In Chapter 15 Live for Productivity from The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller, Jay Papasan, Gary Keller offers the most effective thing he did when he first began to time block, was to put up a sheet of paper that said, “Until My ONE Thing Is Done—Everything Else Is A Distraction!”
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Until My ONE Thing Is Done—Everything Else Is A Distraction!
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Feb 8, 2016
Topics: One Thing, productivity, Time Block, Scrum
Why Your First Time Block is Vacation – Your One Thing...
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Feb 4, 2016
In The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller, Jay Papasan, Gary Keller shares the following story to emphasize the power of Time Blocking:
Read MoreTopics: Strategic Discipline, One Thing, planning, meeting rhythms, time management, use of energy
In reading The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller, Jay Papasan, this chapter is the most valuable in my opinion. Why? Because it provides solid simple steps on how to take action to achieve your One Thing.
Read MoreIn Purpose - The Dickens of Your One Thing, Ebenezer Scrooge discovered, life is driven by the purpose we give it. There’s a catch Scrooge confronted. Purpose shapes our lives only in direct proportion to the power of the priority you and I connect it to.
Read MoreTopics: One Thing, planning, Top Priority, priority, Willpower, Power in the Moment
My favorite Christmas Movie, and possibly my favorite movie of all time, stars Alistair Sims in Charles Dickens, “Christmas Carol.” Every Christmas Eve I make time to watch it. It doesn’t seem like Christmas without it.
Read MoreTopics: One Thing, Core Purpose, Clarity of Purpose, Purpose
Extraordinary Results - Purpose, Priority, and Productivity
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Jan 14, 2016
Topics: Acute Myeloid Luekemia, One Thing, Process/Productivity Drivers, productivity
The Ultimate Success Habit: Good Question = Good Answers
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jan 11, 2016
In preparing to achieve your one thing for 2016, you should be ready for obstacles, especially if you’ve set new high goals and priorities. It would be wise to realize the higher the goal you set, the larger the rocks and boulders you will encounter. It’s also important you recognize the inherent value in each obstruction you encounter.
Read MoreTopics: Wildly Important Goals, Obstacles, Psychology of Achievement, Brian Tracy, Smart Tribes, Christine Comaford
“People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures.” —F. M. Alexander
Read MoreTopics: Strategic Discipline, One Thing, habits, The Power of Habit
Topics: One Thing, Top Priority, business coaching