The ONE Thing

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233. Purpose, Priority, Productivity, Extraordinary | Tricia & Daron Brouwers Mar 16, 2020

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I want you to imagine an iceberg. If you’re like most people, you probably imagine this big piece of ice coming out of the sea, but that’s just the tip. What we know is that the tip is just the minority or the iceberg — the majority lies beneath the surface.

What most people focus on in their life is productivity: The actions they take and the results that they get. And when we’re not getting the results that we desire, we tend to ask ourselves, “How do I change my activities?” But we can’t truly be productive if we don’t understand what our priorities are, so this leads to a vicious cycle of unproductivity and frustration.

Today, we share the incredible story of how one mom got clear on her purpose and started to line up what she did with why she did it. Tricia Brouwers is an executive with a mortgage company and a practice leader of The ONE Thing. She is also the mother of a very impressive young man who is living with autism. You are going to hear about their journey of going from a world of life that was so complex and pruning the unnecessary things back so that they could focus on what truly matters most.

In less than 2 weeks, we will be kicking off a brand-new 66-day challenge inside of our Living Your ONE Thing community. Having an environment that supports your goal is incredibly important. The environment can be your physical space and it can also be the people who surround. Having people who think a certain way — and push you in a certain way — is absolutely vital to shattering your ceiling of achievement and achieving extraordinary results. Go to the1thing.com/habits to learn more.

In this episode, you will learn...

[08:14] Focusing on why you do what you do & finding your purpose
[13:36] How The ONE Thing can help you simplify your life
[18:59] Creating a system of habits
[25:11] How our thoughts become our beliefs and our actions
[31:09] How to reshape the way you think
[38:10] The ONE Thing you can do to change thoughts that aren’t serving you
[40:43] What it’s like to become a practice leader

Links & Tools From This Episode

66-Day Challenge: the1thing.com/habits
Training: the1thing.com/training

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232. Changing Your Company’s Culture Starts with ONE Person | Ed Nottingham Mar 09, 2020

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Have you ever found yourself wondering how you can get others to start living The ONE Thing? Whether it would be possible for your company to start reflecting this in their culture?

So many people have reached out and say that they love The ONE Thing, but that they could never get their boss on board, that their company would never get behind it.

Your company’s culture starts with you and our guest today is an example of that. Ed Nottingham is inside human resources at a Fortune 100, he has zero direct reports, and he loved the ideas of The ONE Thing and wanted to start living it as an individual. He never thought this would work inside his company, but it’s become a major initiative there. We’re going to walk through the steps of what this looked like so that you — as an individual — can begin to empower others to live The ONE Thing.

In this episode, we continuously point to two models we use: The GPS and the 411. If you would like to get a copy of those, visit the1thing.com/resources to download the templates or visit the1thing.com/training to learn how to start using them.

In this episode, you will learn...

[05:58] The doubts about the content in the book
[07:26] Becoming a practice leader of The ONE Thing
[09:57] Focusing on Your ONE Thing before checking anyone else’s priorities
[15:35] Focusing on what you can control
[20:07] Driving change bottom-up and top-down
[26:45] Creating clarity on what The ONE Thing in your business is
[36:06] The model of how to drive change within a company

Links & Tools From This Episode

Free resources: the1thing.com/resources
Training: the1thing.com/training

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231. Time Blocking | A New Model for Your Time Mar 02, 2020

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How is it that, when we all have the same amount of time, some of us achieve extraordinary things while others are simply ordinary?

Everybody knows how to set goals, but what we need to figure out is how to have a relationship with them. How do you stay in touch with the things that you said are important? It’s tough to do, but there’s a simple practice that will help you stay in contact with the things that are important.

We’ve previously talked about how to stop spending your time and start investing it. This happens when you create a model for your time, and the best model you can create for your time is time blocking. It’s so simple most people ignore it, but simplicity is how we get things done.

If you would like to use The ONE Thing Planner to create a time model, we still have some available at the1thing.com/amazon.

In this episode, you will learn...

[08:35] How to get clear on your lead domino every day
[13:33] Getting clear about where you are going and why it’s important
[20:00] Blocking your vacations for the year
[30:03] How a physical planner breaks us free of treating everything equally
[33:49] Placing your big boulders in the planner
[47:17] Putting value on your time
[49:28] Building a bunker

Links & Tools From This Episode

Purchase The ONE Thing Planner at the1thing.com/amazon
Download your 66-day calendar

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230. How to Stop Spending Your Time and Start Investing It! Feb 24, 2020

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Have you ever felt just... overwhelmed? Like there was just so much on your plate that you genuinely couldn’t see how you could get it all done?

