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126. Keep More of What You Make, Achieve Financial Freedom, & Live a 5-Day Weekend | Nik Halik & Garrett Gunderson Mar 19, 2018

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Do you wake up every single day to trade your life for your job? If so… are you getting the good end of that deal? If you ever want to achieve extraordinary results and true wealth, you will have to change your actions – and to accomplish that, you will have to transform the way you think.

To help us accomplish that mindset transformation, we’re talking to Nik Halik and Garrett Gunderson, the co-authors of 5 Day Weekend: Freedom to Make Your Life and Work Rich with Purpose. We were first introduced to Nik and Garrett because 5 Day Weekend is the newest book published by Ray Bard, publisher of The ONE Thing, who only publishes one book every year (obviously, he has an incredible track record).

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...

[8:30] Why your current financial situation does not dictate your future wealth.
[15:15] The five steps of the 5 Day Weekend. [20:50] ONE thing you can do to transform your financial life.
[31:00] The limiting beliefs that we tell ourselves about generating wealth (and why they’re not true).
[34:50] Why you’re only ever ONE idea or ONE relationship away from the next level of prosperity.
[39:00] How you can invest $5,000, today, and get a good return on your investment.
[42:10] Why you and your significant other should have ONE meeting, every week, about your shared vision (check out Garrett’s weekly agenda at freedomfasttrack.com/marriage).

The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode:

Stop making excuses about why you are not taking action to achieve financial freedom – the first step is to keep more of what you’re making right now. Look at where your money is going and identify what expenses you can cut, and only after that should you start looking at how to generate more money.

If you trust the domino effect, keep your lifestyle where it is, and trust the 5 Day Weekend model, your passive income will rise over time – until you can wake up and choose what to do every single day. Get your own copy of the book at 5DayWeekend.com.

Links & Tools From This Episode

Unlock your 5 Day Weekend at 5DayWeekend.com
Get more tips about improving cash flow at wealthfactory.com/podcast
Connect with Nik at nikinspace.com
Connect with Garrett at wealthfactory.com

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125. Quit Complicating Things! Discover the Easy Way to Build Systems & Scale Your Business | Jenny McCarty Mar 15, 2018

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Do you ever feel like you are juggling so many different tasks that, inevitably, some things end up slipping through the cracks? We’ve definitely experienced that in our business, and so has our guest Jenny McCarty. Jenny is a business owner, a member of our Living Your ONE Thing community, and a military wife, which means she is constantly moving – and every time she moves, she has to start her business all over again.

This is because Jenny has been acting entrepreneurially, relying on her own natural abilities, instead of acting purposefully. She reached out to us for help before her next move, and we want to share that call because we think it can help you too. In this episode, we ask questions that will help you identify the models and systems that you can implement so that your business can scale without you.

The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode:

As people, we tend to over complicate things. We make our problems feel difficult, but in reality, it doesn’t have to be that way. Your life, and your business, can be simple – and the simpler it is, the easier it will be to scale.

And building systems doesn’t actually have to take a lot of time. With a little bit of technology – and the intention to document everything – you can record every step of your process and then leverage VA resources to turn that into a system. If you’d like to see how we do this, we will be sharing our process in a training for the Living Your ONE Thing Community. Click here to join today.

In this episode you will learn...

[12:10] Why documenting your systems is a powerful lead domino.
[16:10] What habits you can acquire to help you develop systems in your business.
[22:00] How you can stop over complicating simple problems.

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Form your first power habit with your 66 Day Challenge Calendar
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124. Superconnector: Stop Networking & Start Building Relationships that Matter | Scott Gerber Mar 12, 2018

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When you start a new relationship, do you show up looking to give or get? Many entrepreneurs show up trying to leverage every situation, but we only start receiving the most value when we start offering it. Superconnectors are the people who create value by making connections for other people because, in every interaction and new relationship, they show up looking to give, not get.

Scott Gerber started the Young Entrepreneurs Council, founded The Community Company, and wrote the book Superconnector. In this episode, he shares how you can transform your mindset, be more meaningful and purposeful in every interaction, and start building relationships that really matter.

The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode:

What’s the ONE thing in this episode that will help you stop networking, and start forming real relationships that matter? When you find your answer, let us know in a review on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts. We see every single review, and we want to know what helped you.

In this episode you will learn...

[3:50] How becoming a Superconnector can knock over more dominoes in your life.
[6:00] The ONE thing that will allow you to form connections with people who are where you want to be.
[8:30] Why facilitating great experiences adds more value than showing up to network.
[10:20] What becomes possible when you develop a connector’s mind.
[16:30] ONE simple strategy you can use to audit your mindset and behaviors.
[22:30] What models and systems you can follow to ensure that you are nurturing the relationships that matter most.
[31:50] The most important lesson you can learn when it comes to forming relationships.

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!

