The book: “Do One Thing Different: Ten Simple Ways to Change Your
Life”
The author:
Bill O’Hanlon
Publisher:
HarperCollins, 2000
The Premise: Small changes in your behaviour can make big changes in your life.
Three Key Ideas from the Book:
- Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
- An effective way to solve a problem is not to analyze why the problem arose, but to change what you are doing to respond to it.
- The secret of getting better results is a two-step process: One, pay attention to repetitive patterns you are caught up in or that others are caught up in with you, and change anything you can about those patterns. Two, notice what you are doing when things are going better, and do more of that.
The Verdict: This is a great little book that has stood the test of time for practical techniques for improving any part of your life.
(If managing your time better is one of the changes you'd like to make, get my book, "Focus: use the power of targeted thinking to get more done," published by Pearson and available from Amazon or your other favortie bookseller.)
