THE SURPRISINGLY SIMPLE FACILITATOR’S GUIDE

[Pages:14]TEAM LEADER BOOK CLUB EDITION

THE SURPRISINGLY SIMPLE

FACILITATOR'S GUIDE

TO ACHIEVING

EXTRAORDINARY

R E S U LT S

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We've created this book club facilitator's guide as a way for Team Leaders to share the principles of The ONE Thing with their associates and recruits. By utilizing the twelve-session content drill-down, Team Leaders will be able to lead mastermind level team meetings on how to live a BIG life while running a successful business.

Facilitator Notes: While we suggest each of these sessions be allotted an hour of discussion time, this guide gives you the freedom to go as deep as you deem necessary in any given section of the book. Remember, these questions should be considered a jumping-off point.

Each session is set up identically. The gray type noted with red arrows will point you to your instructions. The black text includes the suggested topics of discussion with specific questions. Some tips to running a successful session are as follows:

1. Set a limit on attendance.

2. Use at least three touches (save the date, RSVP today, and don't forget). Be sure to review each session prior to leading the group, and have fun!

THE ONE THING FACILITATOR'S GUIDE 2

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1Pages 6-25 INTRODUCTION

Team Leader Instructions:

Introduce yourself and The ONE Thing. The ONE Thing is a #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller, and has been featured on more than 130-bestseller lists including The New York Times and USA Today. Written by authors Gary Keller and Jay Papasan, the book demonstrates that the results you get are directly influenced by the way you work and the choices you make. It teaches you how to identify the lies that block your success and the thieves that steal time from your day. And, it shows how to identify your ONE Thing and accomplish more by doing less.

Introduce today's session and the top three talking points. 1. The importance of narrowing your concentration and focus. 2. How success is sequential. 3. The different ways that the ONE Thing shows up in life.

Suggested Questions from the Reading:

1. At what time in your life--or with what aspect of your life--have you experienced success by narrowing your concentration to ONE Thing? At what time in your life have you had the opposite experience--less success because you were spread too thin?

2. What does the statement "going small" mean to you? 3. Do you agree with the authors' statement: "Extraordinary results are directly determined by how narrow

you can make your focus"? (refer to page 10) 4. Where have you noticed success building on a previous accomplishment? 5. What is an example of one product, service, person, passion, or skill that leads an individual or company to

success that was not discussed in the book? Why was that singular attribute so important to the individual or company's ultimate success?

Today's Aha's:

Collect and discuss all Aha's from session one's discussion. Make note of the top three in the blanks provided on session two.

Ways to Engage After Book Club:

Suggest the following action items as ways to further engage with the topics discussed today. 1. Visit The ONE Thing YouTube page for an entertaining look at why narrowing your focus is important with the "If you chase two rabbits" video. 2. Draw out your dominoes: What is the first thing you need to knock over to set great things into motion in your life? For example, to achieve peak physical health, your first domino is get proper sleep, then eat well, and lastly, exercise regularly.

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2 Pages 26-53 EVERYTHING MATTERS EQUALLY & MULTITASKING

Team Leader Instructions:

Introduce yourself and The ONE Thing. Revisit the top three Aha's from the prior session.

1. 2. 3. Introduce today's session and the top three talking points. 1. There are commonly held beliefs about achieving success that are actually not true. 2. The concept that the minority of your effort produces the majority of your results is known as Pareto's

Principle. Another commonly used term for it is the 80/20 Principle. 3. Multitasking is an illusion.

Suggested Questions from the Reading:

1. What is the difference between a to-do list and a success list? 2. Where in your life have you found the 80/20 Principle to be true--where focusing on some things matter a

lot more than others? 3. Discuss a situation in which you have found yourself multitasking. How could you eliminate multitasking

in that scenario?

Today's Aha's:

Collect and discuss all Aha's from session two's discussion. Make note of the top three in the blanks provided on session three.

Ways to Engage After Book Club:

Suggest the following action items as ways to further engage with the topics discussed today. 1. Write out your to-do list for the week. Transform this list into a success list by prioritizing it into the things that you should do. 2. Watch 's video "Handling Distractions," found under Videos on the Resources tab. 3. Test your multitasking ability the safe way with online games, featured on The ONE Thing Blog, April 25, 2013. Share your results on social media: #theONEthing.

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3 Pages 54-71 A DISCIPLINED LIFE & WILLPOWER IS ALWAYS ON WILL-CALL

Team Leader Instructions:

Introduce yourself and The ONE Thing.

Revisit the top three Aha's from the prior session. 1. 2. 3.

Introduce today's session and the top three talking points. 1. The discussion continues today on the commonly held beliefs that exist about achieving success that are actually not true. 2. Success is not about having discipline in everything you do, but instead on building the right habits to reach your goals. 3. Everyone has a limited supply of willpower. Decide what matters on any given day and do it first when your willpower is strongest.

