The ONE Thing

If you are struggling with organization, it’s not your fault. You probably haven't been taught what it takes to get organized at work. I know nobody ever sat us down and showed us how to get organized, until we started working with Gary Keller and Jay Papasan.  Today we want to share with you what we’ve learned about getting organized and the research that our team has uncovered about what it takes to be productive at work.   The ONE Thing to Take Away From This Episode: Look at all of the things you do throughout the day. How much of that directly supports you accomplishing your one thing? If you don’t think you’re investing enough time there, then take one small step towards doing your most important work first.   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!   -- Upgrade your Finances – Download a FREE copy of The Perpetual Wealth Strategy In The ONE Thing, we talk about the Seven Circles, the seven most important areas of your life, and one of those circles is your financial life. That’s why we want to connect you with Patrick Donohoe and his team at Paradigm Life, who are offering a free report called The Perpetual Wealth Strategy. You can download The Perpetual Wealth Strategy for FREE at perpetualwealthstrategy.net. This report has already given thousands of entrepreneurs just like you the recipe for establishing their financial well being for decades.   -- Production & Development for The ONE Thing Podcast by Podcast Masters

Over five years went into researching and writing The ONE Thing, and one of the things we discovered was that, on average, it takes 66 days to form a habit. That means you can form up to five life-changing power habits every year... but how many power habits have you acquired over even the past five years? Most of us haven't formed very many, and that's okay. Today you have the opportunity to intentionally decide which habits you will form, and narrow your focus to the ONE you want to acquire first.   The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: We hope you'll celebrate episode 66 with us by picking just ONE of the three power habits we described and starting your own 66 Day Challenge. You can download your own 66-Day Calendar for free at the1thing.com/66daychallenge.   In this episode you will learn... [5:25] The 1st Habit: How to act in order of priority. [10:30] The 2nd Habit: How to schedule time with yourself to do your most important work (and protect it). [19:40] The 3rd Habit: How to think BIG and act small.   AWESOME FREE RESOURCES FOR YOU! The Kick Ass Guide To Accountability Check out our awesome blog! [FREE Training] How to Start Time Blocking TODAY!   Links & Tools From This Episode Form your first power habit with your 66 Day Challenge Calendar   -- Upgrade your Finances – Download a FREE copy of The Perpetual Wealth Strategy In The ONE Thing, we talk about the Seven Circles, the seven most important areas of your life, and one of those circles is your financial life. That’s why we want to connect you with Patrick Donohoe and his team at Paradigm Life, who are offering a free report called The Perpetual Wealth Strategy. You can download The Perpetual Wealth Strategy for FREE at perpetualwealthstrategy.net. This report has already given thousands of entrepreneurs just like you the recipe for establishing their financial well being for decades.   -- Production & Development for The ONE Thing Podcast by Podcast Masters

Do you believe that hustling and working long hours will eventually make you successful? Gary Keller says that if you work long enough, you can muscle your way to a result… but you end up cheating yourself out of an extraordinary life. In this episode, we’re going to talk about how you can begin to make shifts so that you work a set number of hours, and then you actually live a life outside of your professional world.   The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: We hope this episode helps you think a little bit differently about how you invest your time so that you can live a more extraordinary life. Step 1: Get clear on your priorities. Head over to the1thing.com/resources to download a free copy of Your 411. Step 2: When you have clarity on your priorities, time block it on your calendar. Step 3: After your priorities are on your calendar, proactively identify the distractions that are most likely to pop up and think about how you will handle them in advance.   In this episode you will learn... [4:35] What it means to be efficient and effective with your time. [7:50] Why we sometimes feel busy, but don't feel like we're getting anything done. [9:25] How to leverage the potential of your 411 to focus on your priorities. [12:10] How you can take back your time by thinking BIG, and then acting small. [13:00] How you can proactively protect your time and finish your most important work.   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 Download a free copy of Your 411   -- Get a FREE audiobook that will sharpen your skillset! If you enjoy listening to podcasts, you probably also enjoy listening to audiobooks. That’s why Audible is sponsoring this episode. We’ve recently come across an incredible audiobook that is highly relevant to this episode: Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work & in Life, One Conversation at a Time by Susan Scott. We’re using the book to sharpen our skillsets, and we think it’ll help you too. If you go to audible.com/onething, you can create a free account and get a free credit for your first book, which could be First Conversations.   -- Production & Development for The ONE Thing Podcast by Podcast Masters

