The ONE Thing

Why is it that some people are able to achieve extraordinary results year after year, while others work so hard without getting the results they deserve?   In this episode, we’re going to show you how ONE thing – purpose – can completely change your performance, the performance of your team, and provide everyone in your world with a greater sense of fulfillment and meaning.   To teach us why purpose is the ONE thing for building great teams and how you can go about bringing it into your everyday life, we’re talking to Don Yaeger, a nationally acclaimed inspirational speaker, longtime Associate Editor of Sports Illustrated, and author of over 30 books (eleven of which have become New York Times best sellers).   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... [9:30] Why the 1992 USA men’s basketball team is the greatest collection of talent ever to wear the same jersey – and what you can learn from them. [16:00] Why you want a team full of patriots, not mercenaries. [26:30] The ONE thing that separates the best teams from everyone else. [27:35] What can you do to get clarity on who you’re serving and start feeling it – right now? [29:40] How organizations can create that “feel it” moment so that their teams better understand who they’re serving & impacting. [33:45] The 3 ways “feel it” comes into play within organizations. [41:05] How you can foster a sense of purpose & connection for remote teams.   The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: Purpose is a topic that’s very near and dear to our heart (we’re even writing a new book all about bringing purpose into your life!). We hope this episode gave you a chance to pause, take a step back, and identify the areas of your life where you ask WHY?   Why are you doing what you’re doing, who are you in service of, and how does what you do help others get what they want?   We’d love to hear your answers to those questions and your feedback to the show. You can share them with us by clicking here to leave a review in iTunes or sharing it on social media using #theONEthing.   Links & Tools From This Episode Learn more at donyaeger.com Connect with Don: Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn   Greatness: The 16 Characteristics of True Champions Great Teams: 16 Things High Performing Organizations Do Differently What Makes the Great Ones Great   Start your own 66-day challenge with a FREE 66-day calendar   AWESOME FREE RESOURCES FOR YOU! Get more support & accountability: Join the Living Your ONE Thing Community The Kick Ass Guide To Accountability Check out our awesome blog!   Get your FREE audiobook copy of one of Don’s books!   Mentioned in this episode:Factor 75Head to FactorMeals.com/one50 and use code one50 to get 50% off. That’s code one50 at FactorMeals.com/one50 to get 50% off! Factor 75

What does it mean to be successful? Gary Keller once shared an interest answer to this question: “Success is nothing more than moving from failure to failure without giving up.” And the more people we talk to, the more examples we see of that being true. In this episode, we’re going to explore the value of failure – when paired with persistence – with Bruce Buffer, who you may know as UFC’s Voice of the Octagon. In this episode, you will learn... [9:30] Why being told NO is just an opportunity for a future YES [15:15] How high achievers move from failure to failure without giving up [18:05] ONE thing you can do to create support in your life & improve your ability to persevere through failure  The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: Where in your life are you currently succeeding so slowly that you think you’re failing – and how can you begin to trust The Domino Effect? If you’d like to go beyond consuming content and are committed to living it, head over to the1thing.com/membership and join us in Living Your ONE Thing. And if you want to help us reinvent the paper planner, head over to the1thing.com/planner to work with us as we bring it to market. Links & Tools From This Episode  Learn more at brucebuffer.com  Connect with Bruce: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube  Read: It’s Time!: My 360-Degree View of the UFC  Listen: IT'S TIME w/Bruce Buffer  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!  Will you help us reinvent the paper planner? You can head over to the1thing.com/planner to try out the current version of The ONE Thing Planner. We want to work with you and hear your feedback so that we can create the best planner possible before bringing it to market. The ONE Thing is produced by Podcast MastersMentioned in this episode:Factor 75Head to FactorMeals.com/one50 and use code one50 to get 50% off. That’s code one50 at FactorMeals.com/one50 to get 50% off!Factor 75

Can you imagine if all of your dreams, inspirations, and the things you wanted out of life were stripped away from you in a moment? It makes you really consider what matters most. Our guest actually did die at the age of 20, after being hit head-on by a drunk driver at 70 MPH. After six days in a coma, he woke up only to be told he’d never walk again. Well, not only can this person walk – he’s run a 52-mile ultramarathon, built a successful business, and wrote an incredible bestselling book: The Miracle Morning. Then, after being diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia in 2016 and given a grim prognosis, he’s done the impossible again. Today you are going to discover the story of how Hal Elrod formed a powerful morning routine that set him up for success, how the idea of a Miracle Morning has impacted the lives of over 500,000 people, and how he maintains clarity on what matters most.  In this episode, you will learn... [4:20] What The Miracle Morning is & how can it help you achieve your goals? [9:10] The lead domino that led to Hal’s success. [11:15] How you can shift from a mindset of success to a mindset of fulfillment (and why it matters). [26:55] How to align your actions with your true priorities. [30:15] What The Miracle Equation is & how it will help you achieve extraordinary results.  The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: If you’re listening to this show, that means you’re probably growth-minded and want more out of life, specifically as it pertains to your time. The challenge is how often are we furthering our education in something that is not our number one priority? I love the story Hal shares about how, once he got clarity that family was truly what mattered most, he went down a road to reading and furthering his education on how to be a better father or husband before he earned the right to develop his education on running a business. It’s so simple, but how many of us do it? Not easy – but simple. What’s the ONE simple action that you’re not taking today that, if you started taking it, would make everything else easier or unnecessary in your life? We hope you’ll share the ONE action you’re taking with us by clicking here to leave a review in iTunes or sharing it on social media using #theONEthing. Links & Tools From This Episode Learn more at halelrod.com Connect with Hal: Facebook | Twitter Join The Miracle Morning Community on Facebook Listen: Achieve Your Goal with Hal Elrod Get your own copy of Hal’s Miracle Morning books Download The Way of Life app  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!  Mentioned in this episode:Factor 75Head to FactorMeals.com/one50 and use code one50 to get 50% off. That’s code one50 at FactorMeals.com/one50 to get 50% off!Factor 75