Suggested Questions from the Reading:

1. What are some examples of people succeeding at high levels with significant habits rather than discipline?

2. On page 57, the authors discuss how it takes an average of 66 days to build a habit. What habit, if you worked to develop it, would supercharge your productivity?

3. Considering you have more willpower in the morning and less willpower in the afternoon, what activities should you schedule in the first part of the day?

4. How can you set up your day strategically so that you do not compromise your most important tasks and decisions due to depleted willpower?

5. On page 65 the authors write, "Willpower is like the power bar on your cell phone. As the day goes on, every time you draw on it you're using it up." What does this statement mean to you? When do you notice this statement to be accurate in your daily life?

Today's Aha's:

Collect and discuss all Aha's from session three's discussion. Make note of the top three in the blanks provided on session four.

Ways to Engage After Book Club:

Suggest the following action items as ways to further engage with the topics discussed today. 1. Keep a log on how you spend your time during the day, noting your energy levels throughout the day as well. What did you find? 2. Start a new habit. Print out the 66-Day Calendar from the Tools and Forms section of the Resources tab on and challenge yourself to make a positive change in your life.

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4 Pages 72-95 A BALANCED LIFE & BIG IS BAD

Team Leader Instructions:

Introduce yourself and The ONE Thing. Revisit the top three Aha's from the prior session.

1. 2. 3. Introduce today's session and the top three talking points. 1. Balance doesn't exist. 2. Living a counterbalanced life involves letting the right things take precedence when they should. 3. How success is achieved by asking big questions and setting large goals.

Suggested Questions from the Reading:

1. On page 75 the authors write, "In your effort to attend to all things, everything gets shortchanged and nothing gets its due." Have you had this experience in your own life?

2. Can you think of a time when you went "all-in" on a hobby, activity, or project? What were the results? 3. The book says that the question of balance is really a question of priority. What kinds of priorities--in

work or life--are worth going out of balance for? For how long? 4. On page 86 the book states, "No one knows their ultimate ceiling for achievement, so worrying about it is a

waste of time." What are some common limiting beliefs we see every day? What are some of your limiting beliefs?

Today's Aha's:

Collect and discuss all Aha's from session four's discussion. Make note of the top three in the blanks provided on session five.

Ways to Engage After Book Club:

Suggest the following action items as ways to further engage with the topics discussed today. 1. Google "work-life balance" and see the number of times it shows up in a current search. Pick two articles to read on the topic and come to session five prepared to talk about the key takeaway. 2. Watch 's video "Are You Stealing Time from Yourself?" found under Videos on the Resources tab.

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5 Pages 96-111 THE FOCUSING QUESTION

Team Leader Instructions:

Introduce yourself and The ONE Thing. Revisit the top three Aha's from the prior session.

1. 2. 3. Introduce today's session and the top three talking points. 1. The Focusing Question. 2. How the Focusing Question works. 3. How to use the Focusing Question to identify your first domino.

Suggested Questions from the Reading:

1. What is the Focusing Question? Why were the authors so specific in their wording? 2. How does the Focusing Question help paint a path toward completing a large goal? (discuss "Life Is a

Question," page 104) 3. When have you experienced the power of asking the wrong question? 4. Based on your answers, how could replacing the wrong question with the Focusing Question produce a

better result?

Today's Aha's:

Collect and discuss all Aha's from session five's discussion. Make note of the top three in the blanks provided on session six.

Ways to Engage After Book Club:

Suggest the following action items as ways to further engage with the topics discussed today. 1. Write down your current goals. Apply the Focusing Question to each goal, tailoring it as necessary. Refer to the Tools and Forms section of the Resources tab on . Print and fill out your "Long-Term Goals" worksheet as part of this exercise.

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6 Pages 112-129 THE SUCCESS HABIT

Team Leader Instructions:

Introduce yourself and The ONE Thing. Revisit the top three Aha's from the prior session.

1. 2. 3. Introduce today's session and the top three talking points. 1. Why success starts with asking the right questions. 2. How to use the Focusing Question to benefit the seven key areas of your life. 3. How to find an answer to the Focusing Question.

Suggested Questions from the Reading:

1. What are the seven buckets in your life? (Reference figure 16 on page 114) 2. How can you tailor the Focusing Question to each bucket? 3. Does anyone want to share a question they have in their bucket? 4. Why is it important that our Focusing Question be big and specific? 5. How can you apply the quadrant exercise on page 120 to help you ask a big and specific question? 6. Where does the answer to your big and specific question lie? (Reference page 124)

Today's Aha's:

Collect and discuss all Aha's from session six's discussion. Make note of the top three in the blanks provided on session seven.

Ways to Engage After Book Club:

Suggest the following action items as ways to further engage with the topics discussed today. 1. Take a look at the Focusing Questions you wrote down prior to this session and try making them big and specific. Then write four possible answers for each big and specific question, and choose the best answer from the bunch. Identify behaviors you need to change or habits you need to form in order to accomplish the goal.

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