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December 16, 2025December 14, 2025Book Review, Habits

The Power of Focus: A Book Review of Gary Keller’s The ONE Thing

The ONE Thing by Gary Keller book cover

Last month, I read The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan. It’s an older book (2013), but it had such an impact on the way I think about priorities that it’s worth reading and worth talking about here. I’ll give you my quick list of takeaways here.

December 9, 2025December 7, 2025Book Excerpts, Habits

Start Small & Just Get Started

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I’ve been working on a brand new book for a few months now. Part memoir, part self-help book, it’s a humorous look at the predicaments women face in society today. This is a first draft excerpt that I particularly like from a chapter called Ask for Forgiveness, Not Permission. I hope you enjoy it!

April 2, 2024March 10, 2024Habits

Completing the Stress Cycle In a Stressed Out World

Completing the stress cycle

In today’s fast-paced world, stress has become an unavoidable part of our lives. However, there’s a way to not just cope with stress but to effectively complete the stress cycle, allowing you to emerge stronger and more resilient.

February 20, 2024February 19, 2024Habits, Making Time

What You Focus On Becomes Your Life

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In a world of distractions, where information bombards us from every angle, our attention is worth more than ever. Whether you focus on the right things or wrong things, what you focus on becomes your life.

August 1, 2023July 31, 2023Books, Habits

On The Value of Hard Work

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Writing a book was hard work, but it feels really good — the kind of good you simply don’t get from taking the easy route. Hard work is worth it and there are ways to make hard work feel a little easier.

March 14, 2023March 13, 2023Habits

The Life-changing Magic of…Accountability

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I’ve learned something about myself in the past few years. If I have a team that’s excited to collaborate on something, I stay engaged and focused. If it’s just me, I fail every single time. I need that external accountability and I’m not the only one.

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021Book Review, Habits

Book Review: The Coaching Habit

The Coaching Habit

One of my goals for the year is to get better at asking questions. To do that, I needed some help and […]

January 2, 2017March 29, 2020Habits

Forget the Resolution: Start a New Habit This Year

How many of your friends (or you!) are busy working on a resolution that they are sure to bitterly abandon by January 13th? […]

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