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The ONE Thing

396. A Decade of Focus: Celebrating 10 Years of The ONE Thing with Gary Keller and Jay Papasan

The ONE Thing

NOVA Media

Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Is it possible to live a life of purpose, priority, and productivity? Can you achieve extraordinary results by focusing on just ONE Thing? In this special episode of The ONE Thing Podcast, we celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the release of the groundbreaking book The ONE Thing. Join us as we chat with the author, Gary Keller, and co-author Jay Papasan, reflecting on the last decade since they wrote the book. They discuss the importance of asking big questions, the pursuit of mastery, and how to implement a domino effect in your life by going small with daily actions. Learn how to shift your mindset and focus on what truly matters to create the life you desire. If you're ready to embrace The ONE Thing in your life and leverage purpose, priority, and productivity to achieve extraordinary results for yourself or your organization, visit the1thing.com to learn more. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: the1thing.com/pods. We talk about: The story behind The ONE Thing Working backwards to set your goals to the now Having a future outlook on your goals The value of mastery Links & Tools from This Episode Free Resources Want to be a guest or share feedback? Email podcast@the1thing.com Produced by Nova Media Mentioned in this episode: Factor 75 Head to FactorMeals.com/one50 and use code one50 to get 50% off. That’s code one50 at FactorMeals.com/one50 to get 50% off! Factor 75

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0:00.0

Hey everybody and welcome back to the One Thing Podcast. I'm Chris Dixon. Here at the One Thing,

0:11.9

we're on a mission to transform how people view, set, and achieve their goals. And here on the One

0:17.2

Thing Podcast, we talk to purpose-driven people that can prioritize the things that matter most

0:22.7

and live a life of productivity towards the goals they have set for themselves. So they can achieve

0:26.9

extraordinary results. If you're interested in living the One Thing in your life,

0:31.3

and learning how you can leverage purpose, priority, and productivity to achieve extraordinary

0:36.2

results for yourself or for your organization, visit theonething.com to learn more.

0:41.3

April of 2023 is a special month for us here at The One Thing because it marks the 10-year

0:46.4

anniversary of the release of the One Thing book. And we're going to be doing a few special things

0:51.5

here on the One Thing Podcast to celebrate the 10-year book anniversary. And this week's episode

0:56.8

is particularly special because we have the author, Gary Keller, and the co-author J-Papazan

1:01.8

on to talk about what their experience has been like over the last 10 years since they wrote the book.

1:06.8

They have some really great conversations reflecting on how priorities change. The perception of what

1:12.7

living the One Thing is versus the reality of what they meant when they wrote the book.

1:17.6

The importance of asking big questions like, who am I and what do I want and who am I willing to

1:22.9

become in order to achieve this thing that I want someday in the future? How to implement a

1:29.1

domino effect in your life by asking big questions and then going small in the actions that you take

1:34.4

day after day? I especially enjoyed their conversation about the pursuit of mastery and what it

1:39.5

means to focus on One Thing at a time over time to create extraordinary success in your life. So

1:45.6

enjoy this conversation with the author Gary Keller and co-author J-Papazan as they talk about

1:51.5

their experience since writing the book 10 years ago.

2:00.5

All right Gary, this is kind of exciting. You look up, it's flown by, but it's actually been

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