It’s in these moments when our systems — our models — have failed. At any time we are hitting the ceiling of our achievement, we are missing something. We’re either missing a person in the form of a mentor, coach, or new hire, or we’re missing a model or system.

Most people, without realizing it, spend their time instead of investing it. They don’t have an expectation for a return on investment from what’s on their calendar or planner. But there is a better way, a better model you can use to get more done and avoid overwhelm. So, in this episode, we’re going to teach you how to create a relationship with your goals that invests your time, allowing you to more easily achieve extraordinary results.

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

In this episode, you will learn...

[05:58] Moving from E to P
[10:18] 3 things we suggest for time blocking
[17:12] Creating a model for your time

Links & Tools From This Episode

Purchase The ONE Thing Planner at the1thing.com/planner
Learn more about Living Your ONE Thing at the1thing.com/habits
Download your 66-day calendar

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229. How ONE Dad & His Kids Live The ONE Thing Models | P.J. Mellana Feb 17, 2020

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Getting tired of putting in hours of work without seeing the results you want?

We all feel overwhelmed sometimes. Work, hobbies, side projects, family life — it’s hard to keep it all balanced, and we don’t want to have to give things up, either. If you want to live a big life, you have to start honing in on the ONE thing you need to get done to achieve your goals.

P.J. Mellana is a practice leader. He has embarked on a journey of living the ONE thing himself, has chosen to hold himself accountable to those principles, and has turned around and empowered other people to live it — not just in his organization, but with his kids. In this episode, P.J. shares how he started living The ONE Thing, how he lived the tools, and how he went on a 66-day challenge to form a power habit, not just for himself but for his 3 kids as well.

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

In this episode, you will learn...

[03:26] What makes it the right time to start living the ONE thing
[07:55] Leaning on the ONE thing community for help and accountability
[11:07] How the 411 impacts focus
[16:53] Using the planner to prioritize your goals
[24:52] Coming up with a model for your time
[28:39] Bringing kids along on the 66-day challenge
[33:23] What somebody beginning the 66-day challenge needs to know

Links & Tools From This Episode

Connect with P.J. on LinkedIn
Want to be a founding member? Help us create our next event: the1thing.com/summit
Download your 66-day calendar

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228. Accountability from a 5-Year-Old | Form A Power Habit Today with Tim Beverlin Feb 10, 2020

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Do you wish there was someone in your world willing to hold you accountable?

Most of us want someone in our life who has a vision of what’s possible for us and is willing to take a stand for our greatness, even when we’re fighting for our limitations.

Tim Beverlin found that person – and he found it in the form of a five-year-old girl. In this episode, Tim shares his own 66-day journey so you can see what it looks like to leverage accountability and form that first power habit – and how weaving purpose into all of this can take your results to an even higher level.

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

In this episode, you will learn...

[02:00] What it’s like on day 66 of a 66-day challenge.
[04:00] How your children can support you and keep you more accountable (and how you can help them live The ONE Thing).
[13:35] How enlisting support from your children can bring a sense of purpose to a 66-day challenge.
[18:20] What you can do to bring a counterbalance to the seven most important areas of your life.
[23:00] How you can decide what your next power habit should be.

Links & Tools From This Episode

Want to be a founding member? Help us create our next event: the1thing.com/summit
Connect with Tim on LinkedIn
Download your 66-day calendar

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227. Dave Hollis | How to Get Out of Your Own Way Feb 03, 2020

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Are you the goal setter in your relationship?

Over the past few years, we’ve noticed a common challenge at our Couples Goal Setting Retreats: in most relationships, one person is a goal setter and the other is not, one person is open to trying anything and the other is a skeptic.

There’s nothing wrong with healthy skepticism, but it’s also important to examine how your natural state can influence your ability — and your partner’s ability — to grow. So, with this natural divide in almost every relationship, how can a couple grow together? Dave Hollis, author of the upcoming Get Out of Your Own Way: A Skeptic's Guide to Growth and Fulfillment and co-host of RISE Together, shares what happened when his partner (past guest Rachel Hollis) started her personal growth journey. While she gained personal momentum, he felt unfulfilled and overcome with fear — and until he confronted the fact that who he was getting further and further away from who he wanted to be, he was stuck. Listen to learn how Dave got out of his own way, and how you can too.

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

We recorded this conversation as part of our monthly ONE Thing webinar series. Every month, we feature an incredible author so that you can learn directly from them and ask questions. If you want to watch the second half of this interview or sign up for our next FREE monthly webinar, head over to the1thing.com/webinars.

In this episode, you will learn...

