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.
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Douglas A Wick
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In 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
Topics: One Thing, Top Priority, Annual Plan, priority, quarterly plan
Three weeks ago I was invited to facilitate a new customer’s Annual Planning. They’d been a long follower of the Rockefeller Habits implementing the principles on their own for nearly ten years. They felt they might be at a crossroads, anticipating they could breakthrough and achieve greater success with the help of a Gazelles Coach. It was an honor to facilitate their meeting and help provide some additional insight into the nuances of Verne Harnish’s principles and the book Scaling Up.
Read MoreTopics: Discipline, leadership, Leadership Team, Strength Based Leadership