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259. Decide Your Future of Work Aug 31, 2020

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What do you think the future of your work could look like?

With everything that’s going on, we have the opportunity to pause, to ask different questions, and to reevaluate what our vision for the future looks like. All around the world, people’s opinions of what the future of work looks like have changed.

We’re going to walk you through the questions we’ve been asking over the last few months, the research we’ve been doing, how our vision has changed, and how the principles of The ONE Thing line up with it—all in service of you going on your own journey to ask what the future of your work will look like. In every shift, there is a gift. This is a chance to look at the goals we’ve set and decide if they are still the same.

One way to envision your future is to get clear on your values. Your values will inform the habits you make every day, and they will set the stage for what the future of work looks like for you. If you need help prioritizing your values, you can join the waiting list for our The ONE Thing Values Deck at the1thing.com/corevalues.

In this episode, you will learn...

[05:02] What The ONE Thing is doing to adapt
[12:02] The questions to ask when moving to remote work
[20:23] Letting your team lead with their priorities
[25:29] How you maintain culture and build it virtually
[28:33] Establishing your values and living them

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258. How Tiny Habits Create Extraordinary Change | BJ Fogg, PhD Aug 24, 2020

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What if we told you that you are only one habit away from making your goal a reality?

It’s the truth. The problem is that, while habit formation is simple, it can be challenging. For anyone who’s tried to make a habit stick you know what it feels like to struggle with consistency and doubt.

BJ Fogg, the author of the best-selling book “Tiny Habits”, is going to help you understand that the key to habit formation is not about thinking big and acting big: It’s about thinking big and going small and trusting that, if you can identify that domino and whack away at it, all of the other dominos will fall. Some habits take longer to form than others, and that’s why we’re having this conversation today. We’re going to dissect why the key to habit formation is all about forming tiny habits.

Going small takes courage when our ego wants to go big. The path to getting everything you want starts with one thing at a time. Do you have the courage to go small? We want to be on the journey with you. Visit the1thing.com/setmygoals to attend our Virtual Goal Setting Retreat.

In this episode, you will learn...

[06:57] Why it’s so important to go small to see success
[12:08] How to get better at saying no
[14:34] The behavior model
[23:44] How BJ trained 10,000 people to floss
[27:36] How to shift your identity to support your new behavior
[36:35] Some of BJs most profound habits
[41:11] What a “super fridge” is
[46:31] Aligning Tiny Habits with The ONE Thing
[52:10] How to design a successful moment

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257. How to Boss Up and Build Your Empire Aug 17, 2020

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How do we unpack the lies that keep us from experiencing extraordinary success?

One lie in particular that holds most people back is that “big is bad.” It’s tricky to debunk because, when you put “big” and “results” in the same sentence, many people jump straight to thinking that big is complex, time-consuming, or intimidating.

But the four ambitious leaders of the Empire Building podcast live in a way that embraces big thinking. The massive goals they’ve set for their businesses are only exceeded by their even bigger visions for what it means to live an extraordinary life. They are successful entrepreneurs, philanthropists, wives, and mothers who have started and expanded multi-million dollar businesses, and they share their tips for thinking bigger than you ever thought possible.

It is so important to surround yourself with people who build you up and support you. If you want to bring bigger thinking and more support to the people around you, visit the1thing.com/setmygoals to join our virtual goal-setting retreat.

In this episode, you will learn...

[01:55] Meeting the hosts of the Empire Building podcast
[04:48] What an empire builder is
[07:29] Building a business that succeeds through others
[16:11] Challenges you face as building a big business and big life
[32:22] How to think bigger
[42:27] Women building empires

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Amplify: amplifyevent.com
Empire Building Podcast: go.kw.com/empire-building

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256. Best of Habits | Health with Laurie Roth Aug 10, 2020

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How is your health right now?

For many of us, The ONE Thing is our health – or it should be. We get so busy and stuck in the day-to-day that we often neglect healthy choices and, instead, opt for convenience. Or we just feel so busy that making a healthy meal or going to the gym just feels impossible.

Today, we want to introduce you to someone who has spent the last few years making health Her ONE Thing, and as a result, lost over 100 pounds. This is a journey that has completely transformed her productivity and personal fulfillment, in addition to her health. Laurie Roth is the Learning Experience Designer here on The ONE Thing team and we can’t wait for you to hear her story.

We are kicking off our community-wide 66-Day Challenge soon. If you want to join us visit the1thing.com/habits.

In this episode, you will learn...

[7:07] Why so many of us struggle with our health, for a long time, even though we know it’s important
[10:08] How to recruit accountability partners (and why you should)
[14:41] What habits can help you achieve a holistic health transformation
[16:28] The lead domino that will help you take control of your health
[24:33] Why perfection is overrated
[27:52] The ONE thing you can do to hit the reset button in your life

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Join the 66-Day Challenge at the1thing.com/habits
Connect with Laurie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurie-roth-555190b/

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255. Best of Habits | Sobriety with Grace Vroom Aug 03, 2020

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If you want to change your life, you have to get honest with yourself.

What’s working? What isn’t working? Who’s bringing you forward and who’s bringing you back? Candid self-reflection can reveal things you wish weren’t there, but knowing what you’re dealing with makes big change possible.

Our guest, Grace Vroom, knew something had to give; there were countless areas of her life that she wanted to improve, but it was only after getting honest about her addiction to alcohol that she started to make any progress. Sobriety felt like such a daunting must-do on Grace’s self-improvement to-do list that she didn’t know how to start and she didn’t think she could sustain it. As you listen to this episode, we challenge you to pay close attention to what her lead domino was — it was so small that it might surprise you.

