The Power of ‘One’: One day at a time

The power of one is mesmerizing. We don’t realize it, but it can change how we see things. It can help us focus and help us get to the next step and embrace a pattern without an avalanche of expectations or creating a false self.

Let’s explore the power of one across the facets of life, especially our professional lives.

One Day at a time

It’s amazing how focus can help. Just think about one day at a time versus the next week or month. We don’t know what’s going to happen. But we can always be comfortable with today.

If today didn’t go well, that’s OK. Tomorrow is a fresh start. And that’s what one day at a time means: not worrying about what’s going to happen a week from now. Just take one day at a time, and if today wasn’t good, then reset and restart with a fresh new day.

One Step at a time

It’s easy to get carried away with big goals and objectives at work. What if we focused on taking the next step, and just that? We don’t need to solve all problems at once. All we need to know is our next step.

Then, we can be focused on today and be in the present. We should be fully committed to what we can control today. And then take the next step. In our “fearless program,” we had our moonshot goal tracker…