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250. How Billionaires Set Goals | Part 2 Jun 29, 2020

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Are you living a life by default or a life by design?

Most people go through their lives by default: They wake up, check email, show up to the office, check email again, go to their first meeting, check email again, etc. And by the end of the day, they wonder why they didn’t get anything done. Day after day, this is how things play out, and they get to where they are by default — without intention or design.

Billionaires do things differently. They imagine what they want their lives to look like someday, even if they don’t know. They push past “I don’t know” and search for an answer. You have to think big, go small, and trust the dominos will fall — and in this episode, we share the models you can follow along the journey.

If you are ready to take action, we encourage you to go to the1thing.com/setmygoal and you can learn more about implementing these frameworks.

In this episode, you will learn...

[02:21] Priorities and values from the community
[12:18] Pro tips of the GPS
[17:15] Going small and having a relationship with one category
[22:42] Front-loading your goals

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249. How Billionaires Set Goals | Part 1 Jun 22, 2020

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Do you ever find yourself going through the motions? Operating as if you’re on auto-pilot?

Sometimes we get so used to the way things are that we forget to imagine the potential for the way things could be if we set our mind to it — if we asked the big questions and took the time to search for those answers. As a result, we settle into what’s comfortable in exchange for what’s possible.

No one achieves greatness on auto-pilot. So many people are living their lives by default instead of by design. When you go through life by default you’re committing to something ordinary. You’re choosing good enough when a life of impact, legacy, and abundance could be available to you. We’re going to dive into why goal setting to the now matters, the models that make accomplishing big goals possible, and unpacking the limiting beliefs that could be stopping you.

If you feel like you would like to take action, we encourage you to go to the1thing.com/setmygoal and you can learn more about implementing these frameworks.

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

In this episode, you will learn...

[03:34] Staying in relationship with our goals
[07:57] The types of goals we set and how they serve us
[13:50] How to live The ONE Thing
[19:54] Time blocking your priorities
[23:48] Recapping how billionaires set their goals
[27:06] Setting goals with the people who have a stake in your success

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248. Shorten the Distance with Fierce Conversations Jun 15, 2020

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While we’ve all been forced to change the way we work and get things done, there’s one thing that hasn’t changed — the need to have conversations with the people that matter most, conversations that enrich our relationships.

While we’ve all been working from home, this has presented its own set of circumstances. We’ve been closer to some people, which could create conflict, and knowing how to have conversations to enrich that relationship may be a mystery to some people. And since we have been more distant from our teams and our customers, we need to figure out how to have those conversations as well.

That’s why we reached out to our friends at Fierce Conversations. Their model for how to have fierce conversations is more relevant than ever. You’re going to meet their Senior Vice President of Learning, Ronna Detrick. You’re going to hear about what it was like for their organization to pivot, finding her ONE Thing, and dive deep into the fierce conversation model.

If you find yourself struggling with clarity on what your goals and priorities are, visit the1thing.com/training and learn more about how we are facilitating our Goal Setting Retreat virtually this year.

In this episode, you will learn...

[04:34] What fierce conversations are
[07:48] How Fierce Conversations are pivoting during this time
[13:26] Finding Ronna’s ONE Thing
[24:48] Using the fierce conversation models
[30:12] How to start having fierce conversations
[35:21] Enriching relationships

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247. Ryan Daniel Moran | 12 Months to $1 Million Jun 08, 2020

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Do you think you could turn your life around in just 12 months?

Every single one of us is constantly looking up, imagining a future, and asking ourselves how we actually get there. How do we bridge the gap? How do we ensure that the things that show up on our calendar this week put us in alignment with the type of life that we want to be living?

Ryan Moran is the owner of capitalism.com, he has built several big businesses in a short period of time, and he is the author of the best-selling book “12 Months to $1 Million: How to Pick a Winning Product, Build a Real Business, and Become a Seven-Figure Entrepreneur.” He’s going to share with us his formula for building a massively profitable business in one year — from scratch — starting with one simple step.

