Quotes About Simplicity

The ONE Thing shows up time and again in the lives of the successful because it's a fundamental truth.

The ONE Thing sits at the heart of success and is the starting point for achieving extraordinary results.

When you try to do too much at once, you can end up doing nothing well.

Life is too short to chase unicorns. It's too precious to rely on a rabbit's foot. The real solutions we seek are almost always hiding in plain sight; unfortunately, they've usually been obscured by an unbelievable amount of bunk, an astounding flood of "common sense" that turns out to be nonsense.

In order to be able to put the principle of The ONE Thing to work, you can't buy into the lie that trying to do two things at once is a good idea. Though multitasking is sometimes possible, it's never possible to do it effectively

Here's what I found out: 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. I discovered that we can't manage time, and that the key to success isn't in all the things we do but in the handful of things we do well.

There is an art to clearing away the clutter and focusing on what matters most. It is simple and it is transferable. It just requires the courage to take a different approach." —George Anders

put up a sheet of paper that said, "Until My ONE Thing Is Done—Everything Else Is A Distraction!

The Focusing Question. Mark Twain agreed with Carnegie and described it this way: The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret to getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks and then starting on the first one.

The Focusing Question collapses all possible questions into one: "What's the ONE Thing I can do / such that by doing it / everything else will be easier or unnecessary?

At the 1997 MacWorld Developers Conference, he explained, "When you think about focusing, you think, 'Well, focusing is saying yes.' No! Focusing is about saying no." Jobs

Most people struggle to comprehend how many things don't need to be done, if they would just start by doing the right thing.

You have only so much time and energy, so when you spread yourself out, you end up spread thin. You want your achievements to add up, but that actually takes subtraction, not addition: You need to be doing fewer things for more effect instead of doing more things with side effects.

Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time." —Arnold H. Glasow

Obviously, you can drive yourself nuts analyzing every little aspect of everything you might do. I don't do that, and you shouldn't either. Start with the big stuff and see where it takes you.

The Focusing Question can direct you to your ONE Thing in the different areas of your life. Simply reframe the Focusing Question by inserting your area of focus. You can also include a time frame—such as "right now" or "this year"—to give your answer the appropriate level of immediacy, or "in five years" or "someday" to find a big-picture answer that points you at outcomes to aim for.

The Focusing Question helps you identify your ONE Thing in any situation. It will clarify what you want in the big areas of your life and then drill down to what you must do to get them. It's really a simple process: You ask a great question, then you seek out a great answer. As simple as two steps, it's the ultimate Success Habit.

You need to be doing fewer things for more effect instead of doing more things with side effects. The problem with trying to do too much

the ONE Thing you can do this week such that by doing it everything else would be easier or unnecessary?

My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do." —Francine Jay

What's the ONE Thing I can do today for [whatever you want] such that by doing it everything else will be easier or even unnecessary?

The ONE Thing = Extraordinary Results" or "The Success Habit Will Get Me to My Goal.

A balanced life is a lie.

It's really a simple process: You ask a great question, then you seek out a great answer.