As we rev up for the holiday season, and chaos starts to reign supreme, don’t forget the most important thing: your health! Many of us throw our health to the wayside when family, friends and celebration abound. But, you shouldn’t! Instead, be a bit selfish...
December is intruding on November’s territory way too soon this year. (Did anyone see that ridiculous Home Depot commercial the day after Halloween?) And while it might be tempting to spend time indulging in some holiday tunes and treats, it’s important give this...
We are all shaped by the stories of our lives. We tell them and retell them. And when we aren’t saying them aloud, they often dictate the running commentary in our heads. It’s important for us to take charge of our own narrative because the stories we tell ourselves...
Starting a new challenge seems straightforward. Once we’ve realized we have a new goal to try and achieve, we ideally do everything we can to set ourselves up for success. We make a GPS, create our own 411s, and use Goal Setting to the Now to make sure we stay on...
Here at The ONE Thing, we’ve heard a lot from our readers about struggling to get their ONE Thing done at work. And we hear you. Sometimes it can be really difficult to keep up a mission of priority when it seems like the people we rely on aren’t doing the same. But...
If you’re reading this blog post, then you’ve probably read the #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling book The ONE Thing: The Surprising Simple Truth to Extraordinary Success. While we offer a ton of practical applications within the book, we thought it’d be a good idea...
Most people think goal-setting is a solo activity– not a team sport. But what would happen if you included your closest relationships into the process? Jay and Wendy Papasan started asking that question over ten years ago. They were in the thick of big life changes,...
A Look Into the Research Process for The ONE Thing Here at The ONE Thing, all we do requires a lot of research. After reading a one-star review about a questionable quote from our book, we took a look at some of our past work, which led us to Princeton, New Jersey and...
Taking control of our time and using it effectively is not a novel concept. From Stonehenge, to Roman sundials and calendars, and even Einstein’s theory of general relativity, we’ve worked hard to understand what time is and find different ways to get it to work for...