Do you ever feel like you're working hard... but not getting the results that you deserve? So many of us feel isolated by this feeling, but you are NOT alone. We are sharing a conversation we had with one of you, Lizzie Grant, to demonstrate how common this feeling is. We failed Lizzie, but we called her because we always want to learn from our failures. We never intended for this conversation to be a podcast episode, but it was too inspiring and too valuable not to share with all of you.   The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: Get clear on what your priorities really are. Write them down on a sheet of paper. Now ask yourself: What is the minimum amount of time that you need to invest in your top priority to make progress? Don't set the bar too high because, when you start taking action every day, it will become a habit.   In this episode you will learn... [9:00] How taking a break can help you get clarity. [11:30] Why so many of us struggle to control our time (not just you!). [18:00] How you can get clarity on what you want and develop a system that helps you do those things in order of priority.   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!   -- GET ON THE WAITLIST - Don’t miss your next opportunity to join the Living Your ONE Thing community The Living Your ONE Thing community is designed around everything we talked about in this episode. If you are inspired, sign up to be contacted when we open the doors again later this year. You can get on the waitlist by going to the1thing.com/membership or texting the word “FOUNDER” to the number 33444.   -- Production & Development for The ONE Thing Podcast by Podcast Masters

A lot of people have read The ONE Thing and listen to the podcast every week, but they still struggle to take action. If that sounds like you, you're not alone.   In this episode, Demir & Carey Bentley share the reason that most of us struggle to take action and teach you how to shorten the gap between gaining knowledge and taking action You can over to LifeHackBootcamp.com/onething to download the 4 Layers of Accountability worksheet and get instant access to their brand new masterclass: Triple Your Focus And Learn 3 Superhacks For Converting Knowledge Into Action...In Just  78 Minutes Of Free Training!   The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: If you're reading this, the most important thing you can do is take action right away. Here's a great place to start: Take out a piece of paper or open a text document and brainstorm a list of people who you respect, and who might benefit from being in an accountability buddy relationship with you. Don't put this action on your to-do list. Now is the time.   In this episode you will learn... [2:15] How you can turn adversity into opportunity. [7:00] What happens when you start trying to design a life that allows you to thrive professionally, spiritually, financially, emotionally, and physically. [13:55] How you can succeed in today's "winner take all" economy. [15:00] The ONE thing you need to convert knowledge into action. [20:10] How you can shorten the gap between gaining knowledge and taking action.   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 Head over to LifeHackBootcamp.com/onething for FREE tools and information   -- SAVE TIME & FOCUS ON YOUR ONE THING - try the all-new FreshBooks for FREE We are in the business of saving you time, which means we want to give you back more time with everything we do. We also know that most of you don’t want to spend your time keeping books, tracking invoices, and tracking expenses. If accounting is not your ONE thing, the re-designed FreshBooks can help: create and send professional invoices in less than 30 seconds, set up online payments in just a couple clicks, and get paid up to 4x faster. We’re sharing this with you because FreshBooks is offering a 30-day, unrestricted free trial to listeners of The ONE Thing podcast. To claim it, go to www.freshbooks.com/ONE and enter “The ONE Thing” in the “How did you hear about us?” section.   -- Production & Development for The ONE Thing Podcast by Podcast Masters

