13. The Top Questions Fans Like YOU Have on Productivity

The ONE Thing

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🗓️ 16 February 2017

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Do you ever feel like you’re the only person struggling to get everything done? Don’t worry – everyone struggles with productivity sometimes. In this episode we’re going to answer 20 powerful questions that fans of The ONE Thing asked about productivity during our monthly webinar. We host a monthly webinar series because we want to add more value to your life. If you want to sign up for our next FREE monthly webinar, head over to the1thing.com/webinars. In this episode you will learn... [3:45] How to maintain momentum while working on your ONE thing. [5:36] How to avoid distractions. [8:07] Two strategies for practicing mindfulness when your mind is a distraction. [9:15] How to accomplish BIG goals through small and consistent action. [11:25] How to delegate like a millionaire. [14:00] How to get out of your inbox – and stay out. [16:03] Why you need to enlist support to focus on your ONE thing. [20:55] Why you should share your goals (and failures) with the most important people in your life. [24:39] Why trying to focus on many things will make everything harder. [29:02] How to optimize your energy throughout the day. [30:07] What you can do when the job being asked of you is not aligned with your ONE thing. [32:10] How to say no without ticking people off. [35:14] How to help motivation find you. [37:38] How to stop yourself from looking at social media while you are focused on your ONE thing. [39:03] How to affect change in unproductive people. [41:30] How to leverage your 4-1-1 to overcome procrastination. [43:55] One 60-second exercise that will help hone your focus. [47:42] Why surrounding yourself with the right people will help clarify your ONE thing. The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: Focus is like a muscle. To strengthen your focus, you need to exercise that muscle every day. Start right now taking action on one thing for just 60 seconds. Can you prove to yourself that you can be present for the next 60 seconds? If so, GREAT! Now it’s about making it a habit and expanding your focus time, over time. Links & Tools From This Episode Sign up for our next FREE monthly webinar Like our Facebook Page to catch our Facebook Live sessions twice a week Add us on Snapchat @the1thingbook for daily updates AWESOME FREE RESOURCES FOR YOU! Form your first power habit with your 66 Day Challenge Calendar Check out our awesome blog! [FREE Training] How to Start Time Blocking TODAY! 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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0:00.0	This is the one thing podcast where we teach you the surprisingly simple truth behind extraordinary results.
0:10.0	I'm excited to share something different with you today.
0:13.2	Every single month we go out of our way to add value to the people who are on our email list
0:19.4	by doing a live webinar that usually we're bringing on some type of expert that normally you wouldn't have
0:26.2	the opportunity to interact with and we spend a lot of time doing Q&A with those people so that you can
0:31.1	really seek guidance from them and also bring new ideas to you.
0:34.8	This month we decided that since it's the beginning of the year, we wanted to do a Q&A.
0:39.6	Instead of bringing an expert on, we asked people ahead of time where they were struggling most when it came to
0:43.8	their productivity. We had 160 different questions that came in. We prioritized them and we
0:50.9	asked some of the most powerful ones. I mean these are people who have been
0:54.0	struggling with living a life productivity and they want to start this year because
0:58.8	so often we start the year with the best of hopes with the biggest dreams and a few months in we seem to lose our
1:03.6	momentum and we didn't want that for you this year so this month we dedicated our
1:08.3	one thing webinar to doing a live Q&A with the audience. Today you're going to get to hear that actual
1:14.8	Q&A. For those of you who would like the opportunity to join these webinars
1:19.4	in the future so that we can interact live and we can introduce you to some of the most powerful
1:23.8	influencers out there when it comes to productivity and authors then go to the
1:27.8	one thing dot com webinar that's the one thing with the number one
1:31.8	dot com slash webinar you'll see whatever the webinar is for that month and you can
1:35.8	sign up for free it's just our way another way that we try to add value to you
1:40.0	so with that let's get into our Q&A. I am so excited to share this. You all know I am an avid learner and I am
1:59.2	constantly looking for the edge I can find through new knowledge and incredible mentors, which is why I absolutely
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