gary keller: Michelle Williams Takes It ONE Thing at a Time
- 08/12/13 06:23 AM
Despite becoming a mom and losing her former fiancé—Heath Ledger—within the past decade, Michelle Williams is one of those Hollywood starlets that seem to have it all together. How is it that her career and lifehave seen improvement in the face of such hurdles? In a recent interview with Papermag, Michelle revealed that she uses a ONE Thing at a time approach.
Counterbalance Keeps Michelle Focused We’ve said it before – the most successful people understand how to tilt between their personal life and their profession. Michelle could be a poster child for keeping counterbalance between the two. She has … (1 comments)
gary keller: Juggling Too Many Balls
- 08/12/13 06:20 AM
From the outside, a circus could seem like the most unfocused arena that ever existed. Picture a melting pot of mismatched oddities all performing at the same time. The dream of distraction… in living color. But, P.T. Barnum, the father of the modern-day circus, actually had a singular focus when he founded this multitasker’s fantasy: To create The Greatest Show On Earth. Fortunately for him, bringing the most outrageous acts from around the world to one place was cause enough for people to come and business to flourish. By allowing his acts to showcase their ONE Thing, Barnum stayed focused and … (1 comments)
gary keller: How ONE Thing Can Transform Your Empire
- 08/12/13 06:17 AM
Action figures were not foreign to Hasbro in 1983. However, coming off their success with G.I. Joe, the company was looking for another big idea to solidify itself as a leader in the boys’ toy market. It found what it was looking for – and its first domino – at the annual Toy Fair trade show: Takara’s Japanese robots. The two companies joined forces and enlisted the help of Marvel to develop characters and a story line, and released an innovative team of action figures called Transformers in 1984. The Gen I Transformers, including popular favorites like Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and … (0 comments)
gary keller: Dotloop Founder Shares His ONE Thing
- 08/12/13 06:14 AM
Are you tired of wasting time keeping track of the ridiculous paper required to close a business deal? If you’re a real estate agent, be on the lookout for Austin Allison, whose ONE Thing is easing the burden of paper work, and helping get you back to doing what you do best, people work! Austin Allison, founder and CEO of Dotloop, a tech company that offers agents a way to conduct real estate transactions online, says after his first real estate transaction at the age of seventeen, he discovered that the burdensome process of finding and purchasing a new home … (0 comments)
gary keller: The ONE Thing Drives Focus on the Track
- 08/12/13 06:05 AM
“Find your passion and seek the ONE Thing that will make it work for you.” This is the message that Adrian Berryhill, owner of the Vision Racing Team, brought to the track for NASCAR’s Nationwide Series 2013. His sparkplug? A business book you may have read. Adrian says Gary and Jay’s latest title The ONE Thing made him shift gears – get small and realize his team’s purpose. “I’ve decided to focus on ONE Thing rather than chase two rabbits,” he says. “Chase one and succeed at getting it.” This season, the team’s “rabbit” is to race at least one … (0 comments)
gary keller: Slow and Steady Wins
- 08/12/13 03:58 AM
When Dave Ramsey delivered the keynote at our annual convention earlier this year, he shared five ideas from his new book EntreLeadership on running a successful company. Funny enough, the ONE big lesson we focused in on is something we’ve all heard before: “Slow and steady matters.” Dave was reintroduced to this key message during an interview with an unnamed billionaire on reading habits. “Millionaires, on average, read one business book a month,” Dave said. “So naturally, I wanted to know what billionaires do.” To his surprise, they read children’s books. “When I asked him to recommend a business title, I … (2 comments)
Great food and drink is not the only thing that has turned El Arroyo into an Austin, Texas, destination eatery. Its large, street-facing sign – changed daily – is what’s really brought this Tex-Mex Tavern into the spotlight. The out-of-the-box messaging – the restaurant’s only form of marketing – has people admittedly going out of their way for daily words of wisdom … and maybe a margarita. You might say, El Arroyo’s ONE Thing is their sign. We thought so, and sat down with owner Ellis Winstanley to learn more. What we didn’t expect … (0 comments)
In celebration of our new title, The ONE Thing we’re kicking off a brand new series called All Things ONE where we’ll look, time and again, at how some of the most celebrated success stories made their claim to fame by living their ONE Thing. And what better way to inaugurate a new series than with champagne! Raise your glasses to Madame Clicquot Ponsardin, better known as Veuve (rhymes with dove) Clicquot, of early 19th century France. She’s not only the subject of our first All Things ONE post; Madame Clicquot is quite possibly the … (0 comments)
Many pride themselves on taking a conference call while perusing their inbox and texting their son; talking to a coworker while putting the finishing touch on that report and listening to the latest podcast; and making dinner while they ask their spouse about her day, fold laundry and watch their kids swim. But, do they really think this is reason to toot their own horn? Are they giving full focus to any ONE of those projects? No. It’s called multitasking, and it’s a lie. As Steve Uzzell says in The ONE Thing, multitasking is “merely the opportunity to screw … (4 comments)
gary keller: Be Part of the 12
- 01/24/13 06:14 AM
Eighty-eight percent of all New Year’s Resolutions fail. In fact, time management firm FranklinCovey found that more than a third of us won’t even make it to February. It’s no wonder the top-10 resolutions repeat year after year – most never actually get crossed off in year one. How do so many people go wrong? People fail one of two ways: 1. They take on too many goals at once, or 2. Unwittingly, they set mushy goals, only to later realize mushy means too many. Discouraging? Yes. Unavoidable? No. Research shows that when you reach for many successes, you often … (0 comments)
