The One Thing

Around this time of year, things can start to get a little crazy.We all start the year with certain goals, but life often throws us these curveballs that we don’t see coming – and, before we know it, we’re struggling to find clarity and dealing with overwhelm. But, in the midst of all of that, there’s ONE thing we can do that will make everything else easier or unnecessary.In this episode, Jay Papasan returns to share how you can find your focus, cut your stress, and hit reset so that you can get back on track towards completing your goals for the year – not by doing more, but by doing less.Are you ready to hit the RESET button? Then check out the1thing.com/reset.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: the1thing.com/podcast.In this episode, you will learn...[8:45] What it looks like to hit the reset button, within an organization and as an individual[17:15] How to get clarity on what is actually a priority and what you can cancel[33:05] What it looks like to practice self-leadership or leadersh

When you think of the word “struggle,” what comes to mind?Many of us think of struggle as something negative, and it’s not a great feeling when you’re going through adversity, but we think today’s guest is going to change your mind about that.Bobby Herrera teaches us that inside of struggle is a gift – a gift that can truly change the way that we lead. Fair warning: this episode will probably pull at your heart strings a little bit, but most importantly, it’s going to challenge you to think about your purpose.Bobby teaches us that more isn’t the answer – and there’s no better way to focus on what really matters than hitting the RESET button. Check out the1thing.com/reset to learn more.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: the1thing.com/podcast.In this episode, you will learn... [8:15] How struggle helps you show up as a leader[11:15] What it looks like to work as one and act as a team, with one singular focus, even through struggle[17:20] How to help everyone on your team say yes to their ONE

How is your health right now?For many of us, The ONE Thing is our health – or it should be. We get so busy and stuck in the day-to-day that we often neglect healthy choices and, instead, opt for convenience. Or we just feel so busy that making a healthy meal or going to the gym just feels impossible.Today, we want to introduce you to someone who has spent the last few years making health Her ONE Thing, and as a result, lost over 100 pounds. This is a journey that has completely transformed her productivity and personal fulfillment, in addition to her health. Laurie Roth is the Learning Experience Designer here on The ONE Thing team and we can’t wait for you to hear her story.Are you ready to hit the RESET button like Laurie did? Then check out the1thing.com/reset.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: the1thing.com/podcast.In this episode, you will learn...[7:45] Why so many of us struggle with our health, for a long time, even though we know it’s important[10:20] How to recruit accountab

Everything you want in your career comes down to ONE thing – the relationships that you have.So when we neglect our relationships, we are limiting our own ability to accomplish our goals and live extraordinary lives.But you don’t have to settle for anything less than extraordinary, and as an extra bonus, cultivating great relationships will just make your personal and business life that much better! That’s why we are excited to share this conversation with Ken Coleman, one of the Dave Ramsey personalities and the author of The Proximity Principle: The Proven Strategy That Will Lead to a Career You Love.We also want to know how you are doing with the goals that you set at the beginning of the year. Do you need to think bigger, or are you falling behind, or are you a little unclear on what you actually want? Wherever you may fall, one thing we know is that you’d benefit from a reset. Learn more about The ONE Thing Mid-Year Reset Retreat at https://trainings.the1thing.com/reset.To learn more, and for the comple

How do you bring change into an organization?The truth is, we don’t have to be in the C-suite of our organizations to spark change, or to even be a leader within our organization – because all leadership begins with self-leadership. So, when it comes to bringing The ONE Thing into an organization, it all begins with ONE person.In this episode, Geoff Woods and Jay Papasan share how leaders can begin living the principles of The ONE Thing with their team. We dive deep into the tools that we use and train organizations to use, all so that you can live the surprisingly simple truth behind extraordinary results.If you’d like to explore how to bring The ONE Thing into your organization, click here.In this episode, you will learn... [4:50] Why you should consider implementing a weekly standup in your organization[10:45] How to train your boss to respect your boundaries[14:15] How to shift from ME to WE, when you’re living the principles of The ONE Thing[19:30] What it looks like to coach or interrogate a 411 (and th

It’s relatively easy for an individual to start practicing The ONE Thing in their daily lives... but how do you scale The ONE Thing throughout an organization?Behind the scenes, we’ve been asking ourselves this question, and we’ve been working hard to come up with an answer that will help all teams, from a local real estate office all the way up to a Fortune 50 company, make living The ONE Thing part of their organizational culture.Geoff Woods and Jay Papasan recently delivered a keynote presentation at the Keller Williams Family Reunion Convention, and today we’re going to share the first half of that presentation with all of you. Geoff and Jay walk you through the high-level principles you need to know before you introduce The ONE Thing to your team and what the benefits are when you begin to adopt this in your culture. Next week, in part two, we’ll discuss how leaders within an organization can begin to use the specific tools of The ONE Thing to not only live the principles yourself, but spread them with t