[07:30] The first step towards getting out of your own way
[16:30] Why you have to role model success, not force someone to change
[18:15] How to use your fear as leverage
[27:00] Does it matter if you’re succeeding or failing?
[33:00] How you can your partner can support each other by alternating roles
[39:15] Why you should stop avoiding that conversation
[50:00] Who you can look to for inspiration and mentorship
[55:00] What ‘frontloading’ is and how you can leverage it in your life

Links & Tools From This Episode

Listen: RISE Together podcast
Read: Get Out of Your Own Way: A Skeptic's Guide to Growth and Fulfillment (March 10, 2020)
Instagram: instagram.com/mrdavehollis
Facebook: facebook.com/mrdavehollis
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dave-hollis-b5a48671
Listen "Episode 195: Stop Apologizing for Your ONE Thing | Rachel Hollis"
Want to be a founding member? Help us create our next event: the1thing.com/summit
Download your 66-day calendar

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226. How to Own Your Attention So You Can Build Better Habits | Anthony Ongaro Jan 27, 2020

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Who is winning in the fight for your attention?

Our attention is incredibly valuable — but the smartest designers in the world are creating applications and technology focused on ONE thing: getting your attention for as long as possible. It’s easy to give our attention to the shiny packaging and notifications that are right in front of us... but what becomes possible when we own our attention?

Anthony Ongaro got tired of all the distractions, so he developed a new approach called Break The Twitch, which helps people regain focus and act purposefully in the moment. You can’t form a new habit if you can’t give it attention for weeks on end, so the advice you’ll hear in this episode is critical for anyone who wants to live The ONE Thing.

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

In this episode, you will learn...

[3:40] When addiction is the new marketing, what can we do?
[8:05] What is “The Twitch?”
[12:45] How you can break the email twitch
[18:00] How to break The Twitch sequentially, not simultaneously
[20:50] How you can become more purposeful about habit formation
[26:00] Creating a powerful fitness habit
[28:00] ONE thing that will make getting into a flow state easier or unnecessary

Links & Tools From This Episode

Learn more at Break The Twitch
Listen to Break The Twitch Podcast
Want to be a founding member? Help us create our next event: the1thing.com/summit
Download your 66-day calendar

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225. Why 66 Days Can Transform Your Year Jan 20, 2020

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Do you want to live a life by design?

Well, we don’t decide our future — we decide our habits and our habits decide our future. That’s why our ONE thing is providing you with the tools and resources necessary to get clarity on your goals and form habits that stick.

To this end, we’ve been working closely with the members of our Living Your ONE Thing Community to support them as they go through a 66-Day Challenge. So, instead of interviewing a bestselling author on our webinar series this month, we decided to share what’s working for them and some of the best practices that will set you up for success when you start your own 66-Day Challenge.

If you would like the additional support of a community that is going on a 66-Day Challenge with you, consider checking out Living Your ONE Thing. You can learn more at the1thing.com/habits.

In this episode, you will learn...

-[5:20] The most powerful habit that Gary Keller has formed over the course of six decades

-[9:30] The most common habits that people encounter when they start a 66-Day Challenge

-[25:30] How to pick your lead domino

-[34:35] The importance of finding your Why

-[50:10] Examples of habits for revenue generation

-[58:30] How do you know if you need to start over on your 66-Day Challenge?

Links & Tools From This Episode

-Learn more about Living Your ONE Thing at the1thing.com/habits

-Download your 66-day calendar

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224. Don’t Fall Behind, Front Load Your Priorities | A New Way to View Time & Have a Relationship With Your Goals Jan 13, 2020

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Do you consider yourself to be a goal setter?

Most people do, and every new year, people set goals in droves, but they struggle to have a relationship with those goals. And as we go back home and go back to our jobs after the holidays, a lot of us fall into the same old routines. But it’s not your fault — the way the majority of people manage their time is outdated.

But there is a new way — a better way — to have a relationship with your goals and manage your time, and that’s what you’re going to learn about in this episode.

Get started now with the free Start Using Your 411 training course. And if you’re looking for some more robust training, you will want to try the Get Results With Your 411 foundational course, which will also show you how to introduce the 411 to your team.

In this episode, you will learn...

-[1:30] Why it’s not your fault that you never learned how to properly set goals

-[10:30] Why you don’t need to know what your top priority is before you create your first 411

-[23:15] What a couple’s goal-setting retreat at home looks like

-[26:40] Do you prefer to play with a lead or come from behind?

-[33:20] What motivates us to use our time in a way that serves our goals

-[35:30] How you can create accountability in your life

Links & Tools From This Episode

-Download a free 411 template

-Learn how to Start Using Your 411

-Get Results With Your 411 Foundational Course

-Join the Living Your ONE Thing Community