411: The Life-Changing Power of a Goal-Setting Retreat (+ Live Demo with Husband/Wife Investors Matt & Melissa) with Geoff Woods

BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

BiggerPockets

Investing, Education, Business

4.8 • 16.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2020

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever bought a whiteboard or a journal and thought, this is it... This is the moment when I REALLY commit to goal-setting... and then (as it tends to do) life just kind of gets in the way? This episode is about rethinking your approach to goals – and to do this, we've brought in an expert on managing your time and mental energy like a billionaire: Geoff Woods, VP of The One Thing and facilitator of their upcoming virtual goal-setting retreat Today, Geoff shares the blueprint that high-performing couples, teams, and individuals use 1) cast a shared vision of the future 2) work backwards to map out important steps, and 3) regularly recalibrate and track progress. Plus, we put this to the test, live! About halfway through the episode, you'll meet Matt and Melissa Miller – married parents of 3 who own 7 units but are struggling to define their exact vision... and the action plan required to realize it. Geoff leads them through a goal-setting exercise live, and the result is inspiring and surprisingly emotional. #MarriageGoals - literally! Whether you're looking to get on the same page as a spouse, business partner, or just chart out a clearer path for yourself... you'll get a ton of value out of this episode. Let us know what you think of it, and use the link below if you're interested in joining Geoff (and Brandon and Heather Turner!) at the retreat next month. In This Episode We Cover: How billionaires set goals What to do when your spouse or partner is not a natural goal-setter How to have an ongoing relationship with your goals A live goal-setting exercise with a real estate investor couple, Matt and Melissa Defining whose lane is whose when running a business with your spouse or partner What happens at a goal-setting retreat Geoff's personal story of leaving medical sales to work with Gary Keller and Jay Papasan Links from the Show BiggerPockets Podcast Virtual goal-setting retreat The 1 thing Website The 1 thing podcast Click here to check the full show notes: http://biggerpockets.com/show411 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the BiggerPockets Podcast Show 4-Eleven.
0:04.0	Most people, when their idea of setting goals is sitting down on January 1st and asking,
0:08.0	what do I want to achieve this year?
0:09.5	And they put it on a PowerPoint slide or they write it down and look that's a great start but the
0:14.7	challenge is the world doesn't need a new way to set goals. They need a way to have a
0:18.7	relationship with them. You're listening to bigger pockets radio.
0:23.0	Simplifying real estate for investors large and small.
0:27.0	If you're here looking to learn about real estate investing, without all the height, you're in the right place.
0:33.2	Stay tuned and be sure to join the millions of others
0:36.1	who have benefited from BiggerPockets.com.
0:39.2	Your home for real estate investing online. What's going on everyone? It's Brandon Turner, host of the BiggerPockets podcast, here with my
0:46.2	co-host Mr David Green. David, question for you, what are you reading these days? Any book you have been crossing your nightstand over the last few weeks or month?
0:55.2	You know I haven't had time to write a book because I've been or sorry reading books because I've been writing books so no nothing right now how about you actually
1:05.1	ironically I am actually listening I mentioned this on the show today I'm
1:09.2	actually re-listening to the book the one thing and I didn't I didn't say this on the
1:12.2	interview so I'll say it now as I'm re-listening to the one The One Thing, and I didn't say this on the interview, so I'll say it now.
1:13.4	As I'm re-listening to The One Thing, which I've read like a hundred times probably now.
1:16.8	I love that book, one of my all-time favorite business books.
1:18.8	And I'm reading it and I'm like, you know what, I'm doing too much right now.
1:22.2	I'm doing way too much in my life right now and so I actually like this week decided to
1:28.4	Severely pair back my flipping here on Maui
1:31.7	You know a lot of people I mean I'm we made over a
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