The ONE Thing

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213. Find Your Lead Domino | Ed McFarland Oct 28, 2019

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As you’ve gone down your path towards living The ONE Thing, have you ever found yourself struggling to identify where to start?

A lot of us experience this challenge. We are used to thinking big and acting big, but we struggling to think big and go small; we struggle to create relationships with our goals.

So, today, we’re going to talk to Ed McFarland, someone who read the book about a year ago and then dove into the podcast, and we’re going to share a live coaching conversation. We’re going to help him — and you — articulate a big vision and identify the lead domino.

If you want to have an experience like the one in this episode, then you’ll love the Couples Goal-Setting Retreat.

In this episode, you will learn...

-[7:15] What stops most people from getting the results they want

-[12:00] How will you know you’re successful?

-[19:00] How to become the type of person that can recruit and retain people with exceptional talent

Links & Tools From This Episode

-Connect with Ed at www.lobsterbarnyc.com

-Join us at our Goal-Setting Retreat (Nov. 9th & 10th in Austin, TX): the1thing.com/event.

-Download the FREE Kick Ass Guide® to Your Couples Goal Setting Retreat

-We’ll help you facilitate a retreat with the Goal Setting Retreat Master Course

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212. Unintended Consequences of Setting Goals Looking Forward | Clay Clark Oct 21, 2019

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Have you ever worked hard day in and day out, week after week, only to find yourself wondering why you’re even doing what you’re doing?

Sometimes we are so focused on climbing the ladder that we don’t notice it’s leaning against the wrong wall — and this is because there are unintended consequences to setting your goals by looking forward.

When you set goals looking forward, you miss the most important part of goal setting: where you’re going and why you’re going. If you don’t have that purpose and priority before you set your goals and start working away at them, you can’t be productive. So, in this episode, Clay Clark, Founder of ThriveTime Show and co-host of Business School Without the BS, is going to share when he realized he was living a life by default and how he started living a life by design.

If you want this same experience facilitated for you, consider joining us at our Goal-Setting Retreat.

In this episode, you will learn...

[9:30] How you can start reclaiming your calendar and your time
[19:00] The ONE thing that will make saying no easier or unnecessary
[26:00] What Clay wishes he had done earlier (and what you can start doing now)

Links & Tools From This Episode

Learn more at thrivetimeshow.com
Listen: Business School Without the BS

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211. ONE Year After Setting Goals Together, This Happened | Jake & Alyx Dreyfuss Oct 14, 2019

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No one succeeds alone — yet, most people try to.

One of the biggest mistakes we see people making is that they set goals by themselves, and then they struggle throughout the year because the people who are in their life — the people who have to buy into their goals if they want to accomplish them — aren’t on the same page.

That’s why we created The ONE Thing Couple’s Goal-Setting Retreat, modeling an exercise that Jay and Wendy Papasan have been doing for the past decade. The point isn’t to negotiate for whose goals are right, but for each person to understand what the other person’s goals are and how they can support the other person in achieving those goals. In this episode, we’re going to look at what happens when a couple, for the first time, sets their goals together. The results are pretty amazing, but here’s the best part: you can do it too.

If you want to put the ideas discussed in this episode into action, consider joining us at our Goal-Setting Retreat. And if you can’t make it to Austin this year, we’ll help you host your own retreat with the Kick Ass Guide® to Your Couples Goal Setting Retreat and the Goal Setting Retreat Master Course.

In this episode, you will learn...

[13:20] How you know when you aren’t on the same page with the people close to you.
[17:50] What has surprised Jake & Alyx since their goal-setting retreat.
[25:40] Why you should set goals with not just your significant other, but also your business partner and/or team.
[29:10] What you should avoid when you’re setting goals.
[30:00] How to set goals when you aren’t a natural goal setter (and why you should).

Links & Tools From This Episode

Join us at our Goal-Setting Retreat (Nov. 9th & 10th in Austin, TX): the1thing.com/event.
Download the FREE Kick Ass Guide® to Your Couples Goal Setting Retreat
We’ll help you facilitate a retreat with the Goal Setting Retreat Master Course

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210. ONE Thing to Grow Together as a Couple | Kaelyn Loes & Brent Wallace Oct 07, 2019

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When you set your goals, are you doing it by yourself or with your significant other?

