517. How This Couple Transformed Their Marriage, Career & Life with The ONE Thing

The ONE Thing

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Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Before discovering The ONE Thing, Mauricio and Christine were stuck in survival mode—juggling kids, work, and the chaos of daily life. Everything changed when a copy of The ONE Thing landed on Mauricio’s desk. What started as reluctant curiosity grew into a shared commitment: they embraced the 411 and time-blocking, turning scattered days into intentional progress. By having weekly conversations and getting clear on each other’s goals, they found real alignment and deeper intimacy in their marriage. The impact didn’t stop at home—they began applying these tools to their business and community, helping others lead with intention. Today, their ordinary days look extraordinary, simply because they made space to dream and do the work together. Challenge of the Week: Make space for silence this week. Pick a routine task—whether it’s walking, driving, or doing the dishes—and turn off the noise. No radio, no podcast, no distractions. Just give yourself a little space to think (or not think), and see what comes up. Sometimes, the best ideas and clarity come in those quiet moments. *** To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: the1thing.com/pods. We talk about: How chaos becomes the “new normal” for so many couples with young kids Using the 411 and time-blocking to align goals and schedules as a family The power of intentional conversations for building intimacy and dreaming bigger Links & Tools from This Episode: Free Resources Want to be a guest or share feedback? Email [email protected] or send us an audio note at Speakpipe.com/the1thing. Produced by NOVA

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0:00.0	This week, we're trying to maybe ask and answer the question, how do ordinary folks lead
0:05.8	extraordinary lives? And I think that's a great descriptor for this episode with Maricio and
0:11.7	Christine. They were a couple with young children dealing with their jobs, dealing with transition,
0:17.2	dealing with the tail end of COVID, when they discovered the one thing. And they went from a completely reactive existence, like dealing with the tail end of COVID when they discovered the one thing and they went from
0:21.3	a completely reactive existence like dealing with all of the chaos and the fires as they
0:26.4	happened to a more purposeful life where they're able to set real meaningful goals together,
0:33.2	communicate about them, understand each other's wants and needs as a married couple even better,
0:38.1	and also pursue their professional goals. So you fast forward just four years, not a decade,
0:44.0	not a really long time. And they've been through this transformative experience. It's a great
0:48.7	chance to learn from some of our practice leaders. Let's dive right in. I'm Jay Papazan,
0:53.5	and this is the One Thing, your weekly
0:55.2	guide to the simple steps that lead to extraordinary results. Maricio Christine, welcome to the One Thing podcast.
1:13.8	I'm so happy to have you.
1:15.4	Thank you.
1:16.2	Thank you.
1:17.0	I'm about to be here.
1:17.9	Yep.
1:18.8	So we've been kind of in the same kind of community for a while around the One Thing.
1:23.1	Y'all have been in and out of the live events and the virtual events.
1:26.3	We've gotten to know each other.
1:27.3	You've actually been on our stages. Like you've actually presented on the one thing and shared
1:31.1	your story.
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