Small steps can unlock big breakthroughs. In The Power of One More, Ed Mylett shows how doing one more—one more try, one more habit, one more act of courage—can reshape your identity, mindset, and results to create lasting success. In this free The Power of One More summary, we’ll outline some of Mylett’s Levers of transformation so that you can use small everyday actions to gain extraordinary results.
What Is the Power of One More?
Extraordinary success isn’t built on massive leaps, but on small, intentional decisions made consistently. Ed Mylett learned this through personal experience, from growing up with an alcoholic father to building a multimillion-dollar business.
What is the “One More” Philosophy?
Drawing from his life, coaching work, and insights from peak performers, Mylett presents a simple yet powerful philosophy: The Power of One More. This approach combines mindset shifts, daily habits, leadership principles, and personal strategies to help you progressively level up—personally, professionally, and spiritually.
In this free The Power of One More summary, we’ll outline 18 levers of transformation you can apply these levers to raise your standards, sharpen your focus, and become the person you were meant to be.
How to Harness the Power of One More?
Here’s a visual summary of all 18 levers. Let’s zoom into 3 of them in detail below. 
ONE MORE IDENTITY SHIFT
Your identity is how you see yourself—the collection of your deepest thoughts, beliefs, and expectations. Your identity acts like a thermostat that controls your life conditions, defines your self-worth, and silently controls your results in every area of life.
Your identity is often formed by childhood and life experiences. In other words, it’s not fixed and can be changed, one action at a time. Every time you keep a promise to yourself—whether it’s waking up early or following through on a task—you build self-trust. As your self-image improves, so do your results.
You can’t achieve 100 degrees of fitness, wealth, or love if your identity is stuck at 75 degrees.
To raise your internal thermostat and upgrade your identity, you can use 3 levers:
- Faith: Believe that you were created for more, and your life has purpose.
- Intentions: Set empowering statements each day, like “I’m here to serve, grow, and lead.” Or, “I’m healthy, loving, and successful.”
- Associations: Surround yourself with people who uplift you, and challenge you to grow.
ONE MORE MENTAL FILTER
Your brain doesn’t show you the world as it is; it shows you what it is trained to notice. The Reticular Activating System (RAS) is the mental filter in your brainstem. It sifts through billions of data points and only lets in what’s important to you.
What you focus on gets amplified. The RAS doesn’t judge what’s good or bad. It simply amplifies your beliefs and focus. For example, once you decide to buy a white SUV, you suddenly start seeing white SUVs everywhere. The SUVs were always there, but now your RAS tags them as important.
Once you install a belief (e.g. “I’m great at solving problems”), your RAS finds evidence to prove it. This creates a self-reinforcing loop: beliefs → attention → actions → results → stronger beliefs.
To reprogram your Reticular Activating System and remove mental roadblocks:
• Set a clear goal, e.g. “I want to lose 20 pounds in 6 months.” Focus on what you want (e.g. “I want to be strong and healthy”), not what you don’t want (e.g. “I don’t want to be overweight”).
• Vividly visualize what that looks, sounds, and feels like.
• Repeat daily with conviction and emotion, out loud or in writing.
ONE MORE ATTEMPT
Success is a numbers game. When you feel stuck or discouraged, don’t give up. Just give it one more try.
Ed Mylett compares success to hitting a piñata. You might not see results initially from the first few swings. But if you keep swinging, the piñata eventually bursts open and the reward spills out.
So, don’t quit just before the breakthrough. In 1998, Mylett nearly quit when only 8 people showed up for his business presentation, but he decided to go all in and give it one more shot. That became the turning point of his career, eventually leading to millions in income and impact.
Small steps compound over time to create massive transformation. Learn the power of The Compound Effect here.
• Persist with focus and intention. Know where you’re headed, put in your best effort, and keep adjusting until you reach your goals.
• Believe in your ability to create change. As you push your limits, you learn and expand your capacity. You also develop a quiet confidence that you’re going further than most people ever will.