Have you taken any time to be grateful today?When we think about forming power habits, we often think about doing something that will improve our productivity or health. We rarely consider the transformative power of mindset habits, and one of the most powerful habits is gratitude. That may seem like an easy or trivial thing, but in practice, embodying a state of gratitude every day is both surprisingly challenging and significant.Our guest John Israel, founder of The Mr. Thank You Project and author of The Mr. Thank You Project, experienced an epiphany: if he wanted to make a huge, positive impact on the world, he had to start by doing just ONE thing to express his gratitude, every day. This ONE habit, over time, has truly unleashed something extraordinary, and in this episode, we invite you to become a part of it.In this episode, you will learn... [9:30] How to form a keystone habit for embodying gratitude[16:40] How to manage your time so that you don’t fail a 66-day (or 365-day) challenge[20:45] How to b

Have you ever felt like you desperately want your situation to change... but no matter how hard you work, you just feel like you’re drowning?There are these periods of our lives when, no matter how much action we take, we feel overwhelmed, and we just wish that we could take back our lives. We’re ambitious, we’re driven, but that just doesn’t feel like enough to get any forward momentum. This is especially true when we have kids, because honoring work commitments and being present as a parent is a monumentally difficult task for even the most extraordinary people.That was how Casey Gocel felt, until she started living The ONE Thing. In this episode, Casey shares the story of how she struggled to strike a counterbalance in her life after having her first child – and how things started to change when she started doing just ONE thing differently; ONE thing that’s truly made everything else in her world easier or unnecessary.In this episode, you will learn... [5:00] What happens when you take a hard and honest lo

Do you ever struggle living the principles of The ONE Thing?We know that there’s a surprisingly simple truth behind extraordinary results – but simple doesn’t mean easy. It’s not easy to maintain clarity on Your ONE Thing. It’s not easy to get Your ONE Thing done before you do anything else. It’s not easy to honor your time blocks and shut down every distraction that comes up. So what does it really take to overcome that hurdle and start living Your ONE Thing consistently?To helps us answer that question, we are joined by Hal Elrod, author of the international bestseller The Miracle Morning and the brand-new book The Miracle Equation: The Two Decisions That Move Your Biggest Goals from Possible, to Probable, to Inevitable.In this episode, you will learn... [2:45] What is a miracle?[8:00] The real purpose of a goal[16:30] How to achieve tangible, measurable miracles[21:35] Making the decision to have unwavering faith[40:00] ONE question you need to ask yourself if you are struggling to live The ONE ThingThe ON

Are you living a life by default or by design?Many of us are living a life by default. We wake up, check social media, react to what we see, head into the office, check email, react, sit in meetings, get up, check email, react, and then go to the next meeting – and this repeats day after day after day! We feel so busy, and we wonder why we don’t get anything done.When you live a life by default, you just get what you get – but when you life a life by design, you are working towards the goals you want with intention and a strategy. Today’s guest has travelled down a long and difficult road, but there’s ONE thing thing that allowed him to turn his failures into his success: a clear vision. In this episode, we’re going to learn how Brian Scudamore, CEO of O2E Brands and author of WTF?! (Willing to Fail), found the keys to success in his failures, ultimately growing a $400M+ business without sacrificing time with the people who matter most.In this episode, you will learn...[9:20] What your life looks like when y

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

If you want to live the surprisingly simple truth behind extraordinary results, you must make three commitments:Follow the Path of MasteryMove from "E" to "P"Living the Accountability Cycle In this episode we take you behind the curtain following our path of mastery.If you'd like to take your mastery of The ONE Thing to the next level, join the Living Your ONE Thing Membership CommunityClick here to start your FREE two week trial.Prices are increasing 20% on April 1st. You can try it for FREE for the first two weeks. Click here to get started.Mentioned in this episode:BambeeNeed HR assistance but don’t have the resources to hire a manager? Try Bambee and get access to your own personal HR assistant to give you the expertise you need with a personal touch. Bambee

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 settingThe ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode:We w

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 E

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 g

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. I

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 c

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

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/

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’