"It's not how good you are now; it's how good you're going to be that really matters,"
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Topics: Top Priority, Coach Advisor, Business Priorities, Goal Achievment, Coaching
Topics: Top Priority, Annual Plan, The One Thing, Pareto Principle, Everything Matters Equally
The Anatomy of THE ONE THING QUESTION: Build a Success Habit
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jan 9, 2017
Topics: Strategic Discipline, Top Priority, The One Thing, Focusing Question, First Domino, Success Habit
In my experience a lot of business leadership teams invest an exorbitant amount of time discussing and making changes on the wheels of the vehicle the company is driving, while very little time is invested in the direction for the vehicle the ultimate destination.
Read MoreTopics: quarterly meetings, One Thing, Top Priority, Annual Plan, priority, quarterly plan, Scrum
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
Topics: One Thing, Top Priority, business coaching
Topics: One Thing, Top Priority, Annual Plan, priority, quarterly plan
Would You Fire Someone for Violating Your Core Values?
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Sep 15, 2014
May 1996, Paul O’Neil, (discussed in One Thing: Are Meeting Rhythms Keystone Habits?) had been at Alcoa for a decade. His leadership is studied at Harvard Business School and Kennedy School of Government, he’s mentioned as a candidate for commerce secretary or secretary of defense, the employees and union give him high marks. Alcoa’s stock price has risen over 200%. He’s an acknowledged success.
Topics: Business Growth, Top Priority, Core Values, habits, Business Culture, Keystone Habit
Topics: Decision-Making, Top Priority, priority, less is more, time management
Measuring results isn’t always easy. Let’s take my situation here in the hospital. The nurses, physicians and support team are all surprised and amazed at my health and attitude throughout my chemotherapy treatments. Beyond two short and slight fevers, plus a few rashes, and my hair loss I’ve had no real outward consequences from the chemotherapy. Yet never confuse efforts with results.
Topics: leukemia, One Thing, Top Priority, priorities, metrics