The PayPal Mafia. It sounds much more ominous than it actually is. In Silicon Valley the name is synonymous with the success of PayPal’s six core founders and exemplifies how unconventional the company’s founding was after the dot com bust. The experience that each...
List of Top 7 Personal Improvement Blogs
The most successful people are always looking for ways to improve. They aren’t satisfied with accepting their shortcomings or resting on their laurels. Top achievers put time and energy into being their best self. In the past The ONE Thing team has shared our favorite...
Why a Boss is Only as Good as Their Employees
From time to time everyone dreams of being the boss and getting to call the shots around the office. But it’s a job that isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be. From stressful decision making and budgetary worries to feeling an overwhelming sense of responsibility...
Ways to Show Your Support During Breast Cancer Awareness Month
One person on their own faces significant odds when fighting breast cancer. But together, we know we can achieve more to overcome this deadly disease. For that reason, doctors, researchers, patients, caregivers, friends, family and perfect strangers give their all...
Get a Hole in One With Your Big Deal
Many clichés are rooted in reality. Doing business on the golf course is one of them. If you aren’t an avid golfer but you want to get ahead as an executive, picking up a club is a surprising but true way to accelerate your path to a corner office. How Business is...
Business Success Series, Part 1: Sara Blakely – Spanx
Sara Blakely is a poster child for “do it yourself" problem solving. Like many entrepreneurs, she found success by focusing on a need that was common and not being addressed. She didn’t have a degree or any experience in business. She only had a problem that needed...
Jay Papasan Discusses How to Master Your Habits with Gretchen Rubin
ONE Thing co-author Jay Papasan’s webinar series is set to continue this month on September 30th with special guest and bestselling author Gretchen Rubin. Best known for her chart-topping book The Happiness Project, Rubin’s latest title, Better Than Before approaches...
5 Business Lessons We Can Learn from Superheroes
Put on your tights and turn your underwear into outerwear because yesterday was National Comic Book Day! Since the introduction of Superman in 1938, comic book superheroes have become a long-standing American tradition that continually inspire everyday people to do...
Why a Company Full of Yes Men Leads You Nowhere
Questioning things is a very human characteristic that is essential for discovery. The ONE Thing is built around the idea of using the Focusing Question to find our highest and best purpose. On your path toward achievement, be weary of “yes men” who go along for the...