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The ONE Thing

213. Find Your Lead Domino | Ed McFarland

The ONE Thing

NOVA Media

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

As you’ve gone down your path towards living The ONE Thing, have you ever found yourself struggling to identify where to start? A lot of us experience this challenge. We are used to thinking big and acting big, but we struggling to think big and go small; we struggle to create relationships with our goals. So, today, we’re going to talk to Ed McFarland, someone who read the book about a year ago and then dove into the podcast, and we’re going to share a live coaching conversation. We’re going to help him — and you — articulate a big vision and identify the lead domino. If you want to have an experience like the one in this episode, then you’ll love the Couples Goal-Setting Retreat. In this episode, you will learn... -[7:15] What stops most people from getting the results they want -[12:00] How will you know you’re successful? -[19:00] How to become the type of person that can recruit and retain people with exceptional talent Links & Tools From This Episode -Connect with Ed at www.lobsterbarnyc.com -Join us at our Goal-Setting Retreat (Nov. 9th & 10th in Austin, TX): the1thing.com/event.  -Download the FREE Kick Ass Guide® to Your Couples Goal Setting Retreat -We’ll help you facilitate a retreat with the Goal Setting Retreat Master Course 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.

0:08.0

I'm your host Jeff Woods.

0:11.0

As you've gone on your path to living the one thing, have you ever found

0:14.1

yourself struggling to identify where to start? Have you looked at all the things

0:18.6

that are on your list? Maybe you've looked at some of your big goals and

0:21.8

ask the question,

0:23.2

what is the one thing I can do?

0:25.2

Such that by doing it, everything else would be easier or unnecessary.

0:28.5

This is a very common challenge people have.

0:31.8

And from a high level, the challenge challenges we're good at thinking big and

0:34.8

acting big we struggle to think big and go small what we mean by that is we struggle that based on

0:41.1

that big vision that we have for ourselves that big goal we don't always know the one

0:47.6

simple thing that if we just knock that domino down this week it would automatically put us on track for a goal in the

0:54.2

distant future. It's why we say people struggle to have a relationship with

0:59.0

their goals. It's because they don't know how to find their lead domino.

1:03.0

In this episode, we have the pleasure of featuring one of you.

1:07.0

Somebody who has in the past year read the book

1:10.0

and dove in as a subscriber of the One Thing podcast.

1:14.2

You're going to hear his story of what was going on in his life

1:16.7

when he first came across the One Thing earlier this year.

1:19.5

And you're going to hear us turn the tables

1:21.8

and have a coaching conversation where we help him

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