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The ONE Thing

142. Shatter Your Ceiling of Achievement and Work The System | Josh Fonger

The ONE Thing

NOVA Media

Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2018

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Do you feel the ceiling, pressing right above your head? Are you wondering why you aren’t quite breaking through? The only way you shatter that ceiling of achievement is when you identify and start fo follow models and systems that will allow you to from E to P, or from entrepreneurial to purposeful. Gary Keller argues that you’re not a business owner until you can step away from your business, and your net worth goes up.  Josh Fonger has a particular expertise in this: he is co-founders and partners with the author of Work the System, which is all about how you can build these systems into your business.   In this episode, you will learn... [8:40] What you can ask yourself to gain clarity on your strategic vision. [15:30] How to relinquish control over things that have to be done by others & build necessary systems. [25:50] How to create principles as guideposts for living the values of your organization.  The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: Can you, at some point over the next seven days, document one process? Pick ONE thing in your business or personal life – even if it’s brushing your teeth – and prove to yourself that you can document what you do, when you do it, why you do it, and the result you get by doing it. If you’d like to see a version of our document and get a jumpstart, go to the1thing.com  Links & Tools From This Episode Learn more at workthesystem.com Connect with Josh on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/joshfonger Want to join Jay & Geoff for the very first The ONE Thing Mid-Year Reset Retreat (June 23rd & 24th in Austin, TX)? Head over to the1thing.com/resetretreat.  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! -- 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.  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

Transcript

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0:00.0

Let's face it folks business news is dense and dry but it doesn't have to be that way

0:05.1

Morning Brew is a free daily email newsletter that delivers the latest business

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news directly to your inbox every weekday morning.

0:13.2

Both Jay Papazan and I are subscribers of this

0:16.0

because it's written in a witty and conversational tone

0:19.3

and it's actually enjoyable to read and best of all,

0:21.4

it only takes just five minutes so you can get

0:24.6

all your most relevant news and then get on with your one thing. Sign up for

0:28.7

free at morningbrew.com that's morning brew.com to get started with your daily dose of business news.

0:35.6

This is the one thing podcast where we teach you

0:40.4

the surprisingly simple truth behind extraordinary results.

0:44.7

My name's Jeff Woods.

0:45.7

I'm the vice president here at the One Thing team.

0:50.4

You know that ceiling that's above your head right now?

0:53.0

That ceiling of achievement that year after year,

0:56.0

you just continue to bump up against

0:58.0

wondering why you just never quite break through

1:01.0

and wonder why you never have just that exponential growth.

1:04.4

Do you ever wonder what stops you?

1:05.8

One of the three commitments of the one thing is the commitment of moving from

1:10.6

E to P, the commitment of moving from being entrepreneurial to being purposeful.

1:15.0

You act entrepreneurially when you wake up and you rely on your natural abilities.

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