When we’re not aligned with the people who are most important to us, the people who have a significant stake in our lives, we’re eliminating one of the most powerful support systems we have — and putting obstacles in the path of our goals. So how can we get them on board with the goal-setting process, even if they’re not goal setters themselves?

In this episode, we’re going to look at what one couple did in this exact situation, Kaelyn Loes and Brent Wallace. One of them was your prototypical goal setter — they read the book, listened to the podcast, used productivity apps — while the other felt that the goal-setting process restricted them at times. But today, they go on this journey together, and in this episode you’ll learn about the tools and conversations that helped them come into alignment.

In this episode, you will learn...

[2:00] Why being disinterested or disengaged with your partner’s goal-setting process can devalue their goals
[6:00] How to support your goal-setting partner, even if you aren’t a goal setter yourself
[20:15] How going on of a couple’s goal-setting retreat can change your relationship
[27:50] How goal-setting retreats can create much-needed context around your partner’s goals
[31:00] What happens if you discover that you and your partner aren’t aligned
[41:15] Questions you can ask your partner to enlist their support in the goal-setting process

Links & Tools From This Episode

Join us at our Goal-Setting Retreat (Nov. 9th & 10th in Austin, TX): the1thing.com/event.
Download the FREE Kick Ass Guide® to Your Couples Goal Setting Retreat
We’ll help you facilitate a retreat with the Goal Setting Retreat Master Course

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209. Proven Practices for Setting Goals as a Couple Sep 30, 2019

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What were you taught about setting goals as a kid?

If we’re taught anything, we’re usually taught to set goals around New Year’s. But now, as we head into the last quarter of the year, is actually the perfect time to start considering our goals for the upcoming year.

Gary Keller and Jay Papasan show us that, if you want to have great success, you have to have a bigger view of time — and you have to understand that the actions you take today may not have results until days or months down the road. So, in this episode, Jay and Wendy Papasan are going to share how they’ve been setting goals for years and how you can apply these simple practices into your own relationship and/or business, even if the other people in your world aren’t goal setters.

If you want to join us at our Goal-Setting Retreat Nov. 9th & 10th in Austin, TX, you can learn more at the1thing.com/event. And if you can’t make it to Austin this year, we’ll help you host your own retreat with the Kick Ass Guide® to Your Couples Goal Setting Retreat and the Goal Setting Retreat Master Course.

In this episode, you will learn...

[8:30] What a couple’s goal-setting retreat looks like
[12:10] The importance of getting in alignment with your life or business partner
[21:45] How to enlist the support of someone who is resistant to goal setting
[40:20] What you can do if there is a struggle around who will lead your couple’s goal-setting retreat

Links & Tools From This Episode

Join us at our Goal-Setting Retreat (Nov. 9th & 10th in Austin, TX): the1thing.com/event.
Download the FREE Kick Ass Guide® to Your Couples Goal Setting Retreat
We’ll help you facilitate a retreat with the Goal Setting Retreat Master Course

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208. Strengthening Your Family With The ONE Thing | Brock & Angie Nyborg Sep 23, 2019

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Where are you on the journey of TIME?

We start by treading to keep our heads above water. Then we start implementing some of the systems, followed by eventually mastering those systems. And towards the end of the journey, eventually, we will all want to turn around to empower others — especially our family.

Today, we are going to meet a couple, Brock and Angie Nyborg, who were introduced to The ONE Thing just over a year ago. We really respect that they didn’t just consume the content, but backed it with action — and in this episode, you’re going to hear how they’re life and family have changed over the past year.

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

In this episode, you will learn...

[2:50] How The ONE Thing helped bring order to the chaotic life of a family with four children and seven businesses
[14:25] How to get clarity on the future, as a family
[22:00] How to build a strong foundation that, over time, will lead to extraordinary results
[29:45] How to enlist support from your friends or family
[33:10] ONE thing you can do right now

Links & Tools From This Episode

Get started on your journey at the1thing.com/resources
If you’re looking for some support to get to the next level, we have courses, events, and communities that are ready to help at the1thing.com/training

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207. Think Big, Go Small, Trust the Dominos Will Fall | Chris Hofmann Sep 16, 2019

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The ONE Thing is about the surprisingly simple truth behind extraordinary results — but anyone who has tried knows that simple doesn’t mean easy.

