The ONE Thing

Imagine what becomes possible when you and your most important relationships get on the same page about your future. Spoiler alert: Everything. Jay and Wendy Papasan have been setting goals together for the last 14 years. As a result, they have a stronger relationship and a bigger life than they could ever imagine. So much of their success is a credit to the framework they’ve established for how t...

On April 1st, 2022, The ONE Thing book turned nine years old. To celebrate nine years of helping people discover their lead domino, prioritize what matters most, and achieve extraordinary results, we’re looking back at our top nine favorite podcast episodes. Extraordinary results become possible when you are clear on what you are saying yes to. We can’t say yes to everything. When you set up domin...

On April 1st, 2022, The ONE Thing book turned nine years old. To celebrate nine years of helping people discover their lead domino, prioritize what matters most, and achieve extraordinary results, we’re looking back at our top nine favorite podcast episodes. Extraordinary results become possible when you are clear on what you are saying yes to. We can’t say yes to everything. When you set up domin...

On April 1st, 2022, The ONE Thing book turns nine years old. To celebrate nine years of helping people discover their lead domino, prioritize what matters most, and helping people achieve extraordinary results, we’re looking back at our top nine favorite podcast episodes. How do you succeed in health, your relationships, and with your money when there is so much uncertainty in the world? With all...

You know what it’s like to question why you’re here, to feel like you’re working long and hard but deep down wonder if you’re doing the right thing, to look up at the end of the day, know you were busy, but question whether you actually got anything done. We all face these problems – some of us more than others. Lionel Strong has faced all of these challenges in a unique way throughout his career...

If you’re like most people, you know what it feels like to reach a point of burnout. No matter how much you love your work, you just can’t put any more hours in because it feels like your life is falling apart. That’s where The ONE Thing comes in. It’s not just a productivity tool, but a way of radically transforming your life by allowing you to focus on what matters most in all areas. Casey Gocel...

So many of us have dreams of starting a business, but it’s often fear of the unknown that stops us from pursuing those dreams. If you’re an employee, giving up those golden handcuffs can be difficult. Sometimes it takes waiting until the pain of our current situation is unbearable to necessitate change. For Brian Scudamore, founder of 1-800-GOT-JUNK and its parent company O2E Brands, that pain was...

Today’s episode begs a few questions. What’s the right job for you? What do you do exceptionally well that brings value to the people around you and the greater organization? And, where are you spending your time that doesn’t align with the answers to those questions? Every single one of us wants to have the perfect job, a job that we love to do, that we are great at, that fulfills us, and that cr...

Sometimes, it takes having a massive amount of pain in your life to force you to make a change. We’ve all done it.  We know what we should be doing – but sometimes we just don’t do it. That is, until we get to a point where there is no other option. That’s when an interest in making a change turns into a commitment to making a change, at the point where the pain of resisting change finally ou...

Do you know your Seven Circles? In life, there are seven key areas that deserve our focus and attention: Our spiritual life, our physical health, our personal life, our key relationships, our job, our business, and our finances. If you’re listening to this show, you probably naturally focus on your job, your business, and your finances. The problem is, those three areas are like rubber balls. If y...

Perfect nutrition for peak performance or better health takes a lot of mental energy and time. Unless you let someone else do the hard part for you. Athletic Greens is an incredibly comprehensive and nutritional beverage. The all-in-one superfood is delicious and easily fits into your daily routine. A single scoop contains 75 essential vitamins, minerals, and whole-food sourced ingredients to supp...

Chances are, if you’re listening to this, you’re familiar with The ONE Thing and you’re already implementing its lessons in your life. But what if you’re doing your best to follow your ONE Thing but still feel like you’re coming up short? What does success, or even progress, look like?  Today’s guest is Laurie Roth. You’ve heard from Laurie before, but today is a little bit different. She’s b...

