498. 12 Years of The ONE Thing: How to Reclaim Your Time and Stay on Track

The ONE Thing

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Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

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🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Twelve years ago, The ONE Thing was published, and it’s been incredible to see its impact—over 3.75 million copies sold in 42 languages. To celebrate, we’re sharing a live session from our annual convention, where I walk through a powerful framework for reclaiming time and staying focused on what matters most. Most of us set goals backward, reacting to what’s in front of us rather than working in reverse from a clear vision. I break down goal setting to the now, a method that aligns your daily actions with your long-term aspirations. Plus, I cover two common pitfalls—goal drift and unconscious quitting—and how a simple 20-minute weekly check-in with your 411 framework keeps you on track. I also introduce the 7D Method, a system designed to help you reclaim at least four hours per week by downloading, delegating, and decreasing unnecessary commitments. Imagine what you could do with that extra time. Next week, I’m sitting down with my personal coach, Jordan Freed, to dive into the Four Thieves of Productivity—tune in to learn how to protect your time and energy. Challenge of the Week: Use the 7D Method to identify at least one hour you can reclaim this week. Fewer meetings, shorter commitments—whatever it takes to free up time for what truly matters. *** To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: the1thing.com/pods. We talk about: Why most people set goals backward and how to fix it The power of “goal setting to the now” and how to break down your big dreams The 7D Method for reclaiming four or more hours every week Links & Tools from This Episode: The 411 Goal-Setting Framework Read: The ONE Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan The 10 Year Letter by Jordan Fried Free Resources Want to be a guest or share feedback? Email [email protected] or send us an audio note at Speakpipe.com/the1thing. This podcast is for general informational purposes only. The views, thoughts, and opinions of the guest represent those of the guest and not Produktive or Keller Williams Realty, LLC and their affiliates, and should not be construed as financial, economic, legal, tax, or other advice. This podcast is provided without any warranty, or guarantee of its accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or results from using the information. Produced by NOVA

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0:00.0	I'm Jay Papazan, and this is the One Thing, your weekly guide to the simple steps that lead to extraordinary results.
0:18.3	Hey there, One Thing family, Jay Papazan here. Today is the 31st of March. That means tomorrow is
0:24.8	April 1st. It also happens to be the 12th anniversary of when we published the One Thing.
0:30.0	Blows my mind. I cannot believe it's been 12 years. We're heading towards 3.75 million copies sold.
0:36.8	I think 42 languages now. I just cannot believe
0:40.0	how far this book is going around the world. And here you are listening to this podcast.
0:44.3	This week, we're going to be sharing a live recording of a class I taught at our annual convention.
0:49.7	And in it, I'm going to be sharing part of a framework that we reserve for our private coaching clients, our group coaching called the first domino.
0:56.9	Our 7D method is designed for people to identify at least four hours that they can
1:02.5	reclaim every single week.
1:04.5	What would you do if you could get a half day back every single week to aim it whatever
1:08.9	you want?
1:09.9	We're going to explore that this week. It's super
1:11.7	practical, super applicable. It's a way for you to reclaim your calendar. Everybody here,
1:22.0	especially all the new people, most of us have been taught to set goals backwards. The conventional ways we think about goal pursued,
1:30.3	from the experience we got and all the research we did,
1:33.3	and then the 12 years since, I can tell you,
1:37.3	99% of what's written out there has got it completely backwards.
1:41.3	We're just approaching everything from the wrong direction.
1:44.6	So think about who here has got small kids.
1:48.7	All right, you go to the restaurant, they give you the little thing with three crayons in
1:53.0	it that all break with your kids.
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