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One Thought Changes Everything
This book is the story of human beings and how we create our experience of reality. But perhaps more importantly, how when any of us truly understands how we create reality, surprising and profound changes occur in our lives and in the world around us. "One Thought Changes Everything" begins with a moment in Mara Gleason’s life, at 11-years old, when her father came across an understanding of the mind that dramatically changed him as a father and business leader. Her curiosity in what exactly changed him led her down the path of training and then a career sharing these principles of the mind with people from all walks of life. From the man at an IT company who decided to stop living in his basement and stop hitting his daughter, to the professional athlete who began living out his dreams again after having given up, to the US Marine who realized a deeper love for humanity than he ever knew was possible, she has observed this understanding profoundly influence the lives of her clients, and the lives of those around them. Gleason weaves together personal, humorous and deeply touching stories of her own new thoughts that have changed the trajectory of her life, as well as those of her clients. We follow her throughout her evolution in life and career to today when Gleason shares perhaps her biggest new thought yet — that this understanding of the mind is the one thing that would solve every global issue of our time. She offers the radically hopeful, yet simple message that at the source of all issues, whether personal, organizational, or global is the misunderstanding of the mind that pervades society today. The change we see in her father, in Mara herself, and in her clients when they discover how the mind truly works, are the very same changes that would dissolve the greatest issues of our time from terrorism and war to addictions, inequality, and climate change. There is not a single issue humanity faces that is not fueled by a misunderstanding of the mind, and that could absolutely be solved by a new understanding. Whether you want to understand yourself better, your relationships, your business, or the world at large, "One Thought Changes Everything" offers a a quietly simple solution that just may rock your world, and in turn change the world.
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159 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 30, 2017
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September 3, 2017
Wow
I really enjoyed reading this book and I am about to reread it as I want to get a better understanding of the principles. I must say it gives me hope that I can finally understand the often repeated statement that " You create your own reality "
I really enjoyed reading this book and I am about to reread it as I want to get a better understanding of the principles. I must say it gives me hope that I can finally understand the often repeated statement that " You create your own reality "
July 31, 2017
A wonderfully light, positive and optimistic book, focused on a topic so profound that it can literally change our world......because one thought really changes everything.
Mara's writing style is effortless and warm.....as if she were in a state of grace while writing most of the book. And it is the way she uses this warm and effortless way to deal with serious human challenges that resonate with all of us.....that make the book both impactful and endearing to me.
I would have loved more examples, especially from the business world, but hey....at least it leaves me hungry enough for more .....to go and research the three principles work further :)
Thor
Mara's writing style is effortless and warm.....as if she were in a state of grace while writing most of the book. And it is the way she uses this warm and effortless way to deal with serious human challenges that resonate with all of us.....that make the book both impactful and endearing to me.
I would have loved more examples, especially from the business world, but hey....at least it leaves me hungry enough for more .....to go and research the three principles work further :)
Thor
October 6, 2017
Very Clear
I've struggled to grasp the concept since learning about the Principles, and this book has helped me to understand. I guess the simpler something is, the harder it is to see it.
I've struggled to grasp the concept since learning about the Principles, and this book has helped me to understand. I guess the simpler something is, the harder it is to see it.
October 11, 2018
Book about 3 principles and what impact it has on people. Not a how to book, but stories of people that she's worked with and how one thought can change everything. Very inspiring.
August 26, 2017
Buku ini secara umum membahas tentang "mind, though and consciousness". Dalam buku ini menjelaskan "Mind is the energy that runs through all things. Thought is the content that we use to create our experience of life. And consciousness is what brings our thinking to life and makes us aware of what we’re thinking. Selain itu juga mengajarkan tentang bagaimana mengolah logika dan perasaan atau bagaimana memahami dan menggunaan dengan bijak ketika aspek di atas, yaitu Mind, Though and consciousness.
October 30, 2023
My second time of reading, and I still can’t fully articulate what this book is about, except it has once again encouraged me to not be lead by my thoughts, because thoughts are simply what we use to construct our own realities. I like the simile that thoughts are like clouds, fleeting and not solid, yet we tend to let thoughts lead our experiences in life and create fear etc. A very interesting and thought provoking book.