Do you find that you’re constantly setting lofty goals for yourself, but then backing down when it comes time to turn them into reality? It’s a common problem, even for the most successful people. Your goals might be completely achievable but without knowing how to properly evaluate your situation and choose the right path to take, we can get stuck at square one. Today’s guest, Matthew Hermann, kn...

We all know what it’s like to have big goals accompanied by a sense of self-doubt. We might want to achieve incredible, ambitious goals – and, even better, we might be able to do it. Even, and especially, when we know it’s something we can achieve if we set our mind to it, there’s this little voice in the back of our minds telling us the task is insurmountable.  This week, we talk to April Sp...

Do you ever wonder how much time is wasted in your workplace because a request takes someone away from something more pressing or simply a better use of their time? No one can be expected to know every little detail about the inner workings of a company and its employees – and, with working from home, this is truer now than it’s ever been before. It might sound silly, but think about it. Let’s say...

It’s only January, but you could already be behind on your goals. The purpose of a goal is to be appropriate in the moment; it’s not about achieving a result. That means there are things you should be doing, starting January 1st, to ensure you’re on track for where you want to go by December 31st. Of course, most people don’t think this way. They may not have even set those goals. If you are not c...

As we step into a new year, we often take stock of our goals and ambitions. But hang on, if you do this every year, how often do you set targets, then look back at the end of the year only to realize you could have done better? Chances are, there are a few fundamental issues with how you’re thinking about goal setting. One of the major pitfalls that trips people up with resolutions is that they se...

We’ve reached the final episode in our six-part series exploring the benefits of the ProduKtive System, our proven method for applying The ONE Thing to your life, such that by doing it, everything else becomes easier or unnecessary. Sometimes, good habits are all you need, but getting them to stick can be easier said than done. Let’s explore how we can build them into our lives with intentionality...

In part five of our six-part series on the ProduKtive System, our proven method for applying The ONE Thing to your life, we look at taking action. It’s easy to read about carving out blocks of time intentionally and with purpose. But when it comes to actually turning down time with family or saying “No” to people, it can be a different story.  That’s what the ProduKtive System is here for. Th...

This is part four of a six-part series diving into the ProduKtive System, our proven method for implementing the principles of The ONE Thing into your life. While these principles are surprisingly simple to understand, they can be challenging to put into practice. Today we focus on how you can prioritize things so that you can stay on track to hit your daily, monthly, and yearly goals. It might se...

Time is your most valuable resource. The problem is, most people spend their time instead of investing it. The resulting waste is amplified if you apply it across an entire organization. If you can’t focus on what matters most, you end up working longer hours and sacrificing your personal life. We help people implement a simple system to turn their big vision into action steps. Instead of just bei...

This is the second in a six-part series of episodes exploring the steps of the ProduKtive system. ProduKtive will change how you think for the better, allowing you to cast a stronger vision with bigger, more precise goals.  In this episode, we cover what it truly means to cast a vision for the future. There are so many traps we can fall into that justify why we can’t stop and plan our futures...

This is the first in a six-part series of episodes exploring the steps of the ProduKtive system. ProduKtive will change how you think for the better, allowing you to cast a stronger vision with bigger, more precise goals.  In the subsequent weeks, we’ll be looking at building a plan, learning to effectively prioritize activities, using time blocking to reflect those priorities, and building h...

Have you ever set goals that you thought would deliver you pure happiness once you achieved them – just to work hard, achieve them, and move on to the next without giving yourself a chance to feel fulfilled or celebrated? We all have and it’s something we should work out of our productivity-laden routines. How might we create more sustainable happiness on our road to achievement? Dan Sullivan has...

We all know the importance of setting goals. We have to know where we're headed and what we want to achieve in order to get there, right?  The problem is that most people don’t know the best strategy for setting their goals. It seems obvious that our goals should be realistic, right? Wrong. It may seem counterintuitive, but, in reality, your goals should be wildly unrealistic. Reach for the s...