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The ONE Thing

75. Deep Work & The ONE Thing

The ONE Thing

NOVA Media

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2017

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

The ONE Thing is about what you work on – Deep Work is about how you work. We know that many of you are huge fans of Cal Newport and his book, Deep Work. That's why we sat down with him to discuss how you can strengthen your focus muscle, so your productivity goes through the roof. We recorded this conversation as part of our monthly ONE Thing webinar series. Every month, we feature an incredible author so that you can learn directly from them and ask questions. If you want to sign up for our next FREE monthly webinar, head over to the1thing.com/webinars.   The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: What is ONE thing you learned from this episode – that you can reasonably do – that will have a massive impact on how you invest your time? We love that you're consuming the content, but we know that your greatest results will come when you back it with action.   In this episode you will learn... [7:10] How you can begin to leverage Deep Work in your life. [12:25] How the story you tell yourself can perpetuate inaction. [21:45] ONE simple tactic that will help you stay focused on your most important work. [30:00] How you can leverage the domino effect and start developing your focus muscle. [43:25] How you can start practicing productive meditation.   AWESOME FREE RESOURCES FOR YOU! The Kick Ass Guide To Accountability Form your first power habit with your 66 Day Challenge Calendar Check out our awesome blog! [FREE Training] How to Start Time Blocking TODAY!   Links & Tools From This Episode Want to take back 24-34 hours every month? Join the Living Your ONE Thing Community: the1thing.com/membership   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

This is the One Thing Podcast where we teach you the surprisingly simple truth behind extraordinary results.

0:09.0

My name's Jeff Woods. I'm the Vice President here at the One Thing team team in the last episode you got to hear a

0:14.6

keynote that I gave to a bunch of our coaches on how they can be asking questions that

0:19.6

help people boost their productivity. If you miss that episode, please go back and listen to it. We've gotten an overwhelming amount of positive feedback on that one. Go listen to episode 74.

0:30.0

This episode is from our One Thing webinar series.

0:35.0

Every month we try to feature a best-selling author.

0:38.0

Somebody whose book we love that we want to bring to you,

0:42.0

this last month we featured Cal Newport, the

0:45.1

author of Deep Work. We know many of you are huge fans of deep work. This was an

0:50.0

opportunity for us to spend some time with Cal to learn how we can be strengthening

0:55.0

our focus muscle. He said something brilliant. He said the one thing is about what you work on.

1:01.2

Deep work is about how you work.

1:05.0

This is an incredible resource.

1:07.0

I know you guys will love it.

1:08.5

If you would like to see who we have coming up,

1:11.0

you can go to the One Thing.com slash webinar that's with the number one in the

1:15.3

URL the one thing dot com slash webinar and you can see all of our past

1:20.1

guests and then see the one that we have coming up for our next month.

1:24.0

With that, let's get into my conversation with Cal Newport of Deep Work. This new podcast from Nova Media is coming soon. Follow the show to be instantly

1:37.4

notified when the first episode premieres. I am so excited to share this. You all know I am an avid learner and I am constantly

1:57.8

looking for the edge I can find through new knowledge and incredible mentors, which is why I absolutely love masterclass so much.

2:05.4

I've taken the art of negotiation with Chris Voss,

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