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The ONE Thing

193. Find Your Focus, Cut Your Stress | Jay Papasan

The ONE Thing

NOVA Media

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2019

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Around this time of year, things can start to get a little crazy. We all start the year with certain goals, but life often throws us these curveballs that we don’t see coming – and, before we know it, we’re struggling to find clarity and dealing with overwhelm. But, in the midst of all of that, there’s ONE thing we can do that will make everything else easier or unnecessary. In this episode, Jay Papasan returns to share how you can find your focus, cut your stress, and hit reset so that you can get back on track towards completing your goals for the year – not by doing more, but by doing less. Are you ready to hit the RESET button? Then check out the1thing.com/reset. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: the1thing.com/podcast. In this episode, you will learn... [8:45] What it looks like to hit the reset button, within an organization and as an individual [17:15] How to get clarity on what is actually a priority and what you can cancel [33:05] What it looks like to practice self-leadership or leadership within your organization when you’re calendar doesn’t align with your priorities [35:00] How to make things simple [47:00] Can you do a reset alone? Links & Tools From This Episode The ONE Thing Mid-Year Reset Retreat: https://trainings.the1thing.com/reset The ONE Thing training (for individuals and teams): http://the1thing.com/training 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.

0:09.0

I'm your host Jeff Woods. The episode you are going to hear today is a live webinar that Jay Papazan and I hosted

0:16.6

last week around finding your focus and cutting your stress. It seems that so many times, especially this time of year, mid-year, things just

0:26.9

get a little crazy. You know, there are goals that we are ahead on and we have the opportunity

0:32.0

to think bigger and achieve so much more.

0:34.4

There are goals that we've fallen behind on and we really need a way to put a plan in place to make

0:39.5

up the gap and then sometimes life throws us these curveballs that we didn't see coming and before you know it we are

0:46.6

Struggling to find clarity. We are dealing with overwhelm and in the midst of all of that there is one thing that we can do that makes everything else easier or unnecessary.

0:57.0

It's the idea of pressing reset, reflecting on everything that's happened, evaluating where we stand in relation to those goals.

1:05.4

Simplifying our life, most people think we actually have to do more

1:09.0

to make up the gap.

1:09.7

It's actually about doing less,

1:10.9

but figuring out what are the things that you can actually cut out of your life so you can

1:14.4

recommit to what matters most. We establish brand new plans and then we time block those activities.

1:20.8

It is very simple and J&R are going to walk through what this is looked like inside of his life.

1:26.4

We're going to walk through examples of how other people are doing this.

1:29.7

This is a wonderful, wonderful episode. With that, we look forward to getting into this webinar on

1:34.6

find your focus, cut your stress content that peaks my interest and

1:54.7

challenges me to think differently or learn something I can actually use.

1:58.6

That's why I look to the Harvard Business Review.

2:01.3

The Harvard Business Review is the leading

2:03.0

destination for smart management thinking through its flagship

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