Some actually stepped over him in their hurry to get where they were supposed to go. Ninety percent of the students who were rushed failed to stop and render aid to the stranger. The Focusing Question provides the essential formula for discovering the ONE Thing, and in Chapter 11, Keller describes how to turn the insights of. But the deciding factor wasn’t the task-it was time. Chapter 10 describes what Keller calls The Focusing Question, which asks readers to consider one thing they can do in pursuit of any task or goal to make all else easier or unnecessary. In the end, fewer than half the students stopped to help. What the students didn’t know was that researchers had planted a man along the way-slumped on the ground, coughing, apparently in distress. Within each group, some were told they were late and had to hurry to their destination, while others were told they could take their time. Some were told they were going to prepare a talk about seminary jobs the others, that they were going to give a talk about the Parable of the Good Samaritan, a Biblical story about helping people in need. When you don’t know what matters most, anything makes sense.These students were recruited and divided into two groups to see what factors influenced whether or not they would help a stranger in distress. When you know what matters most, everything makes sense. Make sure every day you do what matters most.

When people look back on their lives, it is the things they have not done that generate the greatest regret.People’s actions may be troublesome initially it is their inactions that plague them most with long-term feelings of regret. More than anything else, expertise tracks with hours invested. The ONE Thing shows up time and again in the lives of the successful because it’s a fundamental truth. It can be a virtuous cycle all the way to extraordinary results. Better results generally lead to more enjoyment, and more passion and more time is invested. That time spent eventually translates to skill, and when skill improves, results improve. Passion for something leads to disproportionate time practicing or working at it. It is those who concentrate on but one thing at a time who advance in this world. You need to be doing fewer things for more effect instead of doing more things with side effects. The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results Hardcover Apby Gary Keller (Author), Jay Papasan (Author) 20,787 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 13.49 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.

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