the surprisingly simple truth behind extraordinary results

Multitasking is neither efficient nor effective. Whether you say “later” or “never”, the point is to say “not now” to anything else you could do until your most important work is done. Don’t forcus on being busy focus on being productive. Achievers always work from a clear sense of priority. The difference isn’t in intent, but in right of way. Achievers do sooner than what others do sooner. They pause just long enough to decide what matters then allow what matters to drive their day. It’s too precious to rely on a rabbit’s foot. The ONE Thing becomes difficult because we’ve unfortunately bought into too many others - and more often than not htose “other things” muddle our thinking, misguide our actions, and sidetrack our success.Max took one meal a week with the Einstein family for six years while guiding young albert. It was Max who introduced a ten-year old Einstein to key texts in math, science, and philosophy. O Albert Einstein had Max Talmund, his first mentor. Robson, his father in law, who loaned him the $20k he needed to start his first retail business, a Ben Franklin franchise store. After graduation, he couldn’t get a job so his brother Roy, a businessman and a banker, got him work at an art studio. O Walt Disney took night courses at the Chicago Art Institute and became the cartoonist for his school newspaper. The ONE thing is a dominant theme that shows up in different ways.Success is build sequentially it’s one thing at a time. Find the lead domino and whack away until it falls.Extra ordinary results are directly determined by how narrow you can make your focus.The key to success isn’t in all the things we do, but in the handful of things we do well.” “ We overthink, overplan, and overanalyze our careers, our businesses, and our lives that long hours are neither virtuous nor healthy and that we usually succeed in spite of most of what we do, not because of it.

This is an excellent book with some really thought provoking elements about how we prioritize and manage our time as well as personal aspirations.

The surprisingly simple truth behind extraordinary results