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The ONE Thing

304.How to Achieve Your Goals Without Burning Out

The ONE Thing

NOVA Media

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

When you start living The ONE Thing, you begin to understand that not everything matters equally. You get clarity on what matters most. You begin doing the most important things first and, then, you earn the right to address everything else. When you do that, results show up and they show up fast. And, as that happens, your life gets bigger. What people don’t understand is that as your life gets bigger, the number of big rocks in your way increases. And what happens when you get to the point where there are more rocks than you have time for? That’s when you need to address the scale. This moment can be a real challenge for people. How do we change our outlook towards doing the most important things? And stop assuming that just because it’s important, something has to be hard? Let’s ask a different question: “How can I make it easier to do what matters most?” Greg McKeown, author of “Essentialism” and the brand new book, “Effortless,” answers just that. After tragedy struck his daughter, he wiped the plate clean, took an extremely difficult situation, and found a way to make managing it effortless. For those of you who are leaders inside of organizations, understanding what your priorities are, and creating a common language around them, will create extraordinary results. If you’re curious to learn more, visit the1thing.com/training. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: the1thing.com/podcast. In this episode, you will learn... [02:48] What “Essentialism” is [04:31] How Greg’s life changed after writing the book [10:47] Doing the right things in the right way [14:16] Identifying what the easy path is [22:43] How to have more rest throughout the day [30:26] Making the “Effortless” mindset a reality [42:24] The ONE Thing you can do to pursue the “Effortless” path Links & Tools From This Episode gregmckeown.com essentialism.com Read: “Essentialism” Read: “Effortless” 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

A crazy schedule can make it easy to fall back into your dinner time recipe red.

0:07.6

With back to school and end of your planning and full swing, the last thing on my mind

0:11.1

is coming up with new recipes, which is why I'm so thankful that I have hello fresh

0:15.4

to make meal time easy and exciting with over 40 recipes to choose from every week.

0:20.0

So there's always something delicious and new to discover.

0:23.0

Even though the fall can feel jam packed, hello fresh makes whipping up a home-cooked dinner

0:25.9

actually doable with quick and easy options, including their 15-minute meals.

0:30.1

That's less time than it takes to get delivery.

0:32.0

And with everything pre-portioned and delivered right to your door every week, it really

0:35.0

is a no-brainer.

0:36.0

Hello fresh does all the shopping and meal planning for you ingredients arrive at your doorstep

0:40.0

pre-portioned and ready to cook, along with pictured step-by-step recipe cards.

0:44.3

How easy is that?

0:45.3

Go to HelloFresh.com slash 50-O-N-E and use code 50-O-N-E for 50% off plus free shipping.

0:52.6

This is the one thing podcasts where we teach you the surprisingly simple truth behind

1:11.8

extraordinary results.

1:13.1

I'm your host, Jeff Woods.

1:16.7

If you've read the one thing, you've also likely read the book Essentialism.

1:21.4

These are two books that often are compared to each other.

1:24.7

And in fact, when we focus on social media and we see pictures of the one thing, people

1:28.0

often take a picture of Essentialism sitting right next to it.

1:32.1

Because Essentialism is a book about doing the right things.

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