Ashley Jacobson's Reviews > The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results

This book was life changing. The message is to do as little as possible and achieve as much as possible. That doesn't mean be lazy. It means figure out the most powerful things you can do. Things that will make everything else easier or unnecessary. It's like a domino effect. You push the first small domino, and it starts a chain reaction with huge results. I can't even begin to describe this book because there are so many important stories and details that you just have to read to appreciate. You need to experience of reading this brilliant book before you can "get it". It focuses on different areas of life and how you can only do one thing at a time. Common myths are dispelled and tools given to help you choose and focus on your one thing I'm all areas of life. Then, the author explains how to balance all the areas of life. Which things you can touch occasionally or consistently or infrequently. Which things take a little work and which take all your focus for long periods of time. It's not about balance. There is no such thing. It's about accepting the chaos that comes with greatness and learning how to manage everything by focusing on one thing that will actually do the work for you. I am bringing up details of this book daily since I finished reading it a couple weeks ago. It's really changed my perspective and helped me realize that I can do more and harder things. And my priorities and schedule don't need to look like any one else's. If at first you are reading the book and think it sounds too "one size fits all" or like it won't work for you, keep reading. You have to understand the big picture and the basic idea before getting into the application, where the author explains how you can make this work in your life, no matter what that may look like for you. His suggested 4 hour blocks of work time will not work for me as a mother of kids under 5. But I have so many new ideas and skills thanks to this book. I feel like I have found peace with my spiritual, academic, professional, personal, and family life. And I feel like I can thrive in all those areas without losing out on the others. I have and will continue to recommend this book to anyone and everyone!