📧 PivotList: How devastating loss shaped Antonio Neves' new book, The 1-Day Method 📘
"I was going to do the whole traditional book publishing thing again, but the fire burned that excuse down. So I’m doing it now.”
Hi Friends,
In January 2025, my dear friend and bestselling author and speaker Antonio Neves faced the unthinkable when California wildfires destroyed his family’s home and all their possessions. In one devastating moment, all future plans became irrelevant as Antonio, his wife, and their young twins found themselves starting completely over.
Facing this extraordinary challenge, Antonio turned to the very system he had developed and taught to others, The 1-Day Method.
I have known Antonio for over a decade now, and I’m always moved by the burst of radiant, positive energy he brings into any room. He sent me this quick note with a peek into his process, which I find utterly remarkable in the face of such a heartbreaking year:
“Losing everything pushed me to finally stop procrastinating on something I’ve been sitting on for years. I have developed a simple approach that has worked extremely well, about focusing on today instead of someday.
I was going to do the whole traditional book publishing thing again, but the fire burned that excuse down. So I’m doing it now.”
Instead of becoming overwhelmed by the enormity of rebuilding an entire life, Antonio focused on winning just one day at a time, prioritizing what truly mattered, and taking deliberate daily action.
“When you lose everything, you learn something important. Life doesn’t wait for perfect conditions,” Antonio said. “It moves in days, in choices, in moments.”
This personal tragedy transformed The 1-Day Method from a powerful concept to an essential survival tool. While writing it, Antonio simultaneously used its principles to rebuild his family’s life from scratch, making it not just a guide written from theory but one proven in life’s most challenging circumstances.
“This method isn’t philosophy,” Antonio says. “It’s how you move forward when moving forward feels impossible.”
👉 If you pre-order now, the Kindle edition is just $0.99 on Amazon! It would be such a meaningful vote of support, and I know it will reinvigorate your daily routines.
📘 “Extraordinary lives are built one day at a time” — More About the Book
Drawing from a decade of coaching high achievers, Neves demonstrates how the gap between intention and action is where most lives are lost. His solution is refreshingly straightforward: master today before worrying about tomorrow.
The book introduces a powerful daily framework that includes:
Defining what makes today a success
Identifying only three essential priorities
Five daily practices that transform ordinary days into extraordinary ones
Recording wins to build unstoppable momentum
You’ll discover why traditional goal-setting often fails, how the early morning hours hold untapped potential, and why doing less, but with complete focus, creates better results than doing more.
Your best life isn’t waiting in some distant future; it’s built in how you spend the next twenty-four hours. Spend just one minute of yours and pre-order for $0.99!
Now for the next installment in our ongoing Strengthscope series . . .
💪 Strengthscope Deep Dive: Critical Thinking
Nothing sharpens critical thinking more than an emergency like the one Antonio and his family faced, as they continue navigating the fallout and consequences.
Some people thrive under stress—it sharpens their thinking—while others freeze.
Whether or not critical thinking is a skill of yours, for our purposes exploring day-to-day work through Strengthscope, today we inquire about whether critical thinking energizes you or not.
Is critical thinking an energizer or a drainer for you?
Scenario: You’re asked to participate in a complex, challenging problem that requires you to separate the issue into its component parts to understand it. Are you energized?
🔋 If common sense energizes you, you love approaching problems and arguments by breaking them down systematically and objectively.
Who annoys you: People who appear to accept and offer arguments and solutions too quickly, without dissecting and analyzing them to assess their true value.
Who is annoyed by you: Creatives and decisive people who are more comfortable with making decisions based on new or limited data are likely to get frustrated with your time-consuming and systematic approach to decisions. More optimistic, “glass half full” people may be quickly frustrated by the way you continuously question proposed solutions and spot flaws.
🥵 When in overdrive: You may continuously question or look for flaws in proposed solutions and arguments. This can result in your sometimes being perceived as negative, pessimistic, or overly critical.
Self-check by asking: I tend to see all the things that might not work. May I share a few observations that could save us hassles down the road?
🪫 If common sense is a drainer for you: You may accept arguments and offer solutions too readily, without dissecting and analyzing them to assess their actual, “deeper” value.
Reframe it by reflecting: Which energizers help me think critically about a topic?
📊 Get to Know Your Significant Seven Energy-Strengths
If you want to dive deeper into the 24 energy-strengths, including an assessment that will show your biggest energizers and drainers:
Individuals: Purchase the Strengthscope report here and get instant access to your results and a 45-minute Upgrade Your Energy pre-recorded workshop to better understand your unique profile, with tips to find more flow at work.
Or book a 45-minute 1:1 with me that comes with a Strengthscope report; together we’ll talk through your results and develop a customized strategy based on your Significant Seven energy-strengths.
Teams: If you work within an organization and have the budget to run this as an in-person half-day team-building workshop, we are now booking for next quarter. Learn more and inquire here »
That’s it for now . . . thank you for reading!
❤️ With Love,
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