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183. Everyday Millionaires | Chris Hogan Apr 01, 2019

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What would your life look like if you had the opportunity to sit down and interview 10,000 millionaires about their journey?

If we all had guidance on the ONE thing that could make building extraordinary wealth easier or unnecessary, we could transform our lives, our family’s lives, and the world.

That’s why our guest and his team commissioned the largest study ever on net-worth millionaires. They then wrote about what they found in the bestselling book Everyday Millionaires: How Ordinary People Built Extraordinary Wealth—and How You Can Too. Chris Hogan is also host of The Chris Hogan Show one of Dave Ramsey’s personalities, and we are excited to have him on the show to share how you can better understand and adopt the psychology of millionaires.

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...

[9:00] The myths of what it takes to be a millionaire
[15:20] Why there is no relationship between where you are now and where you end up
[18:00] Why you need to go beyond writing down your goals
[19:30] How to set goals in a relationship
[26:00] What all millionaires have in common

The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode:

What stood out to you in this episode?

Is it clarifying your beliefs? Budgeting? Changing your mindset around income? Having a meeting about dreams and goals with your significant other?

Pick the ONE thing you CAN do from this episode that will make achieving extraordinary wealth easier or unnecessary – then take action! Identify that first two-inch domino, put it in your calendar, and start making your dreams a reality.

Links & Tools From This Episode

Learn more at http://chrishogan360.com
Net worth calculator: http://chrishogan360.com/networth
Read: Everyday Millionaires: How Ordinary People Built Extraordinary Wealth—and How You Can Too
Join us for a retreat: http://the1thing.com/events

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Bonus: Behind the Curtain Following Our Path of Mastery Mar 26, 2019

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If you want to live the surprisingly simple truth behind extraordinary results, you must make three commitments:

Follow the Path of Mastery
Move from "E" to "P"
Living the Accountability Cycle

In this episode we take you behind the curtain following our path of mastery.

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182. How Billionaires Set Goals (Part 2) Mar 25, 2019

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Are your priorities today aligned with your five-year goals?

If we aren’t taking steps towards our someday goals every single day, we’re probably never going to get there – at least not any time soon. But if we have the right mindset and structures in place, not only can we achieve our someday goals, we can achieve them even faster than we think is possible.

Last week, Jay Papasan and Geoff Woods discussed the how billionaires set goals using a process called Goal Setting to the Now. Today, we’re going to share the tools and processes that billionaires use to ensure they stay on track towards their someday goals, every day.

In this episode, you will learn...

[5:00] How to make progress towards big goals, as a team, using a GPS
[13:00] The mistake that most people make when they start time blocking
[27:15] How you can use leverage to ensure that you’re always acting in order of priority
[42:30] What you can do to help others with their time management and goal setting

The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode:

We want you to think big, then go small.

Think big about your someday goals. Think big about being the type of person who has a GPS, who updates their 411 every single week, who time blocks their priorities and says no to all the distractions. That’s the big vision.

And now let’s go small – what’s the ONE thing you can do, such that be doing it, everything else will be easier or unnecessary?

Jay suggests you can just make a commitment to getting the first draft of Your GPS done by Wednesday, or if you already have that, complete or update Your 411.

Links & Tools From This Episode

If you want more support, join the Living Your ONE Thing Community
Download your 411: the1thing.com/411
Download Your GPS: https://www.the1thing.com/resources/your-gps/

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181. How Billionaires Set Goals (Part 1) Mar 18, 2019

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

Most of us are living a life by default. We wake up, take action, experience some successes, experience some failures, then repeat – but we get what we get by default. When billionaires set goals, however, they cast a vision into the future, then look backwards and set goals to the now. That’s how we live a life by design.

In this episode, we’re sharing the first half of Jay Papasan and Geoff Woods’s keynote presentation at the Keller Williams Family Reunion Convention 2019. This part is about the high-level principles of goal setting like a billionaire, and in the second part, we will dive into the tools billionaires use for goal setting.

In this episode, you will learn...

[3:40] How you can start goal setting to the now
[11:20] What you can learn from Gary Keller about getting clarity on your goals
[16:00] Where in your life are you currently chasing distractions and saying no to what is truly the priority?

The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode:

If you want to achieve extraordinary results, you can’t set goals looking forward. You have to have a vision for where you want to end up so that you can look back and identify the path that will get you there.

When you do that, you will know how to separate a true priority from a distraction.

Links & Tools From This Episode

To help you start this process, go download the FREE Kick Ass Guide® to Goal Setting.
If you want more support, join the Living Your ONE Thing Community
If you want to have your own goal setting retreat, check out The ONE Thing Couples Goal Setting Master Course

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180. ONE Thing to Manage Stress & Overwhelm | Craig Ballantyne Mar 11, 2019

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What happens when your actions aren’t aligned with your goals?

When we are focusing on our ONE thing, it’s not like the rest of the world stops. The emails don’t stop piling up, meeting requests don’t cease to exist, and customer fires don’t magically disappear. The deeper we go into our one thing, the more this pressure builds – and we’re often so afraid of this chaos that we use time set aside for our ONE thing to clear off some of that 80% work. It feels productive for a moment, but in reality, we’re acting out of alignment with our goals.

