The ONE Thing

If you really want to live The ONE Thing purposefully, there are three commitments you have to make: you have to choose to follow the path of mastery; to move from entrepreneurialism to having purpose; and to live the accountability cycle. The first two, alone, will change everything. Following the path of mastery and moving to a life of purpose in just one area will make everything else easier —...

When you think about living an extraordinary life, the path to getting there is not by doing everything. In fact, it really comes down to the habits that you form. You don’t decide your future, you decide your habits. Your habits decide your future. How do you go about identifying what the next habit is that you can form that would make achieving that future goal easier or unnecessary? In this web...

The ONE Thing is the surprisingly simple truth behind extraordinary results. In order for you to achieve extraordinary results, you can’t follow the ordinary path. If you do what most people do, you will get the results that most people get. Will Brown discovered The ONE Thing when he was in college. When he realized that the traditional path of college-to-career wasn’t for him, he dropped out of...

What is the purpose of a goal? Many people believe that the purpose of a goal is to achieve some predefined result. In reality, the purpose of a goal is to serve an appropriate purpose in the moment. It’s not about the result; it’s about who you need to become to earn the right to achieve your goals. When you imagine the future, who is the person that you need to become to be a leader in that futu...

If you’re like most people, you know how it feels to be so busy that you don’t have time for yourself. Still, at the end of a busy day, you could find yourself questioning how much you got done. Anytime in your life when you’re hitting a ceiling of achievement, you’re in need of a trusted person: to delegate work to, or a mentor or coach who can help you shatter that ceiling and go even higher. Th...

Do you ever feel like there’s not enough time to do all of the things you have to get done in a day? Do you question if The ONE Thing could work for you because you’re confident you have more than one thing? We’ve all been there. But the truth is you can overcome it. Imagine what would be possible if you had clarity on The ONE Thing you could do that would make everything else easier or unnecessar...

For the first time in the history of our modern workplace, we have up to five generations working side by side in organizations across the world. While it’s unprecedented, it represents a massive opportunity. Teams with so much diversity of thought and experience have the power to innovate and solve big problems. At the same time, though, it’s created unforeseen challenges for even the most season...

Time is your most valuable resource. So how do we better invest it? The challenge is that most people go through their days spending time instead of investing it. None of us were taught how to do this in school. But in order to invest our time wisely we have to start investing in people. Developing trust as an individual is the ONE Thing that makes everything else easier or unnecessary. David Hors...

As you set out to achieve extraordinary results, it’s natural to feel tension between your personal and professional life. When you’re working hard to create a better life for yourself and your family, it feels like you have to make sacrifices of time with family or personal hobbies. But Warren Rustand doesn’t think that sacrifice is necessary. He was clear that family was his core priority, so he...

Can you achieve everything you want to accomplish in your own life if your team doesn’t live The ONE Thing? It can be hard to focus on Your ONE Thing when your boss doesn’t live The ONE Thing, or your employees all think that what they are asking for is the most important thing. The good news is that the principles of The ONE Thing can help teams achieve more. From a company of five to over 500,00...

You’ve heard of putting your money where your mouth is — but how do you put it where your heart is? How would it feel to start investing your time and money in projects that feed your purpose, rather than spending all of your money on groceries and gas? Thinking big about your purpose can be the very first domino to consistently choosing the small things that make your big ONE Thing possible. Paul...

It’s been three months since our annual Goal Setting Retreat, where we came together as couples, individuals, and teams to cast a vision for our life and set clear five- and one-year goals to get us there. Since it has been just over 90 days since then, it’s a great opportunity to review how we’ve been living those principles — and where people may be falling off the wagon. Some of the things we t...

Extraordinary results become possible when you are clear on what you are saying yes to. We can’t say yes to everything. When you set up dominos, the path to knocking them all down doesn’t involve flicking at them randomly one at a time. You set them up, line them up, and whack away at the first one. But so many people doubt that they can find that ONE thing when it feels like they have so many thi...

As you go on your journey to living The ONE Thing, you realize it’s not just about your professional success. In fact, most of it has to do with your personal life. Money is an important topic for people to set goals around, but it’s also one of the most challenging topics for couples. And when it comes to habits, how do we form habits that allow us to live a lifestyle based on a budget — whether...

Have you ever imagined a goal so big that it takes your breath away? Or cast a vision for your life that truly fires you up — while also shaking you with fear? You’re not alone. But the gap between you and extraordinary results is determined by whether we choose to push through the fear… or surrender to it. When you dare to think big and have a relationship with your goals, fear is the one thing t...

After you begin your journey to living The ONE Thing and you see the value that it brings to your life — both personally and professionally — you can’t help but look at the other people in your world that you care about and want them to begin their journey to living The ONE Thing as well. John McGuire read the book, started listening to the podcast, and started applying it to his life. He then loo...

When we think about the relationships we have — whether that be in our professional world or our personal lives — there is one thing that can determine the quality of those relationships: trust. When you have trust, so many things become possible. But without it, our ability to succeed is limited. David Horsager has dedicated his life to studying trust, and his life’s mission is helping people, or...

We are in the business of time, our most valuable resource. The problem is, most people go through their days spending their time… because they were never taught to invest it. Everything that we do here at The ONE Thing is to help you better invest your time so that you can see the ROI: achieving extraordinary results. How you invest your time varies depending on what you do professionally, and wh...

No one succeeds alone. In fact, our ideas and impact can multiply when we collaborate with the right people, at the right time, on the right ONE Thing. Last week, we shared about a new ONE Thing tool to help people discover their core values and live their purpose—the Core Values Deck. We’re going to dive into the story of how the idea for that deck became a collaboration in order to reach more pe...

In a world full of choices, deciding what matters most can be tricky. We know extraordinary success is about leaning into our priorities and avoiding distractions—but how do we know when to say yes and when to say no? Many people are searching for purpose. They want clarity on That ONE Thing so that they can make better decisions and have a direction for their life. But the truth is that clarifyin...

Every year, millions of people create New Year’s resolutions around their financial goals. And every year, millions of people give up or just run out of steam. When it comes to money, creating goals can be a little daunting. The gap between where you are and where you want to be can feel overwhelming, even insurmountable. But Justin Donald shows us that achieving your financial goals is not imposs...

Right now, you have an opportunity to choose a habit that will help you achieve your goals and you decide the future that you want for yourself. But you have to take action. We invite you to join Kaelyn and Geoff in reflecting back on 2020, and we hope you’ll join us in the journey of habit creation in 2021. This year is going to come with some unique challenges, but you can still come out on top...

Everything we do here at The ONE Thing is about time. Specifically, helping you better invest your time so you can achieve extraordinary results. When you invest your money, you have an expectation of gaining a return on that investment. While this is a widely known expectation, most people don’t hold their time to the same standard. As we talk about living an extraordinary life, a lot of it comes...

This is part two of our interview series with Gary Keller, co-author of “The ONE Thing” and chairman of Keller-Williams Realty. In the last episode, we explored why deciding your habits decides your future and Gary talked about his fool-proof process for achieving any goal. In this episode, we dive into how Gary invests his time. Time is our most valuable resource: the one we can’t get more of. Bu...

How important do you think habits are in your life? The way you show up in the world today is a reflection of the habits you have formed over a lifetime. But many of us are forming habits by default instead of by design. Gary Keller, co-author of “The ONE Thing” and chairman of Keller-Williams, says that habits are everything. And they are for you as well. Gary is going to walk you through how he...