The One Thing

The One Thing

Update: 2025-06-18
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What if doing less is the key to achieving more?

In this final episode of the PiXL Leadership Book Club, Rachel Johnson is joined by school leaders Tom Moseley and Stephanie Shaldas to discuss The One Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan – a book that challenges everything we think we know about productivity, balance and success.

Together, they unpack the dangers of distraction, the myth of multitasking and the liberating clarity of asking one powerful question: What's the ONE thing I can do such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unnecessary?

In a profession that demands so much, this episode is a chance to pause and reflect on where we're really putting our energy, bravely asking ourselves 'what might change if we dared to focus?'

Listen now, and if you are a PiXL member, explore the Leadership Thinking Guide on getting serious about subtraction to help you apply the insights to your work and your life.

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Time to Think 1: The Things that stop us and how to deal with them

Time to Think 2: The Things that stop our teams and what to do about them

Box Clever: Quadrants to change the way we live and lead

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