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The Double Win

3 Questions Every Leader Must Answer to Avoid the Drift

The Double Win

Michael Hyatt

Education, Productivity, Influence, Teamleadership, Self-improvement, Selfdevelopment, Achievement, Business, Intentionality, Management, Personaldevelopment, Selfleadership, Leadership

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Has this ever happened to you? You get in the car and pull out of the driveway, just like you do every day. Then it dawns on you: “This is Saturday!” You’re halfway to the office when you realize you were headed to the store. Oops. It’s easy to drift along in the wrong direction. That happens in life. And it happens in business. That phenomenon is called the drift. Just like the current in a river, life has unseen forces that pull you along in a given direction. Lifestage, busyness, culture, obligations —all of that forms a draft that pulls you forward, whether you realize it or not. If you’re not careful, you can wake up to find that your business and personal life have drifted to a destination you never intended. We’ll show you how to avoid that by living your life with intention. We share three simple, powerful questions that will help you avoid the drift and navigate against the subtle forces of busyness and distraction. You can live your life on purpose if you pause long enough to answer these three profound questions. We are super excited about this episode! Why? Because we know how much these concepts have improved our lives. Here’s what we hope you’ll do after listening. Schedule some time on your calendar right now, and commit to using that time to reflect on the three questions we’ve shared with you. You’ll be amazed at the clarity you gain, and the determination to stay on course toward your biggest goals. Shout Out! Thanks this week to “mikekellyonline,” who left a review of Lead to Win on iTunes. Mike writes, “Even as a mid-level manager, I have been able to continually use the content offered through this podcast to become a better leader in the Navy.”Thanks great to hear, Mike. Thanks for sharing. If you’re not subscribed to the podcast, we recommend you do that now. And please leave a review  on iTunes. Good, bad, or indifferent, we want to hear from you. Your comments help us make this program a greater value for everyone. RESOURCES “Are You a Pilot or a Passenger in Your Own Life?” by Michael Hyatt “Shift the Drift” by Michael Hyatt   Living Forward: A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want  by Michael Hyatt and Daniel Harkavy The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step Plan to Achieve Your Most Important Goals by Michael Hyatt   See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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This episode of Lead to Win is brought to you by The Focused Leader Masterclass, an online course to help focus your leadership and deliver greater results.

0:10.0

Find out more at lead to dot win slash masterclass.

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Hi, Michael Hyatt.

0:19.0

And I'm Megan Hyatt Miller.

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And this is lead to win our weekly podcast to help you win at work and

0:24.1

succeed at life. And in this episode we're talking about the drift and how to

0:29.4

avoid it.

0:31.6

Yeah, you know, when we talk about the drift, we're talking about that kind of unseen

0:40.4

force in our life that just pulls us to a place without our intention or any real

0:46.7

decision on our part usually to a place that we would not have chosen and it

0:51.7

probably is not positive I mean you don't usually drift somewhere that you're like

0:56.9

wow this is amazing you know that's not normally how works.

1:00.7

Normally when you drift it leads you to a place of regret and that's usually caused by

1:06.4

busyness and inattention and just kind of the demands of our time but over time we can end up just feeling like, you know, time has passed and we've wasted

1:17.8

it and we've missed out on opportunities.

1:20.6

And so today we have three questions to help you avoid the drift and instead live with intention.

1:27.5

And we're going to bring in Larry Wilson, our writer for the show, to help guide us through this content.

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Larry.

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Hey guys, I'm excited about this topic because I think I like probably everybody

1:39.0

have drifted into locations or destinations that you kind of wake up and say,

1:44.5

wait a minute, how did I get here?

1:47.0

We talk so much about living with intention and focus,

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