Why It Ranks #54
The most focused productivity book ever written — appropriately enough. Keller's focusing question is so powerful that it has been adopted by CEOs, sales teams, and entrepreneurs as their primary decision-making tool.
The Review
Gary Keller, founder of Keller Williams Realty, asks one question that cuts through every productivity system ever invented: 'What's the ONE Thing you can do such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unnecessary?' The book argues that extraordinary results come not from doing more things but from doing the one thing that matters most with complete focus. Keller dismantles the myths of multitasking, work-life balance, and willpower as unlimited resources.
Key Takeaways
- 1Ask the focusing question daily: what is the ONE thing that makes everything else easier or unnecessary?
- 2Multitasking is a lie — it reduces quality and increases the time everything takes
- 3Success is sequential, not simultaneous — line up your dominoes and knock the first one over
- 4Time block your ONE thing — protect that time like your career depends on it, because it does
Fun Facts
- •Keller Williams is the largest real estate company in the world by agent count
- •Keller keeps a domino on his desk as a visual reminder of the ONE Thing principle
- •The book has been translated into 35 languages
Book Details
The ONE Thing by Gary Keller with Jay Papasan
Pages
256
Goodreads Rating
4.12/5
Copies Sold
3M+
First Published
2013
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