• When you give your all and “empty your tank,” you make space for new opportunities. and, beliefs, and identity.
ONE MORE TIME ADVANTAGE
Time is your most limited resource. Our complete version of The Power of One More summary covers how you can master Ed Mylett’s 5 powerful principle to bend and multiply time, control your schedule, compress work and expand results that matters.
THE REMAINING 14 LEVERS:
For more details of these remaining “One More” levers, do check out our complete 16 page book summary with practical tips on how to use each lever to create lasting success!
- One More Emotional Reset: Master your emotions to shape your life
- One More Positive Connection: Refine your associations to improve your life
- One More Dream Ignited: Operate with imagination to move towards your future
- One More Good Question: Ask empowering questions to focus your mind
- One More Goal that Matters: Find what motivates you to achieve results
- One More High Standard: Raise your standards to get what you want
- One More Impossible Thought: Close the gap between your thoughts and actions
- One More Habit Installed: Rewire the loop to achieve lasting change
- One More Team Multiplier: Equip and support the ones who bring out the best in you
- One More Discomfort: Tackle inconvenience to build something worthwhile
- One More Level of Leadership: Set the standards to create an impact
- One More Inner Anchor: Cultivate equanimity to face chaos in your life
- One More Level of Faith: Believe deeply to influence your surroundings
- One More Final Chance: It’s never too late to make each moment count
Getting the Most From The Power of One More
As you can see, the “One More” philosophy is a powerful one that can transform your identity, habits, relationships, goals, and leadership. All it takes is one more try, one day at a time.
This free The Power of One More summary contains only surface-level information from the book. If you’d like to zoom in on the ideas above and get more detailed insights, examples and actionable tips, do check out our full book summary bundle that includes an infographic, 16-page text summary, and a 30-minute audio summary.
This motivational guide includes many other anecdotes and examples to illustrate the principles and how you can start turning small actions into extraordinary results. For more information, you can purchase the book here or visit www.edmylett.com.
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Who Should Read This Book
• Ambitious professionals and entrepreneurs who want practical, repeatable strategies to push past plateaus and achieve consistent growth.
• Leaders, coaches, and mentors looking to inspire others, raise standards, and build cultures of excellence through small, daily actions.
• Anyone feeling stuck or ready for change who needs a clear, motivating framework to transform habits, mindset, and results—one step at a time.
The Power of One More Chapters
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Our summaries are reworded and reorganized for clarity and conciseness. Here’s the full chapter listing from The Power of One More by Ed Mylett, to give an overview of the original content structure in the book.
Introduction
1. One More Identity
- Your Identity Is Shaped Early in Childhood
- Adjusting Your Identity Thermostat
- The Trilogy of Changing Your Identity
- Self‐Confidence Is the Unifying Factor
- Misconceptions About Self‐Confidence and Identity
2. One More and Living in Your Matrix
- Living a Deeper Life by Slowing Down Your Matrix
- How Your Matrix Works
- Training Your Matrix to Get What You Want
- Your Matrix and Confirmation Bias
- Your Matrix Is Unique to You
- Optimizing Your Matrix
3. One More Try
- Busting Open the Piñata
- A Father, a Daughter, and the Power of One More Try
- Three Ways That One More Try Can Turn You into an Overachiever
- Making the Power of One More Try Work for You
4. One More and the Five Principles of Time Management
- Your Relationship with the Perception of Time
- Time Is Your Most Valuable Asset
- The Five Principles of Time Management
- Changing Others’ Perception of You
5. One More Emotion
- Understanding the DNA of Emotions
- All Emotions Have a Purpose
- Why You Hoard Your Emotions
- The Act of Emotional Decluttering
- Getting Honest and Intentional
- Filling Your Home with Positive Emotions
6. One More Association
- Your Relationships Define You
- Your Relationships Bull’s Eye
- A Closer Look at Your Inner Circle of Friends
- Auditioning Your Inner Circle
7. One More Dream
- Entering Your Dream State
- A Child’s Lesson for You
- Why You’re Trapped in Your Past
- Moving into Your Future
- Putting Your Imagination to Work
- Giving Yourself Permission to Dream
- Dreaming and Doing
8. One More Question to Ask Ourselves
- One More Questions to Ask Yourself to Lead an Extraordinary Life
- What Are the Answers?
