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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Prioritize your to-do list – not everything is equally important.
Chapter 2: Asking the focusing question helps you prioritize, craft actionable tasks, and reach your goals more effectively.
Chapter 3: The key to a disciplined life is building habits sequentially.
Chapter 4: Multitasking is deeply inefficient: choose one task and give it your full attention.
Chapter 5: Your willpower is like a fuel tank: choose carefully where to use it, or you may run out when you really need it.
Chapter 6: Saying no to trivial tasks is essential if you’re to focus your efforts on the things that matter most.
Chapter 7: Living with purpose and visualizing the steps toward your goal will put you firmly on the right path to extraordinary results.
Chapter 8: Never sacrifice your personal life for your professional goals – instead, ruthlessly prioritize your work time.
Chapter 9: To focus on your ONE thing, you need effective time-management strategies, and must accept some chaos in other areas.
Chapter 10: Closing summary
Description
The ONE Thing (2013) helps you to discover your most important goal, and gives you tools to ensure you can use your time productively to get there. The book reveals that many of the maxims we accept as good practice are actually myths that only hinder our progress. It also provides advice on how to live your life with priority, purpose and productivity without sending other aspects of life out of balance, because this is the way to perform the kind of focused work that leads to great success.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone looking to improve their productivity
- Anyone who has trouble finding time to commit to their goal
- Anyone looking for greater clarity and purpose in their daily life