Links & Tools From This Episode

Learn more at ScottDGerber.com
Connect with Scott: Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn
Pick up your copy of Superconnector

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123. Where are You Making Excuses Instead of Getting Results? | JT McCormick Mar 08, 2018

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Today we are getting raw and vulnerable with all of you. In our conversations with all of you, we've learned that many of you are making excuses for your results – and in reality, the ONE thing you're failing to do is look in the mirror and accept accountability.

JT McCormick had an unfortunate childhood – it's hard for many of us to fathom growing up in his shoes – but in spite of his tumultuous start in life, he has managed to achieve an extraordinary level of success. Sometimes we lack the perspective to look at our situation and find gratitude, and as a result, we end up making excuses, but JT is here to serve us all a big helping of Perspective Pie.

The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode:

We can all make the CHOICE to achieve more – it just requires a simple mindset shift and some elbow grease. In this conversation, you'll hear when JT chose to be the best at everything he did, even scrubbing toilets.

So we have a question for you: Are you doing the best that you can do, or are you doing the best that can be done? What is the ONE thing you can do to show up as the best in business, family, or wherever is most important to you – and where in your life are you making excuses when you could be getting results?

In this episode you will learn...

[17:40] The only three things you need to achieve success.
[21:10] What you need to know if you feel stuck against the ceiling of achievement.
[22:20] ONE thing you can do to get clarity and shift your mindset.

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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!

Links & Tools From This Episode

Learn more at JTmccormick.com
Connect with JT on LinkedIn
I Got There: How I Overcame Racism, Poverty, and Abuse to Achieve the American Dream by JT McCormick & Tucker Max

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122. Adam Grant | Work Doesn't Have to Suck, Find Fulfillment in What You Do Mar 05, 2018

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We spend 25% of our life, if not more, at work – and many of our workplaces are broken; we lack fulfillment. We lack control, we lack clarity on where we are going, and too many of us don't feel like we're waking up every day to trade our lives for something of value. If that's a problem for you, you're in the right place.

Today's guest is going to help you get clarity on ONE thing that will help you find more fulfillment. Adam Grant has been recognized as Wharton's top-rated teacher for six straight years, and as one of the world's 25 most influential management thinkers. He is also the author or co-author of three New York Times bestselling books: Give and Take, Originals, and Option B.

The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode:

We love Adam's empowering message. Whether you're a manager or an employee, you have DNA in your results. Our questions for you is, what is the ONE thing that you're not doing that would allow you to find more fulfillment in what you do? Consider where in your life you are treating everything like it matters equally. Where are you going BIG and trying to do everything where you could be going small, focusing on the unique area where you can truly make the greatest impact and enjoy the greatest results?

In this episode you will learn...

[6:00] The 3 things you need to get motivated at work.
[13:00] Why top performers are willing to experiment.
[23:40] How being clear on your priorities will help you manage your time (and say no when it's appropriate).
[33:00] How you can be more purposeful about when and how you give.
[45:30] The ONE thing you can do to start transforming the fulfillment you find in what you do.

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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!

Links & Tools From This Episode

Learn more at AdamGrant.net
Connect with Adam: Twitter | Facebook | YouTube
Adam’s TED Talk: “The surprising habits of original thinkers”

Get your FREE audiobook copy of Give and Take, Originals, and Option B! If you enjoy listening to podcasts, you probably also enjoy listening to audiobooks, and that’s why Audible is sponsoring this episode. If you go to audible.com/onething, you can create a free account and get a free credit for your first book, which could be Give and Take, Originals, or Option B.

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121. Mastering Your Mind & Being Present | Jeff Photiades Mar 01, 2018

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Do you struggle with being present? We talk a lot about achieving extraordinary results, setting goals, and gaining clarity on your priorities.... but one thing that we don't often talk about as much is mastering our mindset. So many of us are constantly thinking about the next thing that we have to do or something that's already happened, and as a result, we're never really in the moment. If you are always living in the future or the past, then being present may be ONE thing that can transform every area of your life. Jeff Photiades joins the show to share how he started getting more intentional around his mindset, and how you can too.

The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode:

If you were able to, at any time, be truly present and nowhere else, would that ONE thing improve every area of your life? We think it will, and we believe practicing meditation will help you accomplish that. If you don't have a meditation practice already in place, we challenge you to start one. Even if it starts with just one breath a day, that is ONE thing that can make being present easier or unnecessary. Download yourself a free 66-Day Challenge Calendar to start today.

In this episode you will learn...

[3:00] How developing a better understanding of yourself helps you understand others.
[7:15] What it looks like when you apply the principles of goal setting to your personal life.
[12:15] Why the story you tell yourself about having to work more isn't always true.
[14:30] What you can do if you are struggling to strike a good work-life counterbalance.
[21:45] ONE Thing you can do to make being present easier or unnecessary.