May 24, 2021
Incredibly written
This book should be introduced into schools, businesses, and teams all over the world. It is such an incredible story that helps show how simple things can change. You have the power to do it yourself and you don’t need anything else. It’s all already in you
This book should be introduced into schools, businesses, and teams all over the world. It is such an incredible story that helps show how simple things can change. You have the power to do it yourself and you don’t need anything else. It’s all already in you
August 1, 2017
Left me hungry for more. I had read a bit about the three principles this book did a good job explaining them in practical terms, using everyday situations.
September 25, 2018
Insights
A great story about her realisations of the principles. And, even after growing up knowing about them, there was still so much more insights to have. Very inspirational
A great story about her realisations of the principles. And, even after growing up knowing about them, there was still so much more insights to have. Very inspirational
June 14, 2019
A soft introduction to mindfulness and the power of now. Mara tries to put this in a very simple context as a combination of thought, mind and consciousness.
August 18, 2019
Love this book about how our realities are thought created and how letting go is possible and freeing. Seems simple but it’s so deep. Want to know more. ONE.
November 27, 2019
Such an inspiring book that lifts the burden!
November 20, 2020
Lifechanger
This book really breaks down the three principles are, and the need to share them to the world. Get this book.
This book really breaks down the three principles are, and the need to share them to the world. Get this book.
January 16, 2023
You’re in a cult. Call your dad.
July 19, 2024
Essential reading
The content earns the title. Some things you need to know to totally change your reality are all here for the taking.
The content earns the title. Some things you need to know to totally change your reality are all here for the taking.
October 6, 2022
too superficial for a five star
I read this book in hopes of finding more concrete information. The stories are fascinating for a business or professional setting but not effective enough for a personal context.
I read this book in hopes of finding more concrete information. The stories are fascinating for a business or professional setting but not effective enough for a personal context.
January 7, 2022
This was a fantastic book. It was a quick read -- well written and succinct with examples that are very relatable. I've purchased extra conies as gifts!
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April 22, 2018This self-published book teaches the ideas of the One Solution NGO, through explication and then personal stories of work with clients. Briefly, the One Thought is that our perception of the world is mediated by thought, and so we have the opportunity to change our perception by being more aware of our own contribution to the process.
Sounds fair. The idea is the basis Buddhism, psychotherapy, and arguably the idea is simply Philosophy -- thinking about thinking.
And it sounds like Gleason and her colleagues and clients have a lot of success with this idea. I have some issues, though. For one, most of the examples are drawn from middle or upper-middle class white lives. A CEO of a company realizes he doesn't have to be such a jerk to run his business. Great.
In the last chapter, Gleason claims that this method has been helpful to combat racism, help refugees, and deal with larger global problems. I would have enjoyed the book more if she went into more detail about those stories. Her example about racism is that babies are not born being racist, and so there's no reason racism exists. I'd be more interested in how a black person in America deals with racism -- is it all in their mind? Does a different mindset help overcome real barriers?
There's something a bit Ayn Randian about this exercise as well. You can free your mind, sure but to what end? If it's all your own perception, does that make you a Nietzschean superman, untethered to the bounds of human morality? Do you become Raskolnikov and kill an old woman to prove you are above petty perception?
In other words, this mindset is a tool, but I don't feel like the tool naturally and necessarily flows to the ends that Gleason is advocating.
Aside from a vaguely cult-ishness about the program, the book is easy to read and I enjoyed thinking through the implications of what she is saying.
Sounds fair. The idea is the basis Buddhism, psychotherapy, and arguably the idea is simply Philosophy -- thinking about thinking.
And it sounds like Gleason and her colleagues and clients have a lot of success with this idea. I have some issues, though. For one, most of the examples are drawn from middle or upper-middle class white lives. A CEO of a company realizes he doesn't have to be such a jerk to run his business. Great.
In the last chapter, Gleason claims that this method has been helpful to combat racism, help refugees, and deal with larger global problems. I would have enjoyed the book more if she went into more detail about those stories. Her example about racism is that babies are not born being racist, and so there's no reason racism exists. I'd be more interested in how a black person in America deals with racism -- is it all in their mind? Does a different mindset help overcome real barriers?
There's something a bit Ayn Randian about this exercise as well. You can free your mind, sure but to what end? If it's all your own perception, does that make you a Nietzschean superman, untethered to the bounds of human morality? Do you become Raskolnikov and kill an old woman to prove you are above petty perception?
In other words, this mindset is a tool, but I don't feel like the tool naturally and necessarily flows to the ends that Gleason is advocating.
Aside from a vaguely cult-ishness about the program, the book is easy to read and I enjoyed thinking through the implications of what she is saying.
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