We are kicking off our community-wide 66-Day Challenge soon. If you want to join us visit the1thing.com/habits.

To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: the1thing.com/podcast.

In this episode, you will learn...

[4:34] What the lead domino for change might look like in your life
[8:58] Why your lead domino might not be what you expect it to be
[18:36] How to create a habit of connecting with people
[23:47] How to trust in the domino effect
[31:27] ONE thing you can do to start your journey towards sobriety

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Learn more at www.gracevroom.com
Join the 66-Day Challenge at the1thing.com/habits

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254. Best of Habits | Gratitude with John Israel Jul 28, 2020

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Have you taken any time to be grateful today?

When we think about forming power habits, we often think about doing something that will improve our productivity or health. We rarely consider the transformative power of mindset habits, and one of the most powerful habits is gratitude. That may seem like an easy or trivial thing, but in practice, embodying a state of gratitude every day is both surprisingly challenging and significant.

Our guest John Israel, founder of The Mr. Thank You Project and author of "The Mr. Thank You Project," experienced an epiphany: if he wanted to make a huge, positive impact on the world, he had to start by doing just ONE thing to express his gratitude every day. This ONE habit, over time, has truly unleashed something extraordinary, and in this episode, we invite you to become a part of it.

If you want to set yourself up for success on your 66-day challenge, try the free 66-Day Challenge Training.

In this episode, you will learn...

[10:08] How to form a keystone habit for embodying gratitude
[18:31] How to manage your time so that you don’t fail a 66-day (or 365-day) challenge
[22:36] How to be grateful when you don’t want to be
[37:34] Why you should consider doing your own 66-day challenge

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the1thing.com/habits
Mr. Thank You Project: https://mrthankyou.com
Read: The Mr. Thank You Project

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Best of Habits | Disrupt Yourself or Be Disrupted Jul 28, 2020

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253. Best of Habits | Health with Tom Bilyeu Jul 20, 2020

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Did you come into this year imaging what was possible for yourself?

Many of us had big plans for all the things we were going to accomplish this year—whether personally, professionally, or both—and then COVID-19 hit and we were derailed by our new reality. None of us had the existing habits we needed to support our new environments.

Tom Bilyeu took a look at his life and realized he was capable of more. He decided to be the kind of person whose habits brought him closer to his health goals and he exercises them every day. While he calls himself an “average person,” he credits habits and routines with allowing him to experience overwhelming success in his life, his business, and most importantly, his health.

The path to getting everything you want starts with one habit at a time. When you choose to form a habit around ONE Thing, and you have the support of a community around you, everything becomes easier. You can learn more about our upcoming habit-forming 66-Day Challenge at the1thing.com/habits.

In this episode, you will learn...

[05:40] The lie of productivity
[07:36] The challenge of creating new habits
[14:44] The simplest knowledge for making change
[17:04] Creating habits around exercise
[20:35] Saying “yes” to something is saying “no” to something else
[24:32] Getting your spouse on board with your goals
[29:14] Staying motivated
[39:18] Getting clarity on what matters most

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Join our 66-Day Challenge: the1thing.com/habits
Learn more at ImpactTheory.com: Website
Twitter: twitter.com/tombilyeu
Facebook: facebook.com/tombilyeu
Instagram: instagram.com/tombilyeu

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252. Breaking Glass Ceilings & C4 Leadership Lessons | Chris Winton Jul 13, 2020

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Think back to your childhood: What did you want to be when you grew up? What dreams did you have for yourself? What did you envision your life looking like?

Along your journey, you may have come up across ceilings of achievement—or on the other end, you may have been thinking too small. Any time you are hitting up against a ceiling of achievement in your life, you are missing either a person or a system, and today we’re going to look at exactly why that is true. Having the right people in our lives, and the right systems in place to help us do what we do efficiently, can allow us to achieve more than we ever thought possible.

Chris Winton grew up with the dream of becoming a manager for the local grocery store, and today—because of having the right mentors and learning the right leadership skills along the way—he finds himself as the officer at a Fortune 50 company. He is the author of the new book “C-4 Leadership” and has a tremendous amount of value to share.

What’s one thing you can put into action today? Take a moment to pause, sit in silence, dream, and ask yourself a question. That simple action may make the difference between spending your time or investing it.

To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: the1thing.com/podcast.

In this episode, you will learn...

[02:48] When Chris noticed his family was financially struggling
[07:38] Reaching up for knowledge and reaching down for guidance
[14:25] Thinking too small
[17:11] The 4 C’s
[22:04] Meeting the right people
[27:26] How to galvanize a group of people by communicating in story form
[29:57] How to make leaders more coach-like
[33:31] Taking a stand for the whole person, not just the employee
[36:35] How to dream bigger

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251. Set Your Goals with 2020 Vision Jul 07, 2020

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How do we lead people through fear? The answer, as simple as it may seem, is goals—but the right goals.

If the purpose of a goal is to be appropriate in the moment, many of us have lost sight of the fact that our actions may not be leading us to where we want to go. We don’t want to sacrifice our long-term visions and our long-term goals based on short-term circumstances. As an individual, you can either be focusing on the past, the present, or the future. If you’re focusing on the past or present, you can’t move forward. The only way you move forward is by having goals, focusing on those goals, and allowing those goals to inform how you behave today so that you start knocking the dominos down that make everything else easier or unnecessary.

How are you doing at having a relationship with your goals, and do you need any changes? Now is the time to reflect on that and start thinking about the future and ensure that you are moving in the right direction for what makes sense today.

If you feel like now is the time to get back into the driver's seat and getting intentional with your goals, you can join our Virtual Goal Setting Retreats at the1thing.com/setmygoals.

In this episode, you will learn...