No one succeeds alone. Most of us understand that recruiting top talent into our world is the ONE thing we can do to grow our businesses... but no one ever trained us how to do it. That's why we're sharing this conversation with recruiting expert Matt Schwartz, President of MJS Executive Search. We discuss why hiring transformational talent is the key to focusing on your ONE thing, and how you can successfully attract top talent.     The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: If you're hitting the ceiling in your life, you are missing a person. It's time to take action and generate leads for your relationships. What is the ONE thing from this episode that you can do to build those relationships, such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unnecessary? Write it down, and put it on your calendar.   In this episode you will learn... [3:25] Why focusing on transformational talent, first, will allow you to do your most important work every day (and silence everything else). [14:10] How you can balance the long-term ONE thing for your business and short-term priorities. [16:30] What you can do to build a relationship with top talent.   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 Learn more about MJS Executive Search If you’re interested in receiving an eBook about Transformational Talent, text “MJSEARCH” to 44222. Learn more about Linkedin Recruiter Accounts

Society has set you up to waste your time. We believe in offering support so you can get the clarity and control of your time necessary to live the extraordinary life you deserve. That's why we're releasing this bonus module from the Time Blocking Mastery course, which we created to provide practical examples for people who are serious about forming power habits that stick.   The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: Give yourself 30 seconds to look inward and assess how you are doing. Are you going down the right path? Can you make a small tweak?   In this episode you will learn... [4:10] Why you might choose to tackle something small during your first 66-Day Challenge. [12:00] Why taking the first action is more important than picking the "right" ONE thing. [18:00] Why it's okay if you don't publicly declare your goals.   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!   Links & Tools From This Episode How to Start Time Blocking TODAY!   -- SAVE TIME & FOCUS ON YOUR ONE THING - try the all-new FreshBooks for FREE With the growth of the internet, there have never been more opportunities for business owners or the self-employed... but there’s also never been more to manage. FreshBooks has been re-designed from the ground up as a cloud accounting solution for small business owners who want to be more productive, get organized, and get paid quickly. Join 10 million people using FreshBooks and spend less time on accounting and more time doing the work you love. FreshBooks is offering a 30-day, unrestricted free trial to listeners of The ONE Thing podcast. To claim it, go to www.freshbooks.com/ONE and enter “The ONE Thing” in the “How did you hear about us?” section.   -- Production & Development for The ONE Thing Podcast by Podcast Masters

We know that the world dealt many of you challenging hands, and we want you to know that you're not alone. There's hope on the other side if you choose to seek it. The low points in life can feel overwhelming, but those challenges are often where the growth is. In this episode, we share a story about how overcoming adversity helped Whitney Baker – another fan living The ONE Thing and an online entrepreneur – find inspiration, clarity, and the motivation necessary to achieve what she previously didn't think was possible.   The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: What's the ONE thing from this episode that you can do that will make everything else easier or unnecessary? Remember, consuming the content is just the first step –  you have to take action if you want to find your passion and live a big life.   In this episode you will learn... [10:25] How living The ONE Thing changes how you perceive (and take advantage of) your time. [15:10] How working through a challenge can reveal your passion. [18:35] Why putting pen to paper can help you accomplish more.   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 Connect with Whitney & level up your journaling: LifeByWhitney.com | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube   -- SELF-EMPLOYED? Save time and focus on your ONE thing with the all-new FreshBooks for FREE. The world is changing. One in three American is self-employed, and this group is expected to grow to over 40 percent of the U.S. workforce by 2020. If you’re self-employed and your ONE thing isn’t accounting, the all-new FreshBooks is a resource you may want to check out. It has been re-designed from the ground up as a cloud accounting solution for small business owners who want to be more productive, get organized, and get paid quickly. FreshBooks is offering a 30-day, unrestricted free trial to listeners of the podcast. To claim it, go to www.freshbooks.com/ONE and enter “The ONE Thing” in the “How did you hear about us?” section.   -- Production & Development for The ONE Thing Podcast by Podcast Masters

