The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results: Achieve your goals with one of the world's bestselling success books Paperback – 25 April 2014

Many people have wrote great reviews for this book and i only usually buy books on a high number of good reviews & ratings & rarely write reviews so i had high expectations of this book when it arrived (earlier than predicted as well). Started to just flick through the beginning but within 5 minutes i could not put it down and was looking for a pen to underline the great points in it.Every chapter throughout the book makes some brilliant points and are easy to do, i especially like the 'Big Ideas' at end of each chapter but to me the very best part is Section 3 Extraordinary Results this just blew me away and have this last week started to use it to clear the fog around a new project to get things prioritised.I have been looking for 1 book that will help me focus because i do get distracted and drift off and this book is THE ONE i cannot put it down and am currently rereading it again and this will be my 'Go to' book to get the focus and clarity i need to be able to implement the ideas easily into every day life. JUST BUY IT it is worth every penny

To find a great answer we need to ask a great question. This book is deceptively simple. What is the onecthing I can do to step closer to what I most desire? I am inspired by this book. The way forward is clear.

First, I confess to a lifelong struggle with procrastination and dragging my feet which has turned me into a bit of a productivity junkie.Having set the scene, I found this book very helpful. The authors use stories to illustrate their premise - which always makes things easier to assimilate and understand - they also draw in threads from other books I have read recently which rather reinforces the points made there.The book is an easy and enjoyable read but that doesn't mean its message doesn't pack a useful punch. It does. It is motivating as well as informative and practical.I really liked the fact that the solution proposed is not just work related - the authors encourage you to focus on all domains of life - not, as they point out, to achieve balance but to recognise there is more to life than work.The tips given about goal setting included the regular stuff that fellow productivity junkies will have read many times before BUT there is also a significant addition. an exercise, which you will almost certainly resist doing but if you do I am certain you will experience one of those 'aha' epiphanies of where it has all been going wrong in the past.The only reason I haven't awarded 5 stars is because I think there was a chunk of repeated information at the back of the book which was unnecessary and I also question the price (I bought the KIndle edition) which did seem on the high side. (But that says more about my expectations than the value offered by the book).Definitely recommended to anyone who is ending each day with a lot crossed off the ubiquitous list but with a sense of no-thing being done.

Seriously, it’s really good. Get an outline in your phone and take notes because this book is jammed packed with a winning formula.Very easy reading and great at helping you become that better you, bit by bit.

THE ONE THING IS A BOOK ON FOCUS AND TO CONTINUE FOCUSSING ON THAT ONE THING. THE AUTHOR IS A VERY SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR AND FOUNDER OF ONE THE WORLDS LARGEST REAL ESTATE AGENCIES KELLER WILLIAMS. THIS BOOK IS IDEAL IF YOU ARE VERY DISTRACTED AND LIKE A MAGPIE ATTRACTED TO SHINY THINGS. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

This book caused me to have mixed feelings.The idea that you should focus on the area where you can have the biggest impact on performance makes a great deal of sense. It's the logic for the weakest link of the chain and the main idea behind the Theory of Constraints.On the other hand, one is a number that scares me because it leaves you vulnerable. One person to love, one source of income, if you're a business owner, one product, one customer, or one way of finding customers. In these terms, it doesn't make sense.The idea can be twisted too far. I felt that some readers would take the idea of concentrating on one literally.I'm a fan of the 80/20 rule. Concentrate on the 20% of activities that brings 80% of rewards. That seems more balanced to me.In the first section of the book, about the lies used to mislead us, I felt the author was setting up straw men, that is, false parodies of ideas to then debunk.It seems ironic to me that's a book about the one thing is quite long and talks about many things to live this way.I think part of my problem is that I refuse to accept the concept of the one thing. I prefer the idea of the critical few. Focus is great ask and you should ask yourself a version of the question so you keep a clear priority and work to it.The book encourages you to plan backwards (an excellent idea) by continually focusing on the one thing that is needed previously.Let's say but you decide the one thing you want to do is to be a great father. A very worthy objective.And then you ask yourself what's the one thing you can do to be a great father and decide it's to prepare the children for a life of independence so they can stand on their own, if needs be.And you decide the one thing to do that best is to make sure they have an excellent education and through it commit to a lifetime of learning.The one thing to do that is to send them to an excellent private school so they have every advantage.That means you need to earn a great deal of money, so either have to work extremely hard to become a successful employee who is regularly promoted or through your own business. And that means long hours away from home.I feel this chain of logic makes sense until you recognise what it might cost you. It means missing out on your children growing up and all the pleasures and special memories that brings. It also probably means you're divorced because your wife hasn't been a priority. The sad result is that despite your best intentions, you'd look back on your life and realise that you hadn't been a great father.Rather than focusing on the one thing, if you focus on the critical few, you can get a better result because you're able to find balance. True it never balances but you can see which bit is most out of kilter and focus on that one thing until something else comes the weakest link.The book makes some excellent points but I also worry about where it can take you. I find I can't give it a strong recommendation but my three stars means that it is worth reading.Paul Simister, business coach

Amazing read it is really the one thing