else Is A Distraction!”
What’s the ONE Thing I can do to protect my time block every day such by doing it everything else I might do will be easier or unnecessary?
Extraordinary results become possible when where you want to go is completely aligned with what you do today. Tap into
“Nothing and no one has permission to distract me from my ONE Thing.”
you must adopt the mindset of someone seeking mastery.
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
see mastery as a path you go down
instead of a destination you arrive at,
Actions determine outcomes, and outcomes inform actions.
Be accountable and this feedback loop is how you discover the things you must do to achieve extraordinary results.
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. As such, accountability is most likely the most important of the three commitments. Without it, your journey down the path of mastery will be cut short the moment you encounter a challenge. Without it, you won’t figure out how to break through the ceilings of achievement you’ll hit along the way. Accountable people absorb setbacks and keep going. Accountable people persevere through problems and keep pushing forward. Accountable people are
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When life happens, you can be either the author of your life or the victim of it. Those are your only two choices— accountable or unaccountable. This may sound harsh, but it’s true. Every day we choose one approach or the other, and the consequences follow us forever.
trying to author her destiny.
One is acting accountable; the other is being a victim. One will change the outcome. One won’t.
Highly successful people are clear about their role in the events of their life. They don’t fear reality. They seek it, acknowledge it, and own it. They know this is the only way to uncover new solutions, apply them, and experience a different reality, so they take responsibility and run with it. They see outcomes as information they can use to frame better actions to get better outcomes. It’s a cycle they understand and use to achieve extraordinary results.
Whatever the case, it’s critical that you acquire an accountability relationship and give your partner license to lay out the honest truth. An accountability partner isn’t a cheerleader, although he can lift you up. An accountability partner provides frank, objective feedback on your performance, creates an ongoing expectation for productive progress, and can provide critical brainstorming or even expertise when needed.
ongoing accountability is best provided by someone to whom you agree to be truly accountable.
“the single most important difference between these amateurs and the three groups of elite performers is that the future elite performers seek out teachers and coaches
“Focus is a matter of deciding what things you’re not going to do.”
It’s one thing to be distracted when you’re trying to focus, it’s another entirely to be hijacked before you even get to. 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.
How you handle all of this determines the time you’re able to devote to your ONE Thing and the results you’re ultimately able to produce. Here’s the thing. When you say yes to something, it’s imperative that you understand what you’re saying no to.
Focusing is about saying no.”
Saying yes to everyone is the same as saying yes to nothing.
Focusing on our own goals to the exclusion of others,
leverage your yeses. Help desks, support centers, and information resources couldn’t exist without this kind of strategic thinking. Preprinted scripts, frequently asked question pages or