Who are the five people you are actually spending the most time with? Are they living the type of life you want to be living? Throughout this episode, you’re going to hear how our guest surrounded himself with titans of the personal development and sales industry and the habits he learned from each of them – and how you can do the same to transform your life. Gene McNaughton is now one of the nation’s most effective Business Growth Experts and he just launched his new book, The Sales EDGE: Your Ultimate Guide to Finding, Keeping, and Growing Accounts. 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... [10:10] What E.D.G.E. stands for & what questions you should be asking to grow your business [18:30] What Gene has learned from working with Tony Robbins & Jeff Holmes about committing to the path of mastery [27:55] How you can get clarity on the problem that you solve, the results that you get, and why you are different.  The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: Whether it’s surrounding yourself with the right people, developing a habit for educating yourself, creating an emotional connection by mastering storytelling, or something else that resonated with you – what’s the ONE thing from this episode that you can do that will make everything else easier or unnecessary? Links & Tools From This Episode Get free training at thesalesedge.co Connect with Gene: Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook The Sales EDGE: Your Ultimate Guide to Finding, Keeping, and Growing Accounts  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!  Mentioned in this episode:Factor 75Head to FactorMeals.com/one50 and use code one50 to get 50% off. That’s code one50 at FactorMeals.com/one50 to get 50% off!Factor 75

Today, we're announcing the three people who won a signed copy of Keith Cunningham's book, The Road Less Stupid. If you didn't listen to episode 143 or episode 144, when we started this giveaway, we highly recommend going back to check them out. Its an incredible story. If you are one of the three winners announced in this episode, please send an email to mastery@the1thing.com including your full name, shipping address, and phone number so we can send you your signed copy of The Road Less Stupid. We also want to take a minute to thank every one of you who left a review or shared the episodes on social media. We do The ONE Thing Podcast to serve you and help you achieve extraordinary results in your personal and professional lives. Every review you leave and post you make helps share that message with more people and allows us to see the impact that it is making. You are all playing a role in empowering others to live their one thing and we are so grateful for that.

Do you wish there was someone in your world willing to hold you accountable?   Most of us want someone in our life who has a vision of what’s possible for us and is willing to take a stand for our greatness, even when we’re fighting for our limitations. Tim Beverlin found that person – and he found it in the form of a five-year-old girl.   In this episode, Tim shares his own 66-day journey so you can see what it looks like to leverage accountability and form that first power habit – and how weaving purpose into all of this can take your results to an even higher level.   In this episode, you will learn... [1:30] What it’s like on day 66 of a 66-day challenge. [4:00] How your children can support you and keep you more accountable (and how you can help them live The ONE Thing). [11:45] What would it look like in your business if you focus on ONE thing every day for 66 days? [13:00] How enlisting support from your children can bring a sense of purpose to a 66-day challenge. [18:00] What you can do to bring a counterbalance to the seven most important areas of your life. [21:50] How you can decide what your next power habit should be. [26:40] ONE thing you need to know if you want to start a 66-day challenge (or if you’ve tried in the past and failed).   The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: When you do ONE thing, the right thing, it can topple over many things. Because success is sequential – not simultaneous.   What amazing possibilities are your currently missing in your life, and how can you go small to form your first power habit?   Go to the1thing.com/66daychallenge to download your own 66-day calendar. Remember what Tim said: “If you’re considering starting a 66-day challenge, start it today. Print it today and make today day one of whatever you’re doing. Don’t let it go until tomorrow.” Links & Tools From This Episode Connect with Tim on LinkedIn Start your own 66-day challenge with a FREE 66-day calendar   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   Mentioned in this episode:Factor 75Head to FactorMeals.com/one50 and use code one50 to get 50% off. That’s code one50 at FactorMeals.com/one50 to get 50% off! Factor 75

