Jay Papasan is co-author of The One Thing, a #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller with over 450 appearances on national bestseller lists and more than 30 translations around the world. Before Jay Papasan co-authored the bestselling Millionaire Real Estate series with Gary Keller, he worked as an editor at Harper Collins Publishers. There he worked on such best-selling books as Body-for-Life by Bill Phillips and Go for the Goal by Mia Hamm. Jay also co-owns a successful real estate team affiliated with Keller Williams Realty with his wife Wendy in Austin, TX.
In this episode, we cover:
- 7:41 - One of the most powerful questions to ask each day
- 11:10 - Pareto principle
- 12:38 - Work-life balance
- 16:19 - Important not urgent
- 18:56 - Writing 37 drafts of one book chapter
- 25:50 - Greg McKeown 'core values'
- 26:40 - Derek Sivers 'hell yes or no'
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Tools: Evernote, Wunderlist, Notebook, Month at a glance
- Books: On Writing by Stephen King, The War of Art by Steven Pressfield, Your First 1,000 Copies by Tim Grahl, Do Open by David Hieatt
- CTA: The1Thing.com
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