Show Notes
You work all day and your results still swing month to month.
One month you're unstoppable, the next the pipeline is empty and you can't understand why. Jordan Freed says your business has a first down: one repeatable action that makes everything after it predictable, and most of us have never named ours.
In this episode, Jay sits down with Jordan Freed - head coach at The ONE Thing and Jay's own former coach. He says he has never coached a real estate professional who hit their listing number every single month and missed the rest of their goals.
Just in time for football season, Jay and Jordan break a business down into first downs, first dominoes, and false starts. Jordan's clients are ambitious, and the ambition trips them: they rush from one thing to the next and nothing gets completed. Jay has watched the same people run hot until they burn out, then swing back the other way. Most people never stay consistent long enough to see the other side. Jordan describes it: home to the kids at 5:00 with everything done and the evening already mapped out.
In this episode, you'll learn:
How to break your business down into something predictable
Why your first domino is usually smaller than the action you think you need
How false starts create distraction and inconsistency
Why ambitious people tend to rush past the real starting point
How long-term consistency creates breakthroughs
Why predictable success does not have to come at the expense of your health, family, or relationships
Chapters:
(00:00) Why Your Business & Life Feel Unpredictable
(02:19) How Tom Brady Made History (and what we can learn from it)
(08:00) Guesswork Is an Invitation to Distraction
(14:21) It Just Takes Longer Than You Think…
(18:26) When You’ll Finally See Progress
(22:46) How to Truly Be “Done” After Work
(26:52) Jordan's 90-Day Challenge
Links & Tools from This Episode:
• The ONE Thing Operating System
• Jordan Freed’s Website
• Connect with Jordan on LinkedIn
• Free Resources
Produced by NOVA
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