So what happens when real stress and real anxiety starts to build up, and how do you deal with it without taking a detour off of the road to being extraordinary? To help us answer those questions, we are joined once again by Craig Ballantyne, author of the Wall-Street Journal Bestseller Unstoppable and The Perfect Day Formula.

In this episode, you will learn...

[4:00] How we suffer from the paradox of freedom
[7:00] What catalyzes our stress and anxiety
[18:45] How you can get clarity on what’s most important
[24:00] How to take a more proactive approach to your life

The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode:

Out of everything that you heard in this episode, what is the ONE thing that really stood out to you? And how can we take that spark of interest, that curiosity, and turn it into action?

It’s ONE thing at a time, over time, that creates results – so just pick ONE thing, and if you’re not in the middle of a 66-day challenge, start one: http://the1thing.com/66daychallenge.

Links & Tools From This Episode

Learn more at https://www.craigballantyne.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realcraigballantyne/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraigBallantyneFanpage/
Pre-order: Unstoppable: How to Get Through Hell, Overcome Anxiety, and Dominate in Business and Life
Do you want to know The Perfect Day Formula?: Get your FREE copy
Listen: “Ep. 45 - The Biggest Mistakes Successful People Make in Their Routines with Craig Ballantyne”

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Get more support & accountability: Join the Living Your ONE Thing Community
The Kick Ass Guide To Accountability
Form your first power habit with your 66 Day Challenge Calendar
Check out our awesome blog!

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179. How a Promise Can Make Your ONE Thing Stick | Alex Sheen Mar 04, 2019

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Have you ever scheduled time for your most important work?

Chances are, all of us has done this at least once. But do you regularly time block and then protect that time like the air you breathe, defending it against every distraction that comes up? For most of us, the answer is no – but why is that?

In this episode, we suggest that this is because we’re not great at keeping the promises we make to ourselves or to others – and we believe that if you can get a little more intentional about the promises you make when you’re planning your time, and the commitments you make to others, then everything else will become easier or unnecessary. Our guest, Alex Sheen, has taken this idea of a promise and turned it into a movement and a book called Because I Said I Would, which is helping people all over the world make promises that stick.

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 sign up for our next FREE monthly webinar, head over to the1thing.com/webinars.

In this episode, you will learn...

[7:30] How the “market conditions” of promises have changed with technology
[12:30] The anatomy of a promise
[18:00] How you can gracefully say no – and still help people move towards their goals
[28:30] How you can leverage time blocking to prioritize what you do and don’t promise to do

The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode:

What’s the ONE thing that you’re not doing that would make saying no easier or unnecessary?

Maybe you need to get clear on why you’re saying yes to what you’re saying yes to and no to what you’re saying no to. If you don’t have clarity on your bigger purpose, your bigger Why, it can be difficult to stick to your guns and say no when it matters.

Or maybe you need a go-to no sentence like Alex’s: “It would be easy for me to say yes right now, but I respect you too much to keep a promise I can’t keep.”

How much time do you think you’ll need to block to come up with that sentence? And how many times do you think you’ll have to practice it, even just one time a day, before it just sounds natural? Sounds like a good candidate for a 66-Day Challenge: http://the1thing.com/66daychallenge.

Links & Tools From This Episode

Learn more at https://becauseisaidiwould.com/
Read: Because I Said I Would
Get your promise cards: https://becauseisaidiwould.com/requestcards/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BecauseISaidIWould/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bcisaidiwould
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/becauseisaidiwould/

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Get more support & accountability: Join the Living Your ONE Thing Community
The Kick Ass Guide To Accountability
Form your first power habit with your 66 Day Challenge Calendar
Check out our awesome blog!

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178. What To Do When Your ONE Thing Changes | Ryan Lee Feb 25, 2019

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So you have clarity on what your ONE thing is – but what do you do if you have more than ONE thing, or if your ONE thing changes?

How do we know if we have truly earned the right to focus on something else? Today we’re going to hear the story of someone who tried to do focus on everything, until he started living the principles of The ONE Thing. He simplified his life, started scaling a great business, and struck an amazing counterbalance.

However, in the last year, he looked up and realized that his lead domino has changed – so what did he do? Ryan Lee, founder of REWIND, joins us to share his story about creating simplicity in his life.

In this episode, you will learn...

[7:00] What it looks like when your lead domino changes.
[18:00] How to build a routine that allows you to focus on the biggest priority in your life.
[26:10] Overcoming the thief of chaos.
[35:00] How to simplify your life with the simple act of saying no.

The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode:

If you want to take the next step in gaining clarity on your priorities, head over to the1thing.com/training to learn more about 411 Foundations: Put Your Goals into Action.

Or if the ONE thing you need is a community to support you and hold you accountable, check out the Living Your ONE Thing Community.

