If implementing the ONE Thing in an area requires you to
involve others, consider getting them their own copy of the book.
Sharing your ahas is a great start and you may be happily surprised
with the insights you get back when others have a chance to read the
book on their own.
Keep in mind that it takes more than reading the book and a few
conversations or mentions in a meeting to make The ONE Thing a
new habit in your life or in the lives of those around you. You know
from reading the book that it takes on average 66 days to create a new
habit, so approach this accordingly. To ignite your life you must focus
on ONE Thing long enough for it to catch fire.
Let’s look at a few other areas where The ONE Thing might
make a real difference.
YOUR NON-PROFIT
What’s the ONE Thing we can do to fund our annual financial
needs... ? Serve twice as many people... ? Double our number of
volunteers... ?
YOUR SCHOOL
What’s the ONE Thing we can do to decrease our dropout rate to
zero... ? Raise our test scores by 20 percent... ? Increase our
graduation rate to 100 percent... ? Double our parent participation... ?
YOUR PLACE OF WORSHIP
What’s the ONE Thing we can do to improve our worship
experience... ? Double our mission outreach success... ? Max out our
attendance... ? Achieve our finance goals... ?
YOUR COMMUNITY
What’s the ONE Thing we can do to improve our sense of
community... ? Help the homebound... ? Double our volunteerism... ?
Double voter turnout... ?