40. Jay Papasan — The ONE Thing

The Game Changing Attorney Podcast with Michael Mogill

Michael Mogill

Management, Business, Marketing, Entrepreneurship

5.0 • 540 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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"If you constantly cheat on time, there is a massive price that you will pay." - Jay Papasan Is multitasking a lie? What's the difference between a to-do list and a success list? Are willpower-based actions wasting your energy? What is the ONE BIG QUESTION whose answer will unlock your productivity? From Artist to Entrepreneur Jay Papasan is an executive, real estate expert, speaker, and best-selling author of Wall Street Journal Business best-selling book “The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results.” From his humble beginnings as a French/English major and self-confessed book nerd, Jay Papasan learned business in later life and underwent a total paradigm shift. Now a leadership coach and co-owner of several successful businesses, he shares his journey from craftsman and artist to entrepreneur — and the lessons he learned along the way. Success is Sequential: The Devastating Costs of Multitasking In the thirst for success, many entrepreneurs invite a level of complexity into their lives that can be utterly counterproductive. As Jay Papasan explains, making real progress professionally requires both discipline and simplicity — but that doesn't mean it's easy. We discuss why the most successful people have an awesome day before noon, how mindful order and honed energy create a domino effect, and why multitasking breeds untold levels of inefficiency. Misdirected Energy: Why Discipline Trumps Willpower Jay Papasan is a serial entrepreneur who is consistently juggling numerous ventures at the same time. It takes a certain level of mental stamina to give maximum efficiency to all of his endeavours. Is it sheer strength of willpower...or is something else at play? We explore Jay's thesis on the difference between discipline and willpower. He shares incredible scientific insight on the “horrible mileage” your brain gets out of willpower-based actions, and the physiological ramifications that have a huge impact on your workplace prowess. Key takeaways: Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. If you can focus on a smaller number of things that are more meaningful, you’ll make a much greater impact. Multitasking is a lie. You will get more accomplished by focusing on ONE thing at a time, rather than toggling back and forth between tasks or projects. Balancing is a verb, not a noun. Balance is not a destination — it's an ongoing process characterized by actions and decisions that keep you on track and moving forward. Links and Resources The Game Changing Attorney Podcast Michael Mogill Facebook Michael Mogill Twitter Michael Mogill Instagram Michael Mogill LinkedIn Crisp Video Website Crisp Video Facebook Crisp Video Group Twitter Crisp Video Instagram Crisp Video LinkedIn Jay Papasan Website Jay Papasan Twitter

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0:00.0	The idea here is if we just go right to the heart of it, balance is not a destination.
0:06.9	That's Jay Pappison, executive, speaker, and the best-selling author of the one thing,
0:12.0	the surprisingly simple truth behind extraordinary results.
0:15.0	When I'm public speaking, right, and I'm in a room with a bunch of people, I'll often ask people,
0:18.7	if you're physically able, would you stand up on one foot? And I'll say, great, are you balanced or are you balancing? And everybody's like, I'm balancing. And I'm like, thank you. It's a verb. It's not a noun. I'm Michael Mogul, founder and CEO of Chris Video, the nation's number one law firm growth company.
0:38.9	I've built my business through practice, not theory.
0:41.6	Crisp started with just $500 to my name and has grown to over eight figures in revenue over the last few years,
0:46.8	earning a spot on the Inc 500 list of the fastest growing private companies in America.
0:51.0	Our approach has been to take everything we've learned about generating massive growth within our own organization and help the country's most ambitious and
0:57.8	committed law firm owners do the same for theirs. In each episode of this podcast, I sit down with
1:02.4	innovative market leaders from the legal industry and beyond. To learn from those who thrive
1:06.6	in the face of adversity, challenge the status quo, and define what it means to be a true
1:10.6	game changer. As we open up season two of the podcast, I sat down with Jay Pappison to discuss
1:15.9	his bestseller, The One Thing, why the popular concept of balance is a fallacy and how to accomplish
1:21.1	more by doing less. If you constantly cheat on time, there is a massive price that you will pay.
1:29.2	That's coming up on the Game Changing Attorney podcast. Jay Pappison serves as vice president at Keller Williams
1:39.3	Realty, the world's largest real estate company. He's also the co-owner and co-founder of several successful
1:44.8	businesses. His most popular book, The One Thing, has sold more than one and a half million copies,
1:50.2	has been translated into 35 languages and has appeared on more than 500 national bestseller lists.
1:55.9	I'm a functionally kind of a book nerd. I'm a French English major that learned business late in life.
2:00.9	So if you look at my chapters up until about age 30, I thought that you built your wealth by
2:05.8	getting a job, maybe become an executive, right, and taking that path. And then early in 2000,
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