Welcome to The Power of ONE — or at least the current version of it.
If you’ve been following along, you’ve probably noticed this thing has kind of changed as I go. The style’s a little different, the focus shifts… honestly, I’m just figuring it out in real time and letting it evolve.
But the idea behind it hasn’t changed.
We make a ton of decisions every day. Most of them feel pretty normal. Nothing special. Easy to forget.
But every now and then, one of those small choices ends up meaning way more than you expected.
Maybe it’s getting up a little earlier.
Maybe it’s sending the message.
Maybe it’s taking a different route.
Maybe it’s just saying yes… or no.
The tricky part is, you never really know in the moment which one’s going to matter.
I really do believe that one moment, one word, or one action can create a ripple you didn’t see coming. You might not notice it right away — most of the time you won’t — but it’s happening.
So this series is just me sharing thoughts as they come. No real structure, no perfect plan… just stuff that made me stop and think.
If something hits, great. If it makes you pause for a second or look at something a little differently, even better.
And if it resonates, pass it along.
Because sometimes all it takes is one idea, at the right time, for the right person.
That’s the Power of ONE.
ONE QUOTE
“Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.” — William James
ONE QUESTION
Why does finishing one thing completely change how you feel about everything else?
ONE ANSWER
There’s a weight that comes with an unfinished task that most people don’t even realize they’re carrying.
It just sits there. In the back of your head. A quiet hum that never fully goes away. You’re at dinner but thinking about it. You’re trying to sleep, but there it is again. Your mind keeps the loop open until you close it.
When you close it, something shifts.
Not just the relief of it being done. Something bigger. You start to believe that finishing things is just what you do. And that belief is where real momentum comes from.
Here’s what most people get wrong about momentum. They think it builds from big wins. It doesn’t. It builds from done. One email fully handled. One project actually wrapped up. One conversation you stopped avoiding. Each small completion is a signal you send to yourself — I’m someone who finishes what they start.
That signal compounds.
One completed task in the morning makes the next one feel more reachable. String enough of those together, and by the end of the week, you’ve moved in ways you didn’t plan for. By the end of a month, the progress is real. By the end of a year, you look back and can barely recognize where you started.
But none of it happens without the first one.
The hardest part isn’t the doing. It’s resisting the urge to leave things 90% finished and move on to the next thing. That last 10% is where the loop closes. That’s where the momentum actually lives.
Finish the thing. All the way. Then watch what happens next.
What’s one thing you’ve been leaving at 90% that you know you need to close out? Drop it in the comments.
ONE SONG
The Boxer – The Petersens and Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra (LIVE)
ONE INTERESTING THING
An Island More Animal Than Human: Surfing with Orcas
A scene from “Return to the Bering”, the sequel to our award winning film “Island X”.
Surfers Noah Wegrich, Pete Devries, Mark McInnis and Alaska surf exploration legend Josh Mulcoy set out deeper into the Bering Sea to investigate rumors of perfect waves.
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