If you want to build an extraordinary business, if you really want to serve your customers at the highest level, your best bet is to build habit-forming products.   We’ve struggled with this ourselves, and in our journey to learn more about creating world-class products we stumbled across a book called Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products.   Hooked was enlightening and the insights are helping in our own business, so we invited the author, Nir Eyal, to teach us more about what it takes to create products that truly make an impact.     In this episode, you will learn... [5:00] Why making a product that people want to use isn’t enough [6:40] The four fundamental steps of creating a “hook” [13:20] The lead domino you need to know down to create habit-forming products [22:50] How you can start actually doing your most important work in a world filled with distractions [27:35] ONE thing you can do that will make it easier or unnecessary to stay focused on the things that matter most   The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: One of our favorite things from this conversation is the idea of looking at the experience of creating a habit-forming product. There are four steps:   The triggers The actions The rewards The investments   What is the ONE step that you can focus on first, and prove to yourself that you can get a win?   Links & Tools From This Episode Learn more at nirandfar.com Connect with Nir on Twitter: @NirEyal Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products   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! Business news is dense and dry – but it doesn’t have to be that way.   Morning Brew delivers the latest business news directly to your inbox every weekday morning. Both Jay Papasan and Geoff Woods subscribe because they’re witty, conversational, and just actually enjoyable to read. And you know what the best part is? It only takes five minutes.   You can sign up for free at MorningBrew.com to get started with your quick and daily dose of business news.   The ONE Thing is produced by Podcast MastersMentioned in this episode:Factor 75Head to FactorMeals.com/one50 and use code one50 to get 50% off. That’s code one50 at FactorMeals.com/one50 to get 50% off! Factor 75

Are you limiting the possibilities of anyone in your world?   We believe that leadership is teaching people how to think so that they can get what they need when they need it – but too often, we limit those around us, especially when it comes to creativity. However, achieving extraordinary results, even if you’re not an artist or don’t consider yourself creative, requires a level of unfettered creativity.   Todd Henry, host of The Accidental Creative, joins this episode to share how we can stop putting up these roadblocks and start allowing the people around us to do their most important – and most creative – work.    In this episode, you will learn... [6:20] How you can support your people’s creativity by helping them protect their time. [10:00] How you can maintain trust with your team (or, more accurately, avoid losing trust). [21:20] What you can do to create challenges that stimulate creativity, for yourself and your team.   The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: Look at your normal day, look at how you have been investing your time, and ask yourself: Am I currently setting myself up to get my most important work done and create my best work?   Based on that, what’s the ONE thing you can do that will make creating extraordinary work easier or unnecessary?   You might come up with a BIG answer. If that’s the case, keep asking yourself the clarifying question – what’s the ONE thing I can do that will make achieving that easier or unnecessary – until you’ve identified a single action, a two-inch domino, that you CAN knock down every day.   Links & Tools From This Episode Learn more at accidentalcreative.com Connect with Todd: ToddHenry.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Listen to Geoff on The Accidental Creative: accidentalcreative.com/podcasts/ac/the-one-thing-with-geoff-woods Want to help us reinvent the planner? Go to the1thing.com/planner. Create a routine & get more productive at millionaireproductivityhabits.com   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!   Mentioned in this episode:Factor 75Head to FactorMeals.com/one50 and use code one50 to get 50% off. That’s code one50 at FactorMeals.com/one50 to get 50% off! Factor 75

What if we told you that, every single day, in spite of your best intentions, you were accidentally diminishing the capabilities of the people in your world? And what if we told you that, instead of putting a ceiling of achievement over other people's’ heads, we can learn to become smarter and multiply their possibilities moving forward? It’s a big concept, but in The ONE Thing, we teach you how to think BIG and go small – so today we want to offer you the small actions you can take to gain momentum. Our guest is Liz Wiseman, a researcher and executive advisor who teaches leadership to executives around the world. She is the author of New York Times bestseller Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, The Multiplier Effect: Tapping the Genius Inside Our Schools, and Wall Street Journal bestseller Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work. 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... [3:10] What it means to be a diminisher or a multiplier (and why you should strive to be a multiplier). [18:20] What you can do to create challenges for your people that are empowering, without being so big that they are paralyzing. [36:00] What you can do if your leader is a diminisher. [44:05] How to shift from a diminisher culture to a multiplier culture in your organization. [48:55] The ONE thing you can start doing with your time that will allow you to become a multiplier.  The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: Where are you, in spite of your best intentions, accidentally causing the people in your world to hold back? And what’s the ONE thing you can do that will allow you to multiply the talents of the people in your world, where you may currently be diminishing? We’d love if you left us a review sharing whatever you discover about yourself. We always want to learn more about you, and it helps us reach more people to create a bigger impact. Click here to leave a review in iTunes Links & Tools From This Episode Learn more at thewisemangroup.com Connect with Liz: Twitter | LinkedIn Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter by Liz Wiseman The Multiplier Effect: Tapping the Genius Inside Our Schools by Liz Wiseman  AWESOME FREE RESOURCES FOR YOU! Get more support & accountability: Join the Living Your ONE Thing Community The Kick Ass Guide To Accountability Check out our awesome blog! Mentioned in this episode:Factor 75Head to FactorMeals.com/one50 and use code one50 to get 50% off. That’s code one50 at FactorMeals.com/one50 to get 50% off!Factor 75

Keith Cunningham, business expert and experienced entrepreneur, continues his conversation on the most important thing in business - thinking. He discusses the distinction between problems and symptoms, the habit of asking great questions, and the biggest mistake in developing the habit of thinking time. The importance of focusing on progress over perfection and effective time management are also explored.