Jay Papasan

Jay Papasan [Pap-uh-zan] fell in love with books in the 4th grade and never recovered. He edited at HarperCollins, lived in Paris, and earned an MA from NYU before co-authoring The ONE Thing — a #1 bestseller with nearly 4 million copies sold in 40+ languages.

Today, Jay is CEO of Produktive (The ONE Thing's coaching and training company), an executive coach to founders and business owners, and host of The ONE Thing podcast. He's co-authored 12 books, selling nearly 7 million copies. Each Friday, he writes The TwentyPercenter — his weekly free newsletter helping business professionals do more of what matters.

Jay lives in Austin, Texas, and calls himself a "Nerdpreneur" — a curious introvert who believes clarity compounds faster than effort.