what’s the ONE Thing I need to do this week to stay on track for my monthly goal and for my monthly goal to be on track for my annual goal?”

“Where’s the place you can have the biggest impact with the money?” Bill and Melinda Gates are living proof of the power of the ONE Thing.

“My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do.”

it’s important to realize that on the journey to achieving big, you get bigger. Big requires growth, and by the time you arrive, you’re big too! What seemed an insurmountable mountain from a distance is just a small hill when you arrive—at least in proportion to the person you’ve become. Your thinking, your skills, your relationships, your sense of

“truthiness,” a word comedian Stephen Colbert coined as “truth that comes from the gut, not books”

Accountable people are results oriented and never defend actions, skill levels, models, systems, or relationships that just aren’t getting the job done.

Don’t let your environment lead you astray.

It’s not that we have too little time to do all the things we need to do, it’s that we feel the need to do too many things in the time we have. So we double and triple up in the hope of getting everything done.

To experience extraordinary results, be a maker in the morning and a manager in the afternoon.