We are here to shepherd you along on your journey to finding your ONE Thing. Today we launched our Virtual Goal Setting Retreat series to help you get clarity on your goals right now, which ones you need to discard, and which you need to recommit to. This will set us up to come together at the end of the year and cast a vision for the next year. To learn more, visit the1thing.com/setmygoals.

In this episode, you will learn...

[01:55] Why you should trust Ryan’s knowledge
[05:20] Taking responsibility for your freedom
[07:41] The opportunities in business today
[12:29] How to find the one person you need to serve
[16:44] How to identify the journey your customer is on
[21:01] The importance of ONE customer
[29:41] The three stages of building a business
[36:30] The biggest mistakes people make during this process
[41:12] What to do when you are starting from scratch
[47:21] How to balance revenue with finding who to serve

Links & Tools From This Episode

Capitalism.com
Learn more: ryandanielmoran.com
Read: “12 Months to $1 Million"
Virtual Goal Setting Retreat: the1thing.com/setmygoals

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246. Keith Cunningham | How Business Owners Should Think During a Crisis Jun 01, 2020

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Are you holding on too tightly to the way things used to be?

With all that is going on today, there is so much uncertainty. A marked lack of clarity. As business owners, what are some of the things we should be thinking about right now? Don’t let the past, and your attachment to it, stop you from casting a new vision that will bring you into the future.

To help you get clarity, we sat down with past guest Keith Cunningham. He is one of the most important business voices of our time because he challenges us to look at our businesses and identify what opportunities we have today that we didn’t have in the past — and that’s just what so many people need at this moment.

Many of us are facing the challenge of having our goals become irrelevant or unattainable in an instant. We have a second interview with Keith Cunningham where he walks through in detail what he did when he was at rock bottom to build himself back up — way back. That will be shared during our virtual goal-setting retreats this fall. If you want to learn more about that, you can go to the1thing.com/setmygoals.

In this episode, you will learn...

[09:56] Strengthening your ability to make decisions
[14:55] How we should be thinking to remain cautious
[24:12] Why we need to be willing to reinvent ourselves
[27:45] The three audits every business owner needs to be doing
[32:25] The ONE question you can ask yourself to move forward

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Learn more about Keith: keystothevault.com
Virtual Goal Setting Retreat: the1thing.com/setmygoals

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245. Q & Jay | How to Achieve Goals in Uncertain Times May 25, 2020

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Are your goals still achievable? Do they still matter?

With all that’s going on in the world, people are really struggling with having a relationship with their goals — because the world has changed. As committed practice leaders of The ONE Thing, how do we get clarity on what our goals are moving forward, and how do we have a relationship with them so that, every single week, we know we are knocking the dominos down that put us on track for living the life we want?

You have questions as you go on your journey to living The ONE Thing, so we’re sitting down with one of the co-authors, Jay Papasan, to answer those questions.

Many of our answers today stem from the model we teach in our Goal-Setting Retreat. With all the changes that are happening now, we’ve found a way to make this available virtually for couples, individuals, and teams. You can learn more by going to the1thing.com/setmygoals.

In this episode, you will learn...

[01:58] How to justify time off when things are so uncertain
[07:02] Bringing your team together while working remotely
[14:14] Reevaluating your near-term GPS
[21:51] How to look at college moving forward
[25:40] Getting through insecurities about money

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the1thing.com/setmygoals

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244. Your New Year Starts Now Because People Like Us Don’t Wait May 20, 2020

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Welcome to 2020 2.0: The new version of your year you weren’t expecting.

So many people out there are throwing in the towel on this year and calling it a wash. We know you’re different — or at least, you want to be — that you ignore the setbacks and keep going in the face of uncertainty. When your goals for the year were canceled by a global pandemic you likely asked the question, “What's the ONE Thing I can do that will make everything else easier or unnecessary?”

