The One Thing with Geoff Woods
The Speaker Lab Podcast
The Speaker Lab
4.8 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Have you found the one? Not that one, but the one thing?
The one and only Geoff Woods joined us for Episode 376 to explain what “the one thing” is and why you need to find it to achieve your goals.
Passionate about how small things make a big difference and why world-class content is a must, Geoff’s approach to productivity and building a business is contagious.
Not only will this episode help you begin your journey to finding “the one thing,” but you’ll also get to hear more about Geoff’s road to becoming co-founder and president of the organization, The One Thing.
How did he get started? By asking a simple question, “How might I be able to help?” And the rest is history! If you’re looking for the one thing that will reignite your “why” and lead you into the future, then this episode is a must!
THE FINER DETAILS OF THIS SHOW:
- What is “the one thing?”
- Why does “the one thing matter?”
- Understanding your goals
- How to start a new career
- What it means to prioritize (for real)!
- Having a job vs. building a business
- How can you help?
- How can you find “the one thing?”
- And much more!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Fran, Graham Baldwin here. |
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| 0:38.5 | That's what you got to do is go to the speakakerlab.com slash marketing. That's all you got to do is go to the speakerlab.com slash marketing and we'll see you there. |
| 0:50.0 | Hey, what's up, friends? Grant Baldwin here. So good to have you here with us today for episode |
| 0:53.0 | 376 of the Speaker Lab podcast. We've got a great show for you as always. And today I'm going to be joined by Mr. Jeff Woods to talk about the one thing. Now, you might be wondering what exactly is the one thing. Well, Jeff is here to explain the concept, to unpack the application and help equip us to take the right steps toward being truly productive. |
| 1:12.3 | He's become the face of the book, The One Thing, and he's one of the more passionate people |
| 1:15.8 | that you're ever going to find about identifying the small things that can make a big difference |
| 1:19.7 | in your life. Aside from his work as president and co-founder of The One Thing, Jeff has also worked |
| 1:24.9 | with for years to build his own speaking business. |
| 1:28.1 | And during our conversation, he's really candid about what it means to have a job versus |
| 1:31.8 | build a business and also shares his insight on the value of creating and delivering world-class |
| 1:36.6 | content. Jeff also shares his one thing, the journey to his current role and one simple question |
| 1:42.2 | of how might I be able to help, how that transformed |
| 1:45.1 | his future. My time with Jeff is energizing and will no doubt inspire you to start taking action. |
| 1:51.0 | So excited to share with you this episode with Jeff Woods. Enjoy. |
| 1:57.7 | Jeff, thanks for hanging out with us today. How are you, man? My pleasure, Grant. I'm doing awesome. Good to chat with you. So first of all, once you start by giving us a snapshot here, you have the book, the one thing. It's actually not written by you. We'll talk about that in a second, though, but you're kind of the torchbearer in the face for it. So first of all, explain what exactly is the one thing? Sure. The one thing is the surprisingly simple truth behind |
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