Certainly didn’t need to be as long as it was (which is how I feel about most business books), but the concepts made a lot of sense.

Wrote about it here: http://sasha.wtf/just-finished-the-one-thing/

In this book, [a:Gary Keller|78754|Gary Keller|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1359394726p2/78754.jpg] encourages readers to ask: What is the one thing I can do such that by doing it everything else will be easier to unnecessary? By focusing on one thing at a time, the one thing that will actually get you to the life you want, you can achieve your dreams. I like the theory behind this book. It wasn't the most engrossing book ever, however if taking the steps described actually make life more focused and help me achieve my goals

Surprisingly engaging and inspiring. It’s message is simple but profound. The book asks the powerful question, “What’s the one thing you can do, such that by doing it, everything else will be easier or unnecessary?”

It’s applicable to all parts of our lives. I will read this annually I suspect. Highly recommended if you are lacking direction or focus.

The ONE Thing is an interesting way to look at todo lists and priority lists. It focuses on helping you identify the one single thing that you can do today to accomplish your goal(s). I like the framework shift that Keller uses for this. He argues for identifying the areas where you need to focus and working back bit by bit by asking what/why until the one thing is identified. Want to be an early morning riser to workout? It's not enough to just set an alarm, lay out your clothes out in advance, or have an accountability buddy, though those will help. It's about working back through the problems until you identify what's the main thing keeping you from accomplishing it. Maybe you're constantly tired from lack of sleep and so the solution to working out in the morning might work its way back to no coffee after 10am and no screens after 8pm so you can effectively be in bed early enough to get the proper amount of sleep. Though it seems a long push that the key to my morning workout today is not drinking coffee after 10am yesterday, the reality is often these are the long chains of cascading impacts that our choices make and by working back through these we can better identify the one thing I need to do in order to achieve my desired results. There are plenty of authors who write about creating habit loops and setting yourself up for success and those are all useful. When it comes to the personal development and accountability space, I'm of the view that whatever you find that works for you is what you should use and if you haven't found your thing, consider reading the ONE thing to better understand what your ONE thing is. Until and unless I take the time to apply either the ONE thing or any of the others reading the book doesn't do much for my unless I apply the ideas to my life to test their effectiveness myself. Knowledge isn't power, applied knowledge is power.