meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The ONE Thing

237. Losing 100 Pounds & Eliminating $551K in Debt – ONE Habit at a Time

The ONE Thing

NOVA Media

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The path to getting everything you want starts with getting one thing at a time. But there are so many things that we want in our lives, and when we view all the things that we need to do, it can be overwhelming. However, when we start living The ONE Thing, we learn to view that overwhelming list of things to do as dominos, line them up, and knock the first one over. The secret to living The ONE Thing is to think big, go small, and trust that the dominos will fall. Matt Plumer has an amazing story that will show you how simple it can be. At one point in his life, he found himself weighing 300 pounds with a drinking problem, a gambling problem, a smoking problem, and a marriage was on the brink of collapse. Today, he has lost over 100 pounds, gotten ahold of his addictions, paid off $500,000 worth of debt, and reinvigorated his relationship. And in this episode, we’re going to walk through how making so much change started with just ONE simple thing. We are launching a new 66-day community challenge. While the vast majority of people who have gone on a 66-day challenge have failed, 78% of the people who participated in our last community challenge succeeded. The difference between failure and success, for many of us, is a community to offer support along the way. If you’d like to join us on a 66-day challenge, you can visit the1thing.com/habits. In this episode, you will learn... [03:19] What led to hitting that rock-bottom moment [05:56] Finding your lead domino [11:30] Aligning with your partner [18:31] How The ONE Thing can help you on your journey [21:38] How setting goals to the now works [24:51] Setting keystone habits Links & Tools From This Episode 66-Day Challenge: the1thing.com/habits 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

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

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. The path to getting everything you want starts by getting one thing at a time.

0:15.8

One of the things that we've experienced just with working with people in our living

0:19.8

in one thing community and the events and inside the companies we go into is that you all want to make change, right?

0:26.1

There are so many things that you want for your life and when you view all the things that you need to do

0:37.1

as things that are on your plate, it can be overwhelming. The opportunity is that when you start living the one thing, you learn to view those things

0:41.1

as dominoes.

0:42.6

And just like you did when you were a kid, you line them up, and you simply look at the first

0:47.6

one and you whack away at it until it falls.

0:51.4

If it's the correctly domino, what happens?

0:54.9

That's right, they all fall.

0:58.0

Everything else becomes easier or unnecessary.

1:01.7

The secret to you on your journey to living the one thing is to think big, go

1:07.0

small, and trust that the dominoes will fall.

1:11.2

The person you are going to meet today has an amazing story.

1:15.0

As you'll hear, at one point in his life back in 2012,

1:19.0

he found himself weighing about 300 pounds, so was a hundred pounds overweight had a drinking

1:26.2

problem had a gambling problem smoking problem his marriage was on the brinks and

1:31.7

it took a true rock-bottom moment for him to turn his life around.

1:37.0

And we are going to walk through how making so much change, started with one simple thing.

1:47.7

What we hope that you focus on

1:49.2

is the FM Alexander quote that people do not decide their futures. They decide their habits.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NOVA Media, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NOVA Media and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.