It is the start of 2022; we are bursting with so much excitement and positivity as we look forward to a year of productivity and a year of growth and results in our various roles in the organization. Here’s our recommended read to help us relax and unwind this weekend as you put the finishing touches on your plan for the year and to get you excited and on the right track.
The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results
Business coach and author Gary Keller provide a simple and robust framework for achieving extraordinary results in your personal and professional life. He shows you how to leverage a powerful question to live a life of purpose, priority, and productivity. Above all else, you’ll walk away with greater clarity on how to create a life worth living.
This is an excellent book with some thought-provoking elements about how we prioritise and manage our time and personal aspirations.
“We overthink, overplan, and over analyse our careers, our businesses, and our lives; that long hours are neither virtuous nor healthy; and that we usually succeed despite most of what we do, not because of it. The key to success isn’t in all the things we do, but in the handful of things we do well.”
In this read, the author started out talking about the lies of success. which are;
- Multitasking,
- A disciplined life,
- Everything matters equally,
- Willpower,
- A balanced life, and
- Big is bad
He wrote about successful habits, including living with purpose, living by priority, living for productivity and living a life of no regrets.
He wraps us this masterpiece in time management and personal development by highlighting the four productivity thieves and how they affect our lives:
- Inability to say no – Life presents endless requests. You can’t say yes to everything, and you shouldn’t. Your responsibility is to say yes to your one thing. There may be many reasons to say no, but you need to find systems to learn to say no and be comfortable with it.
- Fear of chaos – When you say yes to your one thing, that often comes at the expense of making the endless list of things you feel you need to do. If you’re used to trying to do everything, you might fear what happens when you let some things go. But getting comfortable with letting a few minor bad things happen so that you can focus on the one thing that truly matters is essential to your success.
- Poor health habits – You will not have the energy or ability to succeed if you don’t care for your health. You need to protect your most valuable asset, yourself. Meditate, exercise, take breaks, sleep, and so on. Do whatever it takes to keep yourself in good health.
- An environment that doesn’t support your goals – Who you are around and what you experience determines your destiny every day. Surround yourself with negative people, and that attitude will rub off on you. You think, act, and become like the people you spend the most time with. Surround yourself with optimistic, driven, innovative, and successful people. Design your working environment so that you can focus on your one thing.
As we look to start the new year on a high, this is a must-read to ensure we have all the necessary information and knowledge to hit our goals.
Have fun reading!