How much would you pay to learn what Gary Keller has to teach about building wealth? Today, you don't have to pay anything. Gary Keller recently spent two hours teaching people about what it means to build wealth, and we're going to share the biggest takeaways so you can get value from it too.     The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: These lessons have the capacity to dramatically change the trajectory of your life... if you follow them. Start simple: What's the ONE thing you can do from this episode that will make everything else easier or unnecessary? Just pick one and don't start another until you earn the right.   In this episode you will learn... [3:45] Why you have to decide who you are and what your purpose is before you can amass financial wealth. [5:35] The ONE requirement for living an extraordinary life. [12:45] Why money comes to you when you're doing the right thing. [14:10] Why you need to learn the unique rules and disciplines associated with money (if you don't want to be financially illiterate). [16:25] The #1 reason people do not succeed. [17:50] The biggest myth about building financial wealth. [21:50] How you can follow Gary Keller's 8 concepts of personal money management.   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!   -- THE DOORS ARE CLOSING JULY 30TH - Don’t miss your chance to join the Living Your ONE Thing community. If you believe that you could be getting more of your time, if you believe that having us riding shotgun with you on a weekly basis will help you get clarity, and if you get value from being part of a community that will support you, then you should check this out. You can try membership in the ONE thing community for just $1! If you want to take back control of your time, go to the1thing.com/membership.   -- Production & Development for The ONE Thing Podcast by Podcast Masters

Do you know what your values are? Dina Dwyer-Owens is a successful author and Co-Chair of The Dwyer Group, an organization that unites franchises such as Mr. Rooter, Molly Maid, and Mr. Electric under one Neighborly brand. Dwyer Group has been around for 36 years and, in just the last three years, grown over 100%. At the heart of their success is a Code of Values and a system that ensures these values are present in everything they do. In this episode, Dina will teach you how to get clear about what your values are and establish your own system that helps you focus on them.   The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: It's time to get clear on your values. Close your eyes for ten minutes and think about how you want your customers to describe the experience they have with your company, in just one word. Find that one word and start building your values around it. You can get more guidance by using Dina's FREE Create Your Culture Workbook.   In this episode you will learn... [5:45] Why systematizing a code of values will help your organization grow more rapidly. [17:30] How you can get clarity on what your values are using Dina's free Create Your Culture Workbook. [21:55] How you can start developing a system that brings your values front and center.   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 Learn more about Dina at dinadwyerowens.com Pick up your copy of Dina's FREE Create Your Culture Workbook Read Dina’s books: Values, Inc. & Live RICH   -- DON’T MISS IT -  the Live Your ONE Thing community is OPEN! We’ve been working with our founding members to create the Live Your ONE Thing community, and we are currently accepting new members! If you want to learn more or sign up for a $1 trial, go to the1thing.com/membership or text the word “FOUNDER” to the number 33444. We’re only going to accept members for about two weeks before we close them so that we can serve our members to our highest capability. If you hit a waitlist page, sign up and we’ll notify you when we’re accepting new members.   -- Production & Development for The ONE Thing Podcast by Podcast Masters

Many of the members of our Living Your ONE Thing community have asked the same question: How do I discover my purpose? So many people asked us that we decided to sit down with Brian Schoenbaum, Founder & CEO of Vuka Collective, to create an exclusive training video for the ONE thing community. We talked to Brian because he operates on another level and a single purpose drives everything he does: helping people wake up in their personal and professional lives.   We're sharing the audio from that training here because we want you to understand what we're doing for members of our community and consider if it is a good fit for you. If it is, you can go to the1thing.com/membership and try your first week for only $1.   The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: Jay Papasan once said, "The path to discovering your purpose begins with getting on the path." Finding your purpose is not a result of following certain steps in order. It is about pausing and finding the space to ask questions: When I walk into a room, what is the positive energy that other people experience? What is my unique genius in the world? How can I be bold? If you want to enlist support and get more training like this, you can join the Living Your ONE Thing community by going to the1thing.com/membership and signing up for a $1 trial.   In this episode you will learn... [11:15] Why going on a journey to discover your purpose is so important (and what the payoff is). [19:40] How you can begin to take action on discovering your purpose. [23:55] How to reveal (and leverage) your unique genius.   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 Learn more about the Vuka Collective   -- SAVE TIME & FOCUS ON YOUR ONE THING - try the all-new FreshBooks for FREE We are in the business of saving you time, which means we want to give you back more time with everything we do. We also know that most of you don’t want to spend your time keeping books, tracking invoices, and tracking expenses. If accounting is not your ONE thing, the re-designed FreshBooks can help: create and send professional invoices in less than 30 seconds, set up online payments in just a couple clicks, and get paid up to 4x faster. We’re sharing this with you because FreshBooks is offering a 30-day, unrestricted free trial to listeners of The ONE Thing podcast. To claim it, go to www.freshbooks.com/ONE and enter “The ONE Thing” in the “How did you hear about us?” section.   -- Production & Development for The ONE Thing Podcast by Podcast Masters

