113. Why Everything You Know About Success is (Mostly) Wrong | Eric Barker

The ONE Thing

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Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

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🗓️ 1 February 2018

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Life offers so much – but time is limited, so every day you have to wake up and make choices. Unfortunately, many of us choose to try to do it all. We have massive ambitions and take massive action but, at the end of the day, we don't feel like we actually got anything done. Instead of trying to go wide, we have the opportunity to go deep; to be selective about what we choose to learn, have, and do. To help you take advantage of that opportunity, we are sharing this conversation with Eric Barker, author of Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong. 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. The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: Think about a time in your life when you didn't feel fulfilled in your professional life, and you decided to move on. Was it because one of the four key factors of success was missing? Happiness Achievement Significance Legacy When you reflect on where you are today, how are you doing in those four areas? What can you do differently? In this episode you will learn... [5:20] What the 4 key factors of success are. [26:25] How you can strategically utilize failure to improve your life by using "little bets." [36:00] Why you should be a (strategic) quitter. Links & Tools From This Episode Learn more on Eric’s blog: bakadesuyo.com Connect with Eric: Facebook | Twitter [ FREE Training] How to Start Time Blocking TODAY! Streaks - Gamify your goals with this app Production & Development for The ONE Thing Podcast by Podcast Masters Mentioned in this episode: Factor 75 Head 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

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0:27.0	Thanks and enjoy this episode.
0:28.6	This is the one thing podcast where we teach you the surprisingly simple truth behind extraordinary results.
0:37.0	My name is Jeff Woods. I'm the Vice President here at The One Thing team.
0:42.0	On the cover of The One Thing team.
0:42.5	On the cover of The One Thing,
0:43.9	it says the surprisingly simple truth
0:47.0	behind extraordinary results.
0:49.7	I think we can agree that if we fast forward
0:52.2	through life and we've achieved extraordinary results, we would
0:55.2	really feel successful. Yet there's a reason why almost everything that we know about success is mostly wrong.
1:04.4	That's the purpose of this episode today. We had a conversation with the author of
1:09.1	barking up the wrong tree, the surprising signs behind why everything you know about
1:13.6	success is mostly wrong. We featured him during our one-thing webinar series.
1:18.9	Every month we host an author where we have a live conversation with them about their book and it's a chance
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