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The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results
Written by Gary Keller, Jay Papasan and FlashBooks
Narrated by Dean Bokhari
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This is a book summary of The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan.
Book description:
You want less.
You want fewer distractions and less on your plate. The daily barrage of emails, texts, tweets, messages, and meetings distract you and stress you out. The simultaneous demands of work and family are taking a toll. And what's the cost? Second-rate work, missed deadlines, smaller paychecks, fewer promotions - and lots of stress.
And you want more.
You want more productivity from your work. More income for a better lifestyle. You want more satisfaction from life and more time for yourself, your family, and your friends.
Now you can have both: less and more.
In The One Thing, you'll learn to:
About the authors:
Gary Keller is chairman of the board and cofounder of Keller Williams Realty, Inc., which holds the number-one position as the largest real estate company in North America. His New York Times best-selling books have sold more than 1.3 million copies.
Jay Papasan, a former editor at HarperCollins Publishers in New York, coauthors Gary's books and is vice president of publishing at Keller Williams.
Book description:
You want less.
You want fewer distractions and less on your plate. The daily barrage of emails, texts, tweets, messages, and meetings distract you and stress you out. The simultaneous demands of work and family are taking a toll. And what's the cost? Second-rate work, missed deadlines, smaller paychecks, fewer promotions - and lots of stress.
And you want more.
You want more productivity from your work. More income for a better lifestyle. You want more satisfaction from life and more time for yourself, your family, and your friends.
Now you can have both: less and more.
In The One Thing, you'll learn to:
- Cut through the clutter
- Achieve better results in less time
- Build momentum toward your goal
- Dial down the stress
- Overcome that overwhelmed feeling
- Revive your energy
- Stay on track
- Master what matters to you
About the authors:
Gary Keller is chairman of the board and cofounder of Keller Williams Realty, Inc., which holds the number-one position as the largest real estate company in North America. His New York Times best-selling books have sold more than 1.3 million copies.
Jay Papasan, a former editor at HarperCollins Publishers in New York, coauthors Gary's books and is vice president of publishing at Keller Williams.
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Reviews for The One Thing
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5amazing tips for goal menagement.everyone with a purpose should read it!
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5From the summary, the book sounds like one I want to read. It should help a lot of people.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The theory makes a great deal of sense if applied and if held accountable!
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The book is way to good for a 30 minute summary. Get the whole book instead. It's probably my favorite success book ever.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Truly great summary and it is very easy to follow and also will motivate you to focus on that one thing.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Very short review. This helps me decide if I want to invest the time in reading the whole book.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Concise and powerful everyone can gain from it spare time to read/listen
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great book, super helpful. Every lesson in the book helped big time
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Simple idea, powerful results. Great audio summary as well, very clear and covered the important ideas well.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Concise and to the point. Apply purposefulness and intention to your every day activities and live your best life.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Thumbs up it was a great book, keep it up
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Good Summary Loved it! I really liked the way this book was explained!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Really great listen. I already have the original book. Really great points in there.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The book sounds like it's worth reading but the narrator made me feel very dumb. At least that made me realise how important a narration is!!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5THIS SUMMARY HELPED ME A LOT. SUMMARY IS NICE BECAUSE IT SAVES TIME WHILE PROVIDING INFORMATION TO GET YOU STARTING STARTED. IF YOU NEED MORE DETAILS, YOU CAN ALWAYS BUY THE BOOK.
NICE SUMMARY. THANK YOU - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5i love it! it was actually kinda emotional for me.. it is truly like those things that make you just realize what you are doing and why exactly you are doing it ... the last bit about regrets is very eye-opening . i will read that next!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is an awesome summary about how to focus on one thing at a time.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Greet summary, bang on the money. Nailed the take homes
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great summary plus bonus ideas from other thinkers. Please release more Flashbook summaries soon.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Información muy práctica. Viene a recordar buenos conceptos.
Buen libro, recomendado. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Short, sweet and clear points to inculcate importance of habit and mastery
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Right to the point, just the essence and so very well interpreted!