The ONE Thing

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174. How Great Leaders Create Connection in the Age of Isolation | Dan Schawbel Jan 28, 2019

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How do you show up as a better leader, and how do you do it in a world that’s constantly distracting us?

Technology has changed our lives in profoundly positive ways, but it’s also created more distractions than ever before – and if you’re like most people, you probably feel more disconnected than ever before.

So we sat down with the author of Back to Human: How Great Leaders Create Connection in the Age of Isolation, Dan Schawbel, to discuss how we can do a better job at facilitating connections in the workplace, in spite of the technology that’s constantly surrounding us.

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...

[6:25] What’s at stake if we keep using technology the way we are now.
[11:30] What it looks like to start developing trust between the people you lead.
[16:15] How do you help people get clear on the team’s purpose and what fulfills people on an individual level?
[24:00] How you can create connection (and the ONE thing that makes it easier or unnecessary)

The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode:

What is the ONE thing you can do, such that by doing it, everything else will be easier or unnecessary when it comes to making connections with people?

Dan says the most important skill is being able to work with other people. As a leader, as a manager, as a human, this will always be important. So what’s ONE thing you can do to improve your ability to work with others?

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Learn more at https://danschawbel.com/
Read: Back to Human: How Great Leaders Create Connection in the Age of Isolation
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danschawbel/

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The Kick Ass Guide To Accountability
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173. Getting on the Same Page with Money | A Couples Goal Setting Retreat Case Study Jan 21, 2019

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Do you have a New Year’s Resolution about your health, organization, or money?

There’s a good chance you do because, statistically, these are the three most common goals people set every year. But as we mentioned in the last episode, only eight percent of people actually succeed in implementing their resolutions. One of the big challenges here is that you can’t succeed alone, especially if you have a significant other, but so many of us try to.

Today, we are sharing the case study of a couple who ran up against that challenge year after year – which, ultimately, meant they were fighting about money year after year – until they started having an annual couple’s goal-setting retreat 10 years ago. Now, Jenn and JP Lewis never fight about money, and in this episode, we’re going to break down how they did it and the ONE thing you can do today that will make everything else easier or unnecessary when it comes to setting your annual goals.

In this episode, you will learn...

[4:45] Jenn’s advice for anyone who is hesitant to participate in a couple’s goal-setting retreat
[12:00] What it looks like to reallocate funds and time to what matters most, as a team.
[18:00] Why you need emotional buy-in during the goal-setting process.
[25:00] The ONE thing you can do to make starting the couple’s goal-setting process easier or unnecessary.
[43:30] How becoming part of a community of goal setters can bring your couple’s goal setting to a new level.

The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode:

So, out of everything that you've heard in this episode, what's your lead domino? What's that first step?

We’ll recap the tools covered in this episode, and you can choose just ONE to be your lead domino:

Sit down and ask each other the questions that Jenn and JP talked about (and this is their suggestion for where to start), which you can find in the Kick Ass Guide® to Your Couples Goal Setting Retreat.
Download your 411 template: https://www.the1thing.com/resources/
Sign up for The ONE Thing Goal Setting Master Course
Join the Living Your ONE Thing Community
Sign up for one of our yearly retreats: The ONE Thing Couples Goal Setting Retreat or The ONE Thing Mid-Year RESET Retreat

The choice is yours. Where will you actually begin? And will you just be the type of person that takes action before you check your email today?

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172. Increase Your Impact with The ONE Thing | Wyatt Graves Jan 14, 2019

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Have you started implementing the principles of The ONE Thing in your life?

It’s surprisingly simple... but it’s not easy. We’ve spoken with thousands of you who have started living The ONE Thing, and once you start going down that path, you realize something pretty quickly: there’s no way to succeed alone.

Today, we’re sharing Wyatt Graves’ journey from discovering to implementing the principles of The ONE Thing – to empowering a community to live these principles, too.

In this episode, you will learn...

[7:45] What changes when you start living The ONE Thing
[13:00] How Wyatt recruited the most important people in his life to come to the goal-setting retreat with him (even those who were a little skeptical)
[19:30] What it looks like when you have a relationship with your goals
[26:40] What most people are missing when they start trying to implement The ONE Thing
[33:00] How to endure the monotony of success

The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode:

Are you on your road to mastery when it comes to living The ONE Thing? And what do you think will be possible if the people in your world start going down that road, too?

When we asked Wyatt why he continues down this road to mastery, he said it’s because he knows that all leadership begins with self-leadership; it’s difficult to influence the people you care about if you’re not, first and foremost, walking the talk.

So who in your world do you really care about and who need to hear this message? Who do you want to experience what you’re experiencing by implementing the principles of The ONE Thing?

Send them this episode, send them to the1thing.com, or send an email introducing them to Geoff [at] the1thing.com and he will personally respond. We are that committed because we are unwilling to accept the status quo of living a life by default, instead of living a life by design.

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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171. Resolutions vs. Habits | Why ONE is Better Than the Other Jan 07, 2019

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Half of all Americans make New Year’s resolutions each year – but how many succeed?

According to a study conducted by the University of Scranton and published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology, only EIGHT PERCENT of people who set resolutions will actually succeed in implementing them.

Today, we want to share why we believe that so many people fail – and the ONE thing you can do to be successful in making the changes you want to make this year.

In this episode, you will learn...

[2:45] Why most people aren’t successful in implementing their resolutions.
[5:40] Why does it matter if you get in better shape, get more organized, or spend less (three of the most common resolutions)?
[6:30] How to get clear on the WHY and PURPOSE behind your goals.
[11:30] Why your time blocking needs to reflect your priorities.
[13:30] What motivates people.
[18:00] What you can do to turn a resolution into a habit.
[22:45] ONE tip for becoming part of the 8% who succeed.