Life throws us curveballs. We lose clarity on what The ONE Thing is. We struggle to protect our time blocks when life happens. We are taking on more and looking for higher levels of achievement, but the models and systems we have in place are being stressed. How, in those moments, can we get back on track?

Today, our guest is Chris Hofmann, who is a member of our Living Your ONE Thing Community. He was well on his way to building a career as a successful executive, counterbalancing that with a great family life, when his world was turned upside down by a series of strokes. Before he knew it, simple tasks were no longer so simple — but he used The ONE Thing to put his life back together.

If you want to join Chris in the Living Your ONE Thing Community, you can try it for FREE for two weeks at the1thing.com/community.

In this episode, you will learn...

[4:30] What it’s like when it feels like almost every area of your life is reset to zero
[8:20] What happens when you keep asking the focusing question until you find the smallest action you can take
[11:30] How to close the gap between clarity and execution
[14:15] How to enlist support from your team and/or family
[21:20] What it looks like when your team adopts The ONE Thing mindset — and what changes
[35:20] How to stay consistent on your journey to Living Your ONE Thing

Links & Tools From This Episode

Join the Living Your ONE Thing Community for FREE for two weeks at the1thing.com/community
Find resources for yourself, your team, or your family at the1thing.com/training

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206.ONE Thing to Overcome Overwhelm | Tiffany Cavegn Sep 09, 2019

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Do you feel overwhelmed?

We live in a fast-paced world with a lot of expectations, and as a result, it’s easy to fall into the trap of overwhelm — and as we all know, it’s extremely easy to fall off the wagon and stop living the principles of The ONE Thing when life happens.

But our guest, Tiffany Cavegn, shows us that you can keep living Your ONE Thing even when everything is falling apart around you, if you know how to leverage support. Tiffany has been dealing with so much in her life lately, between supporting a chronically ill child and running two businesses, but she’s been soldiering down the road to mastery in spite of it all and the results have been extraordinary.

If you want to join Tiffany in the Living Your ONE Thing Community, you can try it for FREE for two weeks at the1thing.com/community.

In this episode, you will learn...

[6:20] How Tiffany started living The ONE Thing and found her first domino
[12:00] What you can do to pick yourself up after you stumble
[22:30] Why it’s not about doing Your ONE Thing — it’s about asking yourself the focusing question, over and over again

Links & Tools From This Episode

Join the Living Your ONE Thing Community for FREE for two weeks at the1thing.com/community
Connect with Tiffany: www.linkedin.com/in/tiffany-cavegn-b8506464/

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205. A Journey to Asking ProduKtive™ Questions Sep 02, 2019

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Are you on the road to mastery?

It doesn’t matter what we endeavor to master – but if we want to live a life with extraordinary results, we have to master something.

So, in this episode, we will share what walking this path looks like in our lives and offer you some practical advice that you use to begin walking your own path to mastery.

If you want more support and accountability on your road to mastery, you can join the Living Your ONE Thing Community for FREE for two weeks at the1thing.com/community.

In this episode, you will learn...

[3:45] How to get started on your path to mastery
[12:00] What it means to ask great questions & why you need to on the road to mastery
[22:15] Why most people fail living The ONE Thing

Links & Tools From This Episode

Join the Living Your ONE Thing Community for FREE for two weeks at the1thing.com/community

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204. BONUS | Choose What You Will Master Wisely Aug 26, 2019

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Have you ever found that the principles we discuss in this show and in the book sound easy – but then, in practice, end up being really difficult to make a consistent part of your life?

We get it, and we know that stumbling along the journey to living Your ONE Thing can feel isolating. That’s why our #1 priority this year has been nurturing the Living Your ONE Thing community that supports people who need more accountability; who need support when they feel lost or alone.

Each month, the community comes together for a live coaching call and discuss how we can be more intentional in living the tools and bring a higher level of accountability into our lives. Because we just wrapped up our three-part accountability series, we want to share one of these coaching calls with you so that you can see what this accountability looks like in action and what it looks like to live the 80/20 rule.

If the Living Your ONE Thing community is something you’re interested in, you can try it for FREE for two weeks at the1thing.com/community.

In this episode, you will learn...