We’ve been asking the same question every day with you in mind: What is The ONE Thing we can do for our community? The answer is surprisingly simple — The world doesn’t need a new way to set goals, they need to find a way to have a relationship with them. The vast majority of people need to be able to follow a process that will help them evaluate the goals they set this year, discard the ones that are no longer relevant, and recommit to the ones that matter most. The best way we can help you do that is by granting you access to our The Goal Setting Master Course.

You can learn more about our proven models for setting and having a relationship with your goals by visiting the1thing.com/setmygoals. We believe this is the highest way we can serve you.

In this episode, you will learn...

[01:57] How to create a relationship with your goals
[06:05] Making our processes available virtually
[07:55] Distinct virtual retreat experiences

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the1thing.com/setmygoals

243. Mike Michalowicz | Fix This Next May 18, 2020

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If you could only choose one of the needs of your business to meet, which would you choose?

Humans have a hierarchy of needs. It starts with psychological needs like water, food, and air. We have a need for safety — personal security, access to resources. We have a need for belonging, love, esteem, and at the very top, self-actualization. And just like humans have a hierarchy of needs, so too do our businesses. As humans, we’re instinctually wired to go for these things, and in the right order, but our businesses are not.

Mike Michalowicz, author of the best-selling book ""Profit First" and the upcoming book “Fix This Next,” talks about how you can adapt your business to focus on the things that matter most, and in the order that makes the most sense.

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

In this episode, you will learn...

[04:35] What inspired Mike to write “Fix This Next”
[08:54] The 5 levels of business needs
[12:58] The recession response pattern
[22:31] The mindset that you need to adopt
[32:29] Our obligation to sell in this market
[36:05] How to figure out what to fix next
[37:48] Focusing on profit first
[42:43] How to implement the “Fix This Next” model effectively
[50:48] The 10-10-10 Method
[58:42] Block control

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242. Former Navy Seal Mark Divine | Realizing Your Potential & Staring Down the Wolf May 11, 2020

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When you’re looking to achieve something extraordinary, you have to unlock the potential that lies within you.

So many of us struggle with this. We think we are doing the best that we can do — but, really, most of us don’t know how much we’re capable of because we have never pushed ourselves past the point of discomfort. So, how do we find models and systems that allow us to shatter our ceiling of achievement?

Mark Divine is a former Navy SEAL commander, the New York Times best-selling author of The Way of the SEAL and Staring Down the Wolf, and the founder of Unbeatable Mind and SEAL Fit. When he recognized he was going down the wrong path in life, he began to ask better questions and examine the underlying story that had led him there. Through the process of investigation and meditation, he found what he believes he was meant to do.

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

In this episode, you will learn...

[00:57] Why somebody would make the decision to become a Navy SEAL
[07:01] Developing the habit of meditation
[11:47] Starting with box breathing
[16:56] What it means to stare down the wolf
[25:23] Feeding the right wolf
[33:37] Getting clear about what you should and should not be doing
[40:15] Habituating excellence

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241. Using The ONE Thing to Lead in a Crisis May 04, 2020

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It should be obvious by now: This is not business as usual. This is business like we’ve never seen it before.

As leaders, we’re required to lead our teams, our brands, and our organizations like we’ve never led them before. Managing a crisis is about more than just staying afloat for the next few months — it’s about looking far enough ahead to point your people in a direction while also remaining agile enough to respond to challenges as they come.

So, in this episode, we are sharing the strategies we use to help organizations — not only to ensure there’s a vision for the future but to make sure there is extreme clarity and alignment on what the priorities are right now. Whether you are a leader, an individual contributor, or an entrepreneur, this information still applies to you. Every single one of us needs a vision for where we’re going, clarity on what our priorities are, and the ability to manage our time so that we can get things done.

If you need help with this, head over to the1thing.com/training. If you’re an individual, we recommend the Goal-Setting Master Course. If you are a leader inside an organization and would like to have this rolled out for you, head over to the corporate section to find out more about our virtual training.

In this episode, you will learn...