The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode:

So, where do you get started?

Like anything with The ONE Thing, we encourage you to think big and then go small. So instead of thinking about everything we talked about in this episode, we encourage you to focus on just the ONE thing you can do that will make everything else easier or unnecessary.

Keep asking the clarifying question until you find a specific, measurable activity – then go on a 66-day challenge, put that activity in your calendar, and make that activity a habit.

Links & Tools From This Episode

Get your 411 & 66-Day Challenge Calendar: https://www.the1thing.com/resources/
The ONE Thing Goal Setting Master Course: http://the1thing.com/training

AWESOME FREE RESOURCES FOR YOU!

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

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170. It’s Time for Your Goal Setting Retreat Dec 10, 2018

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Think back to five years ago. What did you desperately want in your life? And have you achieved those goals yet?

Gary Keller says that we can be anywhere we want in the next five years, but many of us are pretty much in the same place we were five years ago. Why is that? Because extraordinary results are only possible when you do the right things: when you have clarity about the direction that you’re going, clarity on your priorities, your calendar matches those priorities, and you act in order of priority.

With the Holidays and New Year around the corner, this is the time of year when many of us are again dreaming about the future – and this time around, we want to help you establish a relationship with your goals so that you can knock down those big dominos!

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169. What Stops Entrepreneurs from Achieving Extraordinary Growth & Succeeding Through Others Dec 03, 2018

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Do you want to build an empire?

Everything that’s required to achieve extraordinary results and, ultimately, build an empire is surprisingly simple – but that doesn’t mean everyone is doing those things. So in this episode, we discuss some of the simple little things that most entrepreneurs are not doing, preventing them from achieving the extraordinary growth they desire.

This episode was originally recorded for an episode of Ryan Moran’s The One Percent, but we knew that some of you needed to hear this conversation as well. You can hear more from both Ryan Moran and Geoff Woods at CapCon 2019 (Jan 21-23 in Dallas), where Geoff will be a guest speaker.

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168. Missing Work-Life Balance? Make it ONE of Your Goals! Nov 26, 2018

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Are you spending too much time working in pursuit of freedom?

Gary Keller says you can be anywhere you want in the next five years... and if this is true, it really comes down to how you manage your time. We can't work more hours in the day and have a more flexible lifestyle, so something else has to change.

In this episode, we’re sharing one of our most impactful episodes and one of our most-requested guests, Gene Rivers. After The ONE Thing Goal-Setting retreat, we realized we needed to share this story with you all again to remind you what’s possible when you truly invest your time (as opposed to spending it on emails and meetings and random tasks). Gene and his wife run nine successful businesses while still finding time to vacation four months out of the year and devote time to their family every day. He will teach you how you can get anything you want when you're intentional with your time and willing to focus on the most important work.

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167. How Hidden Networks Can Transform Your Life and Your Career | David Burkus Nov 19, 2018

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Are you in relationships with the right people, and are you being intentional about investing in the relationships that matter most?

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again – no one succeeds alone.

We sat down with the best-selling author of Friend of a Friend, David Burkus, to learn why you don’t really need to be networking to meet new people, how most of the relationships and people you need to access can be gained by tapping in the people you’re already in a relationship with, and the key habits you can form to completely transform the quality of those relationships.

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166. How L'Occitane Brought The ONE Thing to Their Organization Nov 12, 2018

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Do you want to live the principles of The ONE Thing not only in your personal life, but in your organization too?

Sometimes we doubt whether we’ll get buy-in from leadership, or whether these principles can truly become part of the bigger corporate culture. It’s something a lot of us wrestle with throughout our careers.

In this episode, we share a case study of what it looks like to bring the principles of The ONE Thing into a large organization. L’Occitane is a natural beauty brand from the South of France that was started in 1976, focusing on selling skin care, body care, and fragrances. Fast forward to today and they’re in more than 90 countries and on a mission to empower women around the globe. We’re joined by Shannon Greer, L’Occitane’s Vice President of Retail in North America.

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165. Time Blocking for Rapid Business Growth | with Matthew Pollard Nov 05, 2018

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Do you ever feel like you’re putting in a lot of hard work to achieve extraordinary results in your business or in you role, day in and day out, but you just aren’t going anywhere?

We all have the same 24 hours in a day, yet some people get different results – and it all comes down to how you manage your time. If you’re acting entrepreneurially, constantly relying on your natural ability, taking action, making mistakes, and tweaking things, you’re going to run up against a ceiling of achievement. But you have an opportunity to get purposeful – to identify a model and system for achieving extraordinary results.

To help us leverage that opportunity, we’re talking to someone who is responsible for five multi-million dollar business success stories in his home country of Australia, all before the age of 30. His humble beginnings, the adversities that he faced, and his rise to success are inspirational stories of how anyone, with the right motivation and the right strategies, can achieve anything they set their mind to – including rapid business growth. Our guest is the bestselling author of The Introvert's Edge, Matthew Pollard.

In this episode, you will learn...

[3:40] The ONE thing that’s missing for so many of us.
[7:30] The 3-step model that will help you move from E to P when it comes to scaling your business.
[10:10] What this 3-step model looks like in practice

The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode:

Have you ever sat down and and really asked yourself, “what’s the value that I deliver?”

Have you ever actually looked out at the market to see if there is an unmet need, as opposed to just doing the work that falls into your lap? Have you ever considered what a more scalable sales system for your business might look like?

We love that you take the time to invest in your education by listening to this podcast, and we also know that the greatest results come when you back it with action.

So how much time can you block off to identify your purpose or ask yourself these questions? When will you do it?

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