Do you believe that thinking big and acting small, every day, will create extraordinary results? We've found that many people who try to live The ONE Thing don't trust The Domino Effect. We can cast a big vision for our life, but we often struggle to take daily action. This episode is a case study examining how, over four years, someone like you identified a specific daily action that made everything else easier or unnecessary, started living a big life, and toppled some huge dominoes.   The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: Trust in the power of The Domino Effect. What's the ONE thing you can do that will make everything else easier or unnecessary? When you look at all of the areas of your life, what's the ONE area you need to focus on first? Apply the focusing question until you identify a specific, measurable action that will make everything else easier or unnecessary – for John, it was as simple as setting a recurring alarm clock. If you'd like us to be your accountability partner in getting results and your mentor in living your ONE thing, then text the word “FOUNDER” to the number 33444 or go to the1thing.com/membership.   In this episode you will learn... [4:40] What most people struggle with when they start trying to live The ONE Thing. [10:50] The ONE thing to take away from the book that will help you knock over your lead domino. [13:20] How you can leverage simplicity to grow your business. [18:05] How the 5th productivity thief steals your time. [26:25] How systematizing your ideal morning will help you execute at a higher level. [30:35] How simplifying your lead Domino makes it easier to knock over. [33:05] The first step you should take towards living your ONE thing.   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!   -- FOCUS ON YOUR ONE THING - try the all-new FreshBooks for FREE With the growth of the internet, there have never been more opportunities for business owners or the self-employed... but there’s also never been more to manage. FreshBooks has been re-designed from the ground up as a cloud accounting solution for small business owners who want to be more productive, get organized, and get paid quickly. Join 10 million people using FreshBooks and spend less time on accounting and more time doing the work you love. FreshBooks is offering a 30-day, unrestricted free trial to listeners of The ONE Thing podcast. To claim it, go to www.freshbooks.com/ONE and enter “The ONE Thing” in the “How did you hear about us?” section.   -- Production & Development for The ONE Thing Podcast by Podcast Masters

Many of you have reached out to tell us that you read The ONE Thing and you love the book... but you struggle to live the book. If this is you, it's okay – take yourself off the hook. We all start at the beginning of the journey. This episode will walk you through the four phases of the journey that we see people going through on the road to mastering their own time and help you identify the way forward.     The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: If you can walk away from this episode acknowledging which phase you are in on this journey, then you have already completed step one. Now ask yourself: What is the ONE thing I can do that will allow me to advance to the next phase of my journey? Get clarity, put it on your calendar, and take action. If you want to be part of a community of like-minded people who are living this journey with you, consider joining the Living Your ONE Thing community by going to the1thing.com/membership or texting the word “FOUNDER” to the number 33444.   In this episode you will learn... [1:58] How most people feel after they read The ONE Thing or listen to the podcast and try to implement the practices. [6:15] Why leveraging proven systems will help you break through the ceiling of achievement (over and over again). [14:25] The ONE habit you need on the road to mastering your time.   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!   -- DON’T MISS IT -  We’re opening up our membership platform on JULY 18th! If you’re in one of the phases discussed in this episode – awesome! Embrace it. That awareness is the first step, and these four phases are the core of the Living Your ONE Thing community. If you want us as your accountability partner in getting results, you can text the word “FOUNDER” to the number 33444 or go to the1thing.com/membership. We’re only going to open the doors for two weeks before we close them so that we can serve our members to our highest capability.   -- Production & Development for The ONE Thing Podcast by Podcast Masters