Everyone has seen a domino fall – that one flick of a finger that creates an amazing chain reaction. Knock over the first domino and the rest follow. But, did you know that one regular sized domino can actually knock over a chain of progressively larger dominoes? It’s true. It’s called a geometric progression, and was first tested in the 1980s. During the experiment a physicist successfully knocked over a line of dominoes where each was 1.5 times larger than its predecessor. By the end, the last domino toppled was about three feet – or the size of a … (2 comments)
The ONE business book you need in 2013 is finally here! New York Times bestselling authors Gary Keller and Jay Papasan have once again teamed up to pen a game-changer – The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results. In The ONE Thing, Gary and Jay conquer the question: If everyone has the same number of hours in a day, why do some people accomplish extraordinary things, while others struggle to take a single step forward? Through compelling research and personal life experiences, The ONE Thing teaches you how to cut through the clutter, narrow your focus … (0 comments)
gary keller: How to Avoid Convention Letdown
- 11/27/12 11:40 PM
Gary Keller says being focused and prepared prior to an industry event allows you to get the most out of it. In any industry, conferences serve as vital opportunities to network and get educated. But, on the heels of a recent convention, to debut HOLD, we realized that three days soaking up the latest innovations and information is inspiring and at times overwhelming. “We see it all the time at our own events,” says Gary. “People come, get all fired up and want to implement everything they learn. Then three months later, nothing.” Every year, companies spend massive budgets … (1 comments)
gary keller: Four Tips for Hiring a World-Class Executive Assistant
- 07/31/12 09:37 AM
The days of the Mad Men-like secretary are gone. Miss Money Penny is no more. Administrative help is no longer about taking dictation, fetching coffee or stocking up on clean ties. Rather, if you want a successful hire, you must find someone with the aptitude and determination to maximize your business. Today’s executive assistants are smart, talented and driven. They have leadership skills that enable them to do your job when you’re not there. In fact, stop thinking “executive assistant” and start looking for an “assistant executive.” Herb Kelleher was working at the law firm Matthews and Branscomb when he first … (5 comments)
gary keller: Talking Trust with Stephen M.R. Covey
- 07/12/12 04:19 AM
Muhammad Ali and The Beatles. Salvador Dali and Walt Disney. Andy Warhol and Alfred Hitchcock. Even Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon. Every now and then, you see a photo or read an article about a chance encounter between people like this and you can’t help but think, “I wish I could have been a fly on the wall for that conversation.” Most of the time, it’s just that: Wishful thinking. But on rare occasions you do get to eavesdrop on a thought leader – or two’s – conversation and watch the light bulbs burn bright. So, when Gary said he … (3 comments)
gary keller: Don't Let the Latest Market Shift Leave You Listless
- 07/06/12 07:43 AM
The most recent curveball the real estate market has served up for home sellers, buyers and the agents who represent them is a scarcity of homes for sale. In fact, listing inventory in the top 54 markets is down 24 percent year over year and a whopping 61percent below the peak in September of 2007. With fewer foreclosures hitting the market, more sellers holding off on selling and new construction lagging behind demand, buyers enticed by remarkably low mortgage interest rates are finding slim pickings. In pockets all over North America, a historic buyer’s market has suddenly shifted to a … (0 comments)
gary keller: Three Reasons Every Professional Should Carry a Notebook
- 05/30/12 12:06 AM
Everyone who works with Gary Keller carries a notebook. In fact, new employees are presented with one on their first day. It’s not really optional behavior. Why? The best professionals adopt the mindset of a lifelong learner. They are learning-based. It’s not about knowledge for knowledge’s sake but rather knowledge for doing’s sake. They reject taking action from ignorance and ignore, trivial pursuits—they want knowledge that helps them get better, that gives them an edge. They refuse to stop learning and growing, which is one reason they consistently outperform the rest.
Carrying a notebook encourages this mindset. It invites … (2 comments)
gary keller: Playing Up: Surround Yourself with High Achievers
- 05/15/12 02:16 AM
Gary teaches you to use your relationships with high achievers to motivate you to success at their level. You’ve heard it from your mom time and again – be careful of the company you keep. In the same vein, Oprah Winfrey once said: “Surround yourself only with people who are going to lift you higher.” We don’t know about you, but when both mom and Oprah say it, you better listen – because in all likelihood it’s true! When your network of peers succeeds at a high level, their achievement is contagious. And you should be conscious of this in … (2 comments)
This "do it all" attitude has been popular for decades, but does it make the role of working moms seem too easy?
For a mom, the job is always on, and these days, seven out of 10 mothers are also career women. So it’s no wonder “balance” is a hot topic among the maternal workforce. But has anyone ever really found that perfect work-life balance? The answer is no, and surprisingly, they’re happier for it. The truth is mothers have been stepping up to the breadwinning plate long before the 80s made it the norm instead of the … (30 comments)
gary keller: Support the Stache: KellerINK Gets a New Face
- 04/02/12 04:20 AM
After some much-appreciated feedback in our inaugural months, we’ve decided to give KellerINK a new face – literally. Based off of the iconic Gary Mustache itself, KellerINK has matured past infancy and is now sporting a stache. Help us keep growing into adulthood by letting us know which facial hair best personifies each of our books. Tell us what you think, and support the stache with your own mustache twibbon! Here are some of our ideas...
Despite becoming a mom and losing her former fiancé—Heath Ledger—within the past decade, Michelle Williams is one of those Hollywood starlets that seem to have it all together. How is it that her career and lifehave seen improvement in the face of such hurdles? In a recent interview with Papermag, Michelle revealed that she uses a ONE Thing at a time approach.
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