The ONE Thing Produktive

Wendy Papasan runs the Papasan Properties Group, a real estate team affiliated with Keller-Williams in Austin, Texas. She’s also the founder of Her Best Life, a home repair and remodeling business, and a big part of the Goal Setting Retreat with her husband, Jay. She talks about the origins of the retreat, how it can help you find common ground with your life partner, and why getting aligned with your goals will help you both move forward faster.

Mentorship is invaluable, but finding the right mentor can be difficult. Scott Jeffrey Miller is an expert in leadership development and no stranger to mentorship. We discuss the ins and outs of mentorship, how to find the right mentor for you, and how you can be a mentor to others.

Seth Goldenberg is the author of Radical Curiosity, where he shares a practice that he believes will lead to incredible transformations in your life. We have an interesting conversation about what it means to be curious, how to ask big questions, and how those questions can inform the direction and impact of your business.

There’s a common phrase that gets thrown around when it comes to teamwork: “There’s no ‘I’ in ‘Team.’” But every team is made up of individuals—when we lose sight of that, the whole team suffers. Brian Smith, the co-author of Individual Influence, joins us to have a conversation about positive influence and making a difference in your organization and the people around you.

Richard Shaull is the co-founder and CEO of Unleashed, where he helps entrepreneurs focus on finding a 2nd-In-Command to take that busy work off their plate and allow them to get to that incredibly important work. We discuss why every CEO needs a great 2nd-In-Command, how to find the right person for you, and how to identify if you might make a good 2nd-In-Command yourself.

As your company grows, you’re going to need to hire a number of different people. But how do you know you’re making the right hiring decisions? And what do you do when your business has outgrown an employee? Kurt Wilkin is the author of Who's Your Mike?: A No-B******t Guide to the People You'll Meet on Your Entrepreneurial Journey. We talk about who those people are, and more importantly, how to handle the transitions as your organization grows.