Unleash the Power of Constraints

The Double Win

Michael Hyatt

Management, Intentionality, Selfdevelopment, Education, Teamleadership, Personaldevelopment, Productivity, Self-improvement, Business, Achievement, Influence, Selfleadership, Leadership

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

You never could have expected it. The diagnosis, the accident, the pandemic, the family crisis, the job loss. You knew where you wanted to go and how to get there. Then the rules changed. Now, you’re chafing under the new restrictions and longing to return to what used to be normal. But what if constraints are exactly where new possibilities lie? In this episode, Micheel and Megan model embracing restraints. They reveal how boundaries create freedom and new rules drive innovation. Their stories of breakthrough will challenge you to move from “If only…” to “What does this make possible?” This shift won’t just empower you to adapt. It will unlock new possibilities you never could have anticipated. In this episode, you’ll discover— Questions you can ask to identify new opportunities True stories of profitable changes that resulted from new constraints How to pivot from from fighting constraints to finding new ways forward Why a shorter workday might be the key to enhancing your productivity Insight into creating a culture that embraces constraints See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This episode of Lead to Win is brought to you by Michael Hyatt's countdown to 2021.
0:07.0	Join this exclusive newsletter and free community of like-minded achievers who are committed to turning 20-20's disappointments into 2021's greatest successes.
0:18.0	Learn more at lead to dot-win slash countdown.
0:26.0	Hi I'm Michael Hyatt.
0:27.0	And I'm Megan Hyatt Miller.
0:29.0	And this is lead to win our podcast to help you win at work
0:32.0	and succeed at life.
0:34.0	By the way we talk about that a lot, they're both important.
0:37.0	That's right.
0:38.0	Which brings us to our topic today, we want to talk about the power of constraints, which sounds bizarre because most people think that freedom
0:49.0	is the thing that they're after.
0:50.0	We want more freedom, don't put any constraints on us.
0:53.6	But our conviction is that constraints are the very thing
0:56.2	that leads to freedom, and unless they're constraints,
0:59.7	you won't experience freedom.
1:01.1	Okay, I am so excited about this topic.
1:03.5	I can barely stay in my seat.
1:05.3	I should probably just go stand up right now.
1:07.3	I'm super passionate about it because I think that not only is this one of my favorite things
1:11.6	to talk about, something that you and I both
1:14.3	deeply believe, but it's never been more timely.
1:18.5	You know, I don't know about you, Dad, but I am finding that everywhere I go I hear people whining and complaining and I'm just
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