When our lives get busy, it’s easy to reach for a pencil and pad of paper to try and capture everything that needs to get done. It can almost be therapeutic to cross items off our list, after all. However, check-lists aren’t the best way to go about accomplishing...
[This is the first part of a two-part series where we'll walk readers through the different qualities of resilience] Life isn’t always like a box of chocolates. It’s more like turning the millstone. We’re constantly grinding, battling uphill, getting, bitter, upset,...
One of the biggest myths that continues to prevail in the world of entrepreneurialism, productivity and self-improvement is that being productive means doing more. The truth is quite the reverse. To paraphrase Francine Jay, our goals shouldn’t be to get more things...
Summer is right around the corner, and we could not be happier. Baseball is in full swing, the nights are longer, the drinks are colder, and every day is flip-flop weather. Summer is the best season for taking a long walk or chilling at the beach doing absolutely...
It may be hard to believe, but the mid-year mark is rapidly approaching. This is a great time to take a look back at our accomplishments over the prior six months and take stock of what we’ve achieved and where we’ve fallen short. Mid-year assessments are a time for...
The way we’ve thought about time has changed throughout human history. The Babylonians provided us with a 12-month calendar and seven-day weeks in the 21st century—BC, that is. And we didn’t even begin considering the measurement of minutes until 400 years ago. Today,...
Here at The ONE Thing, we talk a lot about the importance of building habits, because small habits are how we get big results. From drinking more water to meditation, there are a number of tiny practices we encourage people to incorporate into their lives that can...
Anxiety isn’t what you think it is. It comes in many different forms, and no two diagnoses are the same. Socially, we’ve just arrived at accepting that anxiety and depression are mental health issues that affect millions of Americans, who for generations went...
Everyone has a purpose in life. Knowing what that purpose is, is both blessing and an incredible responsibility. It’s a big thing to feel committed to, and it has the ability to pull us in all kinds of directions—not all of which are fruitful and worth our time. But...