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Good Life Project

To Succeed at Anything, Do This. (2017)

Good Life Project

Jonathan Fields / Acast

Education, Wellness, Self-improvement, Midlife, Health & Fitness, Intentional Living, Personal Growth, Living Well, How To

4.5 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2017

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Success is not just about knowing what to do. It is about doing it.

All the information in the world, the best laid plans, the clearest, most-defined, measurable and attainable goals will not deliver the outcomes, results or resolutions you want.

There is something missing. In order to succeed at anything worth the effort, you also need to put in place critical changes in environment, culture, mindset and community that enable the consistent action that, over time, delivers astonishing results.

I call this "Success Scaffolding." And, I've been diving into, experimenting with and refining the key elements for years, across a wide array of domains, from health and fitness to art, innovation, careers and entrepreneurship.

In today's episode, instead of our usual long-form conversation with a special guest, I am doing something different. I'll be sharing what I call the 7P Success Scaffolding™ framework.

Every element, every step, nothing held back. Why? Because it is that time of year when millions commit to big, new, deeply-meaningful goals, only to walk away or fail by the time we hit February. Not because we don't want it badly enough. Not because we're not smart enough. But, because we do not have our Success Scaffolding in place.

This is my New Year's offering. It is about helping you make 2017 different, bridging the gap between hope and reality.

You may want to grab a pen. Or, if you'd like a PDF mind-map of the entire 7P Success Scaffolding framework, just be sure to sign up for our Weekly Insider Updates. I'll include a link to a free downloadable PDF in our next dispatch.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, hello, hello, and welcome to the year 2017.

0:07.3

I'm Jonathan Fields and this is Good Life Project.

0:09.8

So today's a bit of a special episode.

0:13.2

Normally on a Monday we have a long form conversation with a guest and we will be back to that

0:19.5

next week.

0:20.5

But I wanted to start the year a little bit differently this time.

0:23.9

So this is not your normal conversation.

0:28.6

This is a time of year where so many people hit pause and reflect on the year that's behind them

0:35.8

and then really do some planning and they say, okay, this is what I want to happen in the year to come.

0:41.2

And they pick goals.

0:43.6

Sometimes we call them resolutions.

0:45.8

Sometimes we just call them goals.

0:47.8

Sad fact is the vast majority of it, no matter what you call it, ends up pretty much out the window

0:54.3

within a matter of the first few weeks of the year and within about a month and a half,

0:59.9

almost all goals and resolutions big and small have failed in some way or been abandoned.

1:06.4

And the thing is it doesn't have to be that way.

1:09.3

In fact, something like 85% of all New Year's resolutions are the same ones that have been made in prior years.

1:14.5

So the question is why?

1:15.7

Why do we fail at achieving things that we say?

1:21.0

We really proclaim after thinking about it that this is really important to me.

1:26.9

So what happens there?

1:29.1

And big part of the problem is that information and even a plan, that's actually not enough.

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