9. One More Goal
- The Relationship Between Standards and Goals
- Keep It Simple and Flexible
- Creating Goals in Your Peak State
- Compelling Reasons Drive Your Goals
- Goals and Self‐Worth
- Using Positive Energy to Create Your Best Goals
- How I Create Goals
10. One More Higher Standard
- The Difference Between Goals and Standards
- What Are You Willing to Tolerate?
- Where You Find Your Standards
- Think of Your Brain as a Blender
- Activating to a Higher Standard
- Nine Ways to Set a Higher Standard
- Raising Your Standards Is an Ongoing Process
- The Consequences of Higher Standards
11. One More Impossibility Thinkers and Possibility Achievers
- Learn to Think and Do Rich
- Become an Impossibility Thinker and a Possibility Achiever
- Watching Your Silent Movie
- Alignment Is the Key
- Reflecting on Martin Luther King, Jr. and Strength to Love
12. One More Habit
- Be Intentional About Your Habits
- The Science of Habits
- Trigger, Action, Prize
13. One More Multiplier
- The Dynamics of Team Chemistry
- Greatness Attracts Greatness
- His Name Is Thomas Edward Patrick Brady, Jr.
- Adding the Right Kind of One More Multiplier
- Working with One More Multipliers
14. One More Inconvenience
- Embracing Inconvenience as a Way of Life
- The Relationship Between Inconvenience and Controversy
- The Relationship Between Inconvenience and Greatness
- Why You Need Inconvenience in Your Life
- Seek Inconvenient Relationships
- Tapping into the Right Kind of Inconvenience
15. One More and Defining Leadership
- The Elements of Leadership
16. One More and My 11 Leadership Principles
- Become an Evangelist
- Listen and Observe
- Wise Leaders Build Other Leaders
- Love, Believe In, Care, and Show People How to Live Better
- Repetition, Repetition, Repetition
- Be Generous with Recognition
- Have a Cause, Crusade, and a Mission
- Be Authentic and Humble
- Create a Culture
- Give People the Resources They Need to Be Successful
- Build a Movement
17. One More Degree of Equanimity
- The Essence of Equanimity
- The Elements of Equanimity
- The Eight Worldly Winds
- Your Relationship with Equanimity
18 One More Prayer
- What Is Faith?
- How Do You Define Faith and Prayer?
- Drawing Strength from My Faith and Prayers
- Linking Faith, Energy, and Quantum Science
- You Are Always Making People Feel Something
- The Power of One More Prayer
19. One Last One More
About the Author of The Power of One More
The Power of One More: The Ultimate Guide to Happiness and Success was written by Ed Mylett–a peak performance expert, keynote speaker, entrepreneur, host of The Ed Mylett Show, and author. Mylett is best known as a performance coach for elite performers, from professional athletes to Fortune 500 executives. After building his wealth and leadership experience in financial services, he became a sought-after mentor and podcast host, blending personal growth strategies with high-performance principles.
The Power of One More Quotes
“You were not born to be average or ordinary. You were born to do something great with your life.”
“What we perceive about ourselves is what we believe about ourselves.”
“Let faith move mountains in all parts of your life.”
“Through repetition, your obsessions eventually become your possessions.”
“Your greatest gains and successes happen when you push yourself to new places and new limits…our new level of capacity becomes your new norm.”
“There is a direct correlation between how fast you’ll run versus how close you are to the finish line.”
“Where performance is measured, performance improves.”
“The people you allow into your inner circle are among the most important choices of your life. Choose wisely.”
“Dreaming is free…[but] a lack of dreaming will cost you everything.”
“Better questions lead to better answers. Better answers lead to a better life”
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