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427. Your 2026 Reset: The One Change That Will Transform Your Firm with Jay Papasan [Encore Edition]

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Episode 427. Your 2026 Reset: The One Change That Will Transform Your Firm with Jay Papasan [Encore Edition]

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What if the reason you're not achieving extraordinary results isn't because you're doing too little, but because you're doing too much?

In this encore episode of The Game Changing Attorney Podcast, Michael Mogill sits down with Jay Papasan, Vice President at Keller Williams Realty and bestselling author of The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results. Jay breaks down why the popular concept of balance is a fallacy, how multitasking is actually killing your productivity, and why discipline is not what you think it is. From understanding the truth about willpower to mastering the focusing question that changes everything, this conversation delivers a master class in achieving more by doing less.

Here's what you'll learn:

• Why multitasking is a lie that's costing you 28% of your day and lowering your IQ by 11 points • How to use selective discipline and the 66-day habit formation principle to make success automatic • What the focusing question is and how it creates clarity around your most leveraged activities

Want to achieve extraordinary results? This episode shows you exactly how to get there.

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Show Notes:

03:52 – The origin story of The One Thing, from a 14-page handwritten essay to a bestselling book

05:59 – Why focusing on one thing is such a challenge despite being simple

09:01 – Walking through the process of using extreme Pareto to narrow down priorities

13:04 – Debunking the myth of multitasking and why it's costing you 28% of your day

19:36 – The Green Beret story: how training creates habits that last decades

28:26 – Defining willpower as different from discipline and why it's a limited resource

30:16 – A powerful study on parole judges that proves willpower depletion is real

36:47 – Counterbalancing instead of balance and why it matters for business and life

47:23 – How purpose gives you direction and a clear sense of priority

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Links & Resources:

• The One Thing by Jay Papasan • Atomic Habits by James Clear • Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin • Willpower Doesn’t Work by Benjamin Hardy • Grit by Angela Duckworth • Eat That Frog by Brian Tracy • The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod • The Pareto Principle

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Past guests on The Game Changing Attorney Podcast include David Goggins, John Morgan, Alex Hormozi, Randi McGinn, Kim Scott, Chris Voss, Kevin O’Leary, Laura Wasser, John Maxwell, Mark Lanier, Robert Greene, and many more.

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• 383. AMMA — Why Comfort Will Quietly Destroy Your Law Firm • 334. Dr. Benjamin Hardy — From Limiting Beliefs to Limitless Potential: A Guide to Personal Growth • 78. Dr. Katy Milkman — How to Change: The Science of Getting From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

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