Are you taking daily action that contributes to your legacy? Today's guest, Lee Cockerell, is the former Executive Vice President of Operations for Walt Disney World Resorts. As a senior operating executive, he led a team of more than 40,000 cast members and left a legacy that includes the Disney Great Leaders Strategies, which has been used to train more than 7,000 leaders. In this episode, Lee shares how you can cast a vision, create a culture, and leave a lasting legacy on a massive scale. 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: At the heart of this conversation is a message about personal accountability. You control how you show up in the world – do you think about the type of legacy you want to leave and are the actions you take on a daily basis lining up with that vision? What is the ONE thing you can do on a daily basis, from this episode, that will make everything else easier or unnecessary?   In this episode you will learn... [7:15] How you can start creating a respectful culture in your organization today. [11:45] Why the best leaders role model trustworthiness. [20:20] How you can take daily action for your future (and how the younger generation can prepare to start a future business). [24:50] How these power habits helped Lee create his legacy. [31:20] How leaders can (and should) take advantage of their team's expertise. [34:25] ONE thing that every manager needs to know. [40:05] How you can build a culture in an increasingly virtual world.   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 Learn more at LeeCockerell.com   -- DON’T MISS IT -  We’re opening up our membership platform for TWO WEEKS! We’ve been working with our founding members to create a membership platform that will help you take control of your time, find clarity about your purpose and goals, and give you the confidence to silence the world around you. If you want to know when we announce and launch this membership platform, you can text the word “FOUNDER” to the number 33444 or go to the1thing.com/membership. We’re only going to open the doors for two weeks before we close them so that we can serve our members to our highest capability.   -- Production & Development for The ONE Thing Podcast by Podcast Masters

If you aren't building a database - if you aren't building a community to engage with your customers - your business is vulnerable. Our guest, Josh Dorkin, is Founder and CEO of BiggerPockets, the leading real estate investing community and media company. They help more than 750,000 members focus on networking, dealmaking, and education by fostering an active community, publishing books, and recording a weekly podcast. In this conversation, you will discover how Josh used principles from The ONE Thing to cast a big vision, think strategically, and build a business that offers long-term value.   The ONE Thing to Implement From This Episode: Block out one hour every day for strategic thinking - what are the things you absolutely must do to accomplish everything else? If you take the time to pause and then focus on your priorities, it will help your business more than completing every small task on your to-do list.   In this episode you will learn... [7:45] What it means to identify your core values and build them into a business. [13:15] Why you will sometimes need to sacrifice short-term profit to create long-term value. [15:10] How to think big with a base in reality (and why small actions will set you up for success). [20:50] Why you have to prioritize (if you care about what you're trying to accomplish). [25:05] Why work isn't just about doing. [29:40] How to transform your business by blocking out just ONE hour every day. [34:00] How entrepreneurs can avoid a common hiring mistake with a simple mindset shift.   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 Connect with Josh: Twitter | Instagram Listen to the BiggerPockets Podcast Join the BiggerPockets Community   -- DON’T MISS IT -  We’re opening up our membership platform for TWO WEEKS! Do you have the regular habit of looking at all of the things you can do and identifying the one thing you should do first? If the answer is no, this community is for you. We created a weekly accountability system that is helping members act in order of priority and accomplish more, and we want to help you too. If you want to know when we announce and launch this membership platform, you can text the word “FOUNDER” to the number 33444 or go to the1thing.com/membership. We’re only going to open the doors for two weeks before we close them so that we can serve our members to our highest capability.   -- Production & Development for The ONE Thing Podcast by Podcast Masters