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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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120. How this 10-Year-Old Plans to Get to Broadway Living The ONE Thing | Nicole & Cooper Hefferman Feb 26, 2018

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Do you talk to the people you care about, especially if you’re a parent, about what their goals are and how they can achieve them? In episode 117, we heard the story of Holli and Cade McCray, a mother and son who started living The ONE Thing together. In this episode, we're talking to another mother-and-son duo: Nicole and Cooper Hefferman. Cooper is now living his ONE thing, using principles from the book to create a plan and, ultimately, get to Broadway in the next year – and it all started when Nicole picked up a copy of The ONE Thing in an airport and started asking her son more questions about his goals.

The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode:

For you to be productive, you have to have clarity on your priorities. And for you to have clarity on your priorities, you need to have an understanding of what your purpose is. Conversations like these help us realize that what we do is founded in purpose. When you take action, you are impacting other people, and you can shine a light on what is possible. So who is ONE person that you can empower to start a journey towards mastering their time?

In this episode you will learn...

[4:10] Why The Domino Effect is an effective tool for clarifying your vision.
[6:50] How you can help your children get clarity on their goals & act more purposefully.
[20:00] What stops most people from making progress towards their goal (and how you can overcome that).
[22:30] How enlisting support can help you get clarity on Your ONE Thing (and amplify accountability).
[34:40] How you can introduce The ONE Thing to your children.

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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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Fill out your own GPS: the1thing.com/resources/your-gps/

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119. How to Connect More with your Partner | John Howard Feb 22, 2018

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You bring a lot of intention, energy, and focus to your professional world – are you bringing that same focus to your relationships at home? When we don't plan healthy habits in our relationships – especially our romantic relationships – things tend to fall apart as life happens, and that starts to spill over to every other aspect of our lives. With over 15 years of experiencing helping couples heal, reset, and thrive, relationship therapist and educator John Howard joins the show to help us be more intentional and transform our relationships.

The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode:

What is the ONE thing you can do to connect more in your relationships? We challenge you to go a step farther than thinking about the question – Prove to yourself that you can begin to affect positive change in those relationships that matter. If working on your relationship is important to you, schedule time for connecting on your calendar (even if it's just a long hug at the end of the workday).

In this episode you will learn...

[2:30] The ONE habit that will transform your relationships.
[10:00] What you are doing to create disconnection in your relationships.
[16:00] How you can have (and start) the tough conversations in your relationships.
[23:25] Why it's okay (and beneficial!) to be vulnerable and ask for help in your relationships.
[26:20] How you can facilitate connection with your children.

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!

Links & Tools From This Episode

Want to work with John? Head over to the1thing.com/readysetlove!
Connect with John: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

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118. How Green Creative Is Taking on Industry Titans and Winning | Cole Zucker & Guillaume Vidal Feb 19, 2018

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Do you dream of building something BIG? Today we’re sharing the story of two young men with a dream, Cole Zucker and Guillaume Vidal, who are disrupting the lighting industry with their new business, Green Creative Lighting. They are taking on companies like Philips and GE by offering high-performance LED solutions – and winning. Cole and Guillaume were only able to accomplish this so quickly, because they established clear goals, took massive action, and focused on forming the right relationships so that they could recruit the right people into their world.

The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode:

Out of everything that you’ve heard in this episode, what’s the ONE thing you can do that will make everything else easier or unnecessary? What’s the ONE action you can take that will guarantee the time you invested in this episode will have an amazing return on the investment of your time?

In this episode you will learn...

[8:00] Why speed to implementation and execution is so critical for small businesses.
[13:00] How you can build strong business relationships.
[15:10] Why you need to resist shiny object syndrome when scaling a business (and what happens when you don’t).
[19:40] How assembling the right team will allow you to stop focusing on the day-to-day and start focusing on the vision.
[21:30] How you can make finding people a priority.

Links & Tools From This Episode

Learn more at gc-lighting.com
Connect with Cole on LinkedIn
Connect with Guillaume on LinkedIn

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117. Productive Kids | How to Get Your Children to Live The ONE Thing | Holli & Cade McCray Feb 15, 2018

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As parents, we are constantly asking ourselves the same question: am I doing a good job? We are responsible for helping a child grow into an adult that will, hopefully, make a massive positive impact in the world – so what will happen if we teach our children the importance of forming habits and focusing on their most important work first? Today we are going to find out. Holli and Cade McCray are a mother and son who join us to share the incredible story of how they started living The ONE Thing, together.

The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode:

Consider which is a better way to introduce someone to The ONE Thing: forcing it onto them or living it at a high level and modeling it? We think you need to be living The ONE Thing, first. So where in your world are you doing a great job at modeling those principles – and what is ONE thing you could be doing better that will cause the people in your life to take notice? The moment you start empowering others, you start building a legacy.

In this episode you will learn...

[3:40] How you can start (subtly) bringing The ONE Thing into your home.
[13:20] How your family can be more purposeful with their time, even if structure feels unnatural.
[15:00] How you can get your child interested in The ONE Thing (in a kid-approved way).

Links & Tools From This Episode

Will you help us get to know you better? Go to the1thing.com/podcastquiz Form your first power habit with your 66 Day Challenge Calendar
[FREE Training] How to Start Time Blocking TODAY!

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