Episode 289: Do Less. Achieve MORE with Michael Hyatt
The Mind Your Business Podcast
James Wedmore
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 16 September 2019
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
My guest today is a mentor and someone that I highly regard, and the message he shares falls in line with everything we talk about each week on this podcast. Michael Hyatt is a New York Times bestselling author and host of the incredible podcast, Lead to Win, and in this episode you're going hear to all about his latest book, Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less. Stay tuned until the end of the episode, because both Michael and I are giving people who purchase and read this book some amazing bonuses!
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In the episode you'll hear:
- How Michael knew that something had to change in his life, and what then sent him on a 20-year quest
- The lessons he's learned about working less, and what he calls "The Hustle Fallacy"
- What Michael does to find the sweet spot between passion and proficiency
- How to determine what falls into your "Desire Zone"
- The way Michael plans for his year, and the rules he sets for his days off
- Why vision is so important – especially as your build a team
- His productivity process that allows him to get so much done
- How to get comfortable saying "No" – and the exact framework and wording you can start using today
For full show notes and links, visit: http://mindyourbusinesspodcast.com/podcast/289
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Mind Your Business Podcast, episode number 289. |
| 0:07.0 | Today I'm talking to New York Times Best Selling Author, Mr. Michael Hyatt, |
| 0:12.0 | on how to achieve more by doing less. |
| 0:15.4 | So stay tuned. |
| 0:17.1 | Hi, I'm James Wedmore, and I've built a multiple seven-figure internet business |
| 0:26.1 | that offers the financial freedom to do what I want when I want. And I'm the |
| 0:31.2 | first to say that hard work and hustle are not essential ingredients for your success. |
| 0:38.0 | So, how do you build a thriving business from the inside out? |
| 0:42.0 | Now with over 3 million down the thriving business |
| 0:44.0 | from the inside out now with over 3 million downloads. |
| 0:45.0 | This is the Mind Your Business Podcast. |
| 0:51.0 | What's up ladies and gentlemen, James Wedmore here, and thank you for tuning into another |
| 0:55.5 | fantabulous episode here on the Mind Your Business Podcast, where I'm super excited to bring you |
| 1:01.2 | a very special guest, a mentor of mine, someone I highly regard, respect |
| 1:06.7 | and look up to, somebody who is an extraordinary human being, entrepreneur, visionary, and |
| 1:11.4 | leader, Mr. Michael Hyatt, you're probably no stranger to either his |
| 1:16.7 | podcast lead to win or many of his incredible best-selling books and I have in my hand his latest book |
| 1:25.0 | free to focus total productivity system to achieving more by doing less which is so |
| 1:30.5 | in line with everything we talk here |
| 1:33.3 | about on the podcast on the show. |
| 1:35.9 | In fact, it was last week that I spoke to you |
| 1:39.3 | from my perspective about the real reason why working harder is going to keep you broke. |
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