The Double Win

Listen: As a leader with enough on your plate, you simple need an executive assistant. If you already have an EA, it's important that you're leveraging as much value as you can out of this vital role within your company.

In case we haven't convinced you of the importance of a world-class EA, then this episode is for you. Michael speaks with Jim Kelly. Jim has been Michael's EA for over five years and is truly one of the best! Listening to these two speak about their relationship and their roles will help you understand not only why you need an executive assistant.

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Delegation is essential to successfully and sustainably scale your business. If you’ve struggled with delegation in the past, no worries. You can vastly improve your delegation by following these four simple rules that Michael and Megan use every day.

In this episode you'll learn:

• When to let go of certain tasks
• How to quantify your time
• How to use the Freedom Compass to provide clarity for you and your team
• How to empower your team to deliver the results you want

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Stress, overwhelm, burnout. We hear these words all the time. In fact, since the pandemic it’s impossible to avoid them in news stories, social media, and office conversations.

They describe something a lot of us feel from time to time - maybe a lot of the time. But a description isn’t destiny. It’s not predetermined. How we respond to stress makes all the difference.

Today, Michael and Megan talk about how you can reframe stress and learn how to use it for your own growth as a person and a leader.

You will learn:

• About the different types of stress
• The role that mindset plays in how stress impacts us
• How to use stress to your advantage

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You’ve earned the promotion and the respect of your peers. To the people around you, you’ve “made it.” But lately, you feel like you’re coasting, or maybe idling in place. And you have a nagging feeling that there must be something more out there. 

In this episode, Michael and Megan answer a letter from long-time listener Caitlin who is in your shoes and not sure what to do next. They discuss different root issues that might be at play and show you how to create a vision for the entirety of your life—not just your career. 

In this episode, you’ll discover—

• The value of non-achievement time
• How burnout can be a sign you need to focus on other life domains
• The benefits of learning something new and being a beginner again
• The power of positive uncertainty and being stretched
• 3 steps to breaking through when you feel complacent

Resources:

• For All Mankind
• Win at Work and Succeed at Life by Michael Hyatt & Megan Hyatt Miller
• Living Forward with by Michael Hyatt & Daniel Harkavy
• LifeScore Assessment

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If you want your company the grow, the solution probably isn’t a better strategy. Your leadership is the cap of your company. If you’re not growing, your company won’t be, either—with consequences for your results, your team, and your impact on the world.

The good news is that your growth is within your control. As Michael and Megan unpack their own journeys of growth, you’ll be encouraged to take ownership of where you are and where you’re headed. When you do, your breakthroughs will change your life and your company for the better.

In this episode, you’ll discover—

• Why you might be the problem—and the solution
• How to know when you’ve grown “enough”
• The importance of a leader’s ability to sell a vision
• Why the discomfort zone leads to change
• Three practical steps for accelerating your growth

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Leaders are problem solvers, and that means coming up with the right answers. The problem is that you may have no one to go to with our own inquiries. It’s tough to be the one everybody’s looking to for solutions when you’ve got more questions than answers! The longer we’re in leadership, the more we’re convinced that asking the right questions is far more important than always having an answer in your hip pocket.

That’s why we take time out once in awhile to let you ask the questions that are on your mind. That’s what this episode is about. Think of it as a whiteboard session. We’ll tackle some of your most persistent questions and offer the benefit of our experience.

Here’s what’s inside this episode:

• Andy Comer asks how to create meaningful relationship goals in the SMARTER™ format.
• Jordan Brittley wants to know how to keep track of revenue goals—without becoming a slave to them.
• Sprout Marketing asks how to maintain a personal connection with employees as your business scales.
• Tom Tonkin poses a question about the definition of leadership.
• Katie Eckleman wants to know how to share her ideas about goal setting with upper management.
• Heather Button asks what to do when another department in the company isn’t leading effectively.
• Chad Ingels wants to know what are the first things to delegate as you scale up from a one-person organization.
• Kim Metzler asks for the best systems and hacks for someone who struggles with organization.
• Belinda wants to know when to “let go” of a project.
• Dee asks about how to land a job.
• Greg Brown has a question about how to balance your focus between the things you can control versus the things you can’t.
• Kevin Gomez wonders what to do when you personal growth plan causes you to outgrow your leaders. 

With questions on leadership, productivity, goal setting, and personal growth, we know there’ll be some positive takeaways for you in this episode.

After listening, here’s your next step: choose one practical action you can take today to begin making a positive change in your business or personal life. Remember, big changes always begin with one small step in the right direction. 

Resources from this episode:

• 48 Days to the Work You Love by Dan Miller
• Your Best Year Ever by Michael Hyatt
• Focus on This
• Full Focus Planner
• “How to Get Your Boss to Say Yes: Part 1” by Michael Hyatt
• “How to Get Your Boss to Say Yes: Part 2” by Michael Hyatt
• “How to Get Your Boss to Say Yes: Part 3” by Michael Hyatt  

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It can be easier and more comfortable to spot the entitlement we see in others, but much more difficult to name it in ourselves. And often, when there’s an entitlement issue within our organization, it’s a top-down problem that needs to be addressed. 

In this episode, Megan and Michael walk through five areas of entitlement that can creep up in all of us, and how rooting them out helps create a culture and team of people marked by gratitude, integrity, and honesty. 

In this episode, you’ll discover—

• The danger of exploitation through power
• How our expectations of unearned benefits affects our attitudes
• The cure for entitlement
• Why your team member may be resistant toward certain tasks
• The cascading effect of not honoring your word

Resources:

• Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

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We’re all trying so hard to be confident that we rarely talk about our fears. But the fears don’t go anywhere. When we’re willing to face our fears, we grow even more in confidence and courage.

In this episode, Megan and Michael discuss three fears every business owner has and what’s at stake if they don’t face them head-on. By getting to the heart of what needs to be addressed, you can protect yourself, your team, and your company going forward.

In this episode, you’ll discover—

• The strength of your own agency
• Why being proactive is necessary for survival
• The antidote during trials of uncertainty
• How to respond in time to vulnerabilities
• The Stockdale Paradox

Resources:

• Good to Great by Jim Collins
• Business Vulnerability Responder

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All leaders are vulnerable to mistakes. In fact, you may be in the middle of a mistake right now—and you might not even realize it. But how are you supposed to know what those are? And what can you do to avoid them?

In this episode, Megan and Michael walk through five common mistakes every business owner makes. By getting them on your radar and keeping watch, you can get ahead of them and produce incredible results for your business.

In this episode, you’ll discover—

• The importance of delegation and prioritization
• The remedy for low-leverage work
• The pitfalls of working without a vision
• Why company culture is influential in producing results
• How well-built processes serve people
• Why not all opportunities should be pursued

Resources:

• FREE business performance assessment call
• Full Focus Planner
• Calendly

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We’re in an unusual time where hiring is really difficult. Recruitment is extremely competitive, and candidates have a lot of options. But once you find the right people, how do you make them want to stay? Hiring and retention are equally and critically important, and neither have ever been more challenging than in this current market.

In this episode, Megan and Michael uncover the secrets of hiring great talent and retaining it. By following these five tools, you can get—and keep—the people that you need to run and scale the business that you dream of.

In this episode, you’ll discover—

• Why compensation isn’t everything
• How purpose is more important than you think
• One of the primary reasons people leave companies
• The relationship between engagement and retention
• The components of a well-written job description
• Ideas for compelling benefits

Resources:

• FREE business performance assessment call
• The Loyalist Team by Linda Adams, Abby Curnow-Chavez, Audrey Epstein, and Rebecca Teasdale with Jody Berger

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