Gary Keller

WHAT TAXES YOUR WILLPOWER
Implementing new behaviors
Filtering distractions
Resisting temptation
Suppressing emotion
Restraining aggression
Suppressing impulses
Taking tests
Trying to impress others
Coping with fear
Doing something you don’t enjoy
Selecting long-term over short-term rewards

What’s the ONE Thing I can do to ensure that I exercise... ?

What’s the ONE Thing I can do to improve my skill at ________... ?

What’s the ONE Thing I can do in my life that would mean the most to me and the world, such that by doing it everything else would be easier or unnecessary?

FIG. 24 Future purpose connects to present priority.

Great success shows up when time is devoted every day to becoming great.

Time block your time off.
Time block your ONE Thing.
Time block your planning time.

TIME BLOCK YOUR PLANNING TIME

So when you think about success, shoot for the moon. The moon is reachable if you prioritize everything and put all of your energy into accomplishing the most important thing. Getting extraordinary results is all about creating a domino effect in your life.

I went as small as I could possibly go and asked: “What’s the ONE Thing you can do this week such that by doing it everything else would be easier or unnecessary?”