Links & Tools From This Episode

Check out https://rewindtoday.com (use code “onething” for 20% off your order)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlee7/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ryanleefan/
Download Your 411: https://www.the1thing.com/resources/
Take the new Your 411 Training Course: 411 Foundations: Put Your Goals into Action
Ep 143 – The Habit that Cost $100MM to Learn and Why It Was Worth It (Part 1) – Keith Cunningham
The Habit that Cost $100MM to Learn and Why It Was Worth It (Part 2) – Keith Cunningham

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Get more support & accountability: Join the Living Your ONE Thing Community
The Kick Ass Guide To Accountability
Form your first power habit with your 66 Day Challenge Calendar
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177. Losing 50 Pounds in 5 Months | Habits & the 411 with Chris LaGarde Feb 18, 2019

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You’re listening to this podcast... but are you living The ONE Thing?

Our guest read the book early on, started listening to the podcast, and achieved some extraordinary results as it pertains to his health – and all because he didn’t stop at consuming the content. He took action.

Chris LaGarde struggled with his weight for his entire life, which ultimately affected his sense of worth and caused him to doubt if he even could have the body that he wanted. But by doing one thing at a time, over time, he’s truly accomplished something extraordinary: losing 50 pounds in five months.

In this episode, you will learn...

[5:45] How purpose helps you identify and knock down that first lead domino.
[16:50] Why forming a relationship with your goals helps you achieve them – and how you can live this with Your 411.
[27:30] What you need to hear if the results you want seem like they’re too far away.

The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode:

Consuming content is great, and we appreciate that you listen to this podcast – but will you be the type of person who turns it into results by taking action?

If you have not yet downloaded the 411, that is your first step: https://www.the1thing.com/resources/.

And if you want more training on how to use it, check out 411 Foundations: Put Your Goals into Action.

Links & Tools From This Episode

Download Your 411: https://www.the1thing.com/resources/
Take the new Your 411 Training Course: 411 Foundations: Put Your Goals into Action
Join the Living Your ONE Thing Community

AWESOME FREE RESOURCES FOR YOU!

Get more support & accountability: Join the Living Your ONE Thing Community
The Kick Ass Guide To Accountability
Form your first power habit with your 66 Day Challenge Calendar
Check out our awesome blog!

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176. Holding Weekly 411's with Your Team and Yourself | Claire Bohne Feb 11, 2019

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What is the ONE thing that will make everything else easier or unnecessary, in every area of your life?

In this episode, we sit down with someone who lives by this powerful tool – the 411 – and get her perspective on what that looks like and how you can coach others to live by it, too.

Our guest is Claire Bohne, a business coach whose job is to hold people accountable to this ONE thing every single week.

In this episode, you will learn...

[2:45] How the 411 forces you to get clarity
[6:00] What mindset you need when you create your 411 and annual plan
[9:30] How you can prepare 411s with your team and the other important people in your life
[19:15] How to make accountability conversations comfortable conversations
[21:10] What it looks like to co-create 411s with your significant other
[24:50] How to avoid common mistakes when you create your 411

The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode:

What’s your next step?

You have a few options:

If you’ve never done a 411, head over to https://www.the1thing.com/resources/ and download the template today
If you want help training yourself and others in how to best use the 411, check out our course: 411 Foundations: Put Your Goals into Action
If you want a little more accountability in the process, consider signing up for The ONE Thing Coaching and working with someone like Claire

Links & Tools From This Episode

Claire on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairemendezbohne/
Download Your 411: https://www.the1thing.com/resources/
Take the new Your 411 Training Course: 411 Foundations: Put Your Goals into Action
Join the Living Your ONE Thing Community

AWESOME FREE RESOURCES FOR YOU!

Get more support & accountability: Join the Living Your ONE Thing Community
The Kick Ass Guide To Accountability
Form your first power habit with your 66 Day Challenge Calendar
Check out our awesome blog!

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175. The Surprising Power of Mastering the Fundamentals with the 411 Feb 04, 2019

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What does football have to do with the 411?

Well back in 1960, the Packers made it to the NFL Championship, had a lead the whole game, and then lost to the Eagles in a stunning display in the fourth quarter. On the first day of training camp the following year, coach Vince Lombardi walked into the locker room, held up a football, and said, “This is a football.”

Why did Lombardi start with something so fundamental? He realized that if they could truly understand the surprising power of mastering the fundamentals, that that ONE thing could make everything else easier or unnecessary – and in 1961, the Packers went on to win the championship. So in this episode, we’re going to help you master the most fundamental tool in The ONE Thing toolbox: the 411.

In this episode, you will learn...

[6:30] How to get clarity on what matters most thing is using the 411.
[12:00] How to differentiate a priority from a distraction by goal setting to the now.
[19:00] Why sometimes you will be succeeding so slowly that you feel like you’re failing.

The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode:

Getting what you want out of life is not about doing more – it’s about doing more of what matters most.

Everything does not matter equally, and there are a handful of things that you can do, at any moment, that will create the majority of your results. Are you willing to try leveraging a 411 so that you are always clear on what those priorities are, so that your planner and your calendar can match your priorities?

If you want to get started on this...