Working and living in the same space can really mess with your routine. Waking up, looking at the same walls, blending work and play under one roof day in and day out -- the mundanity makes it hard to stay enthusiastic about our goals. Focus wanes. Motivation starts...
Prioritizing our Relationships During the Middle of a Crisis
Relationships can be difficult to maintain on a good day. With work, hobbies, and projects – it can be hard to make sure we’re spending quality time with the people who matter most during the best of times. Making sure we’re prioritizing our relationships is always...
How to Find Consistency in a Wave of Change
Consistency is critical for success. It creates standards, understanding, and in many cases, benchmarks to compare our results against. That’s why, even in the face of rapid change, it’s important to learn how to move forward while still achieving some semblance of...
The Opportunity of the Moment: What You Can Do Now for the Future
These are not typical times. Many of us are weeks into being separated from our offices, schools and lives as we know it. Under normal circumstances, we’d encourage people to not re-create the wheel, but this feels different. We haven’t exactly experienced a worldwide...
The Reading Nook: 3 Inspirational Stories of People and their ONE Thing
As our challenges evolve, each and every one of us continues to reset our goals and pivot our plans. And despite all the changes around us, we know one thing should remain constant: making sure that we are taking the time to read. The benefits of reading for children...
40 Languages, ONE Message
Among the most humbling aspects of our ONE Thing journey has been seeing just how far this little book about productivity and purpose can go. As of 2022, we have 40 translations of The ONE Thing in print – we’ve listed where you can find some of our foreign friends...
Thank You for 2 Million
The One Thing has reached a remarkable milestone: we have sold over two million copies. It’s impossible for us to think about achieving these results without looking at what those 2 million copies represent: you. The community that has come together over these past...
Facing the Unexpected
Now more than ever we’re reminded that life is full of ups and downs, and that many of those changes are brought on by the unexpected. When things don’t go as planned, it’s tempting to remain stubborn and stay the course. It also might be tempting to throw in the...
When Nothing is Certain, Anything is Possible
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." - Theodore Roosevelt What we can do when we don't know what to do. If you feel like the rug was pulled out from under you this week, you’re far from alone. Many people are working from home. Kids are out of school....