Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Escaping the Drift - The Weekly Drop: The Journey to Sustainable Change
02 Jan 2025
Unlock the secret to turning your aspirations into achievements with our latest episode of The Weekly Drop! We promise you'll gain insights into why New Year's resolutions often fizzle out and discover strategies that can transform your personal objectives into reality. Drawing from James Clear's transformative ideas in "Atomic Habits," we explore how to build robust systems rather than relying solely on fleeting motivation. Learn how setting SMART objectives—specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound—can provide a clear path toward your goals. We'll also discuss the value of tools like ChatGPT in crafting tailored plans that keep you on track for personal growth. In this episode, we bring forward the power of diverse strategies to ensure success, inspired by Angela Duckworth's "Grit." Embrace the art of perseverance and the strength of a compelling vision to fuel your journey. We challenge the "all or nothing" mindset and advocate for gradual, sustainable change. With insights from Charles Duhigg's "The Power of Habit," discover how anchoring new habits to existing routines can lead to meaningful progress. Whether you're aiming to shed pounds with structured meal planning or launching a new venture, focusing on systems over mere outcomes paves the way for lasting achievement. Join us as we share methods to craft a supportive framework that maintains your momentum and propels you toward your dreams. 💬 Did you enjoy this weekly drop? Tell us all about it in the comment section below! ☑️ If you liked this video, consider subscribing to Escaping The Drift with John Gafford ************* 💯 About John Gafford: After appearing on NBC's "The Apprentice", John relocated to the Las Vegas Valley and founded several successful companies in the real estate space. ➡️ The Gafford Group at Simply Vegas, top 1% of all REALTORS nationwide in terms of production. Simply Vegas, a 500 agent brokerage with billions in annual sales Clear Title, a 7-figure full-service title and escrow company. ➡️ Streamline Home Loans - An independent mortgage bank with more than 100 loan officers. The Simply Group, A national expansion vehicle partnering with large brokers across the country to vertically integrate their real estate brokerages. ************* ✅ Follow John Gafford on social media: Instagram ▶️ / thejohngafford Facebook ▶️ / gafford2 🎧 Stream the new Weekly Drop here: Listen On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7cWN80gtZ4m4wl3DqQoJmK?si=2d60fd72329d44a9 Listen On Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/escaping-the-drift-with-john-gafford/id1582927283 ************* #weeklydrop #johngafford #newyearsresolutions #personalobjectives #jamesclear #atomichabits #smartobjectives #chatgpt #personalgrowth #angeladuckworth #grit #perseverance #compellingvision #allornothingmindset #incrementalimprovements #charlesduhigg #thepowerofhabit #sustainablepath #achievement #strategies #systems
Full Episode
From the podcast that gets you from where you are to where you want to be, escaping the drift, this is The Weekly Drop with Jon Gafford. No matter what platform you're watching or listening to us on, make sure you like, subscribe, and comment. And now, The Drop. And back again, back again for another episode of The Drop, man, which is my little solo pod brought to you by...
The same podcast you listen to every week that gets you from where you are to where you want to be. Today is going to be the first show of the new gear. This will actually be coming out on Thursday. I'm streaming it for the first time live as we do this on Instagram, which is kind of cool. But today, what we're going to talk about is the five reasons, the reason why most people don't accomplish.
their new year's resolutions, man, why people fall down when they make these resolutions and they don't get to what they're going to do. And I'm going to give you five things that you can do to have a lot of success in that with what you do. And we all know the story, man, January 1st, tomorrow, if you go to the gym, there's going to be 9 million people sitting in the damn gym.
It's going to be impossible to get to a machine, but by mid February, everybody's going to be gone. And why is that? Why does it go so quick from February to nobody being there? Why does that happen so fast? And if you read this book, this is one of my favorite books. It's called Atomic Habits. I love this book. And then James Clear talks about motivation's not enough.
You know, motivation is like a shower. It's something you require every single day. And if you're just depending on motivation to get you through to where your habits need to be, you're going to have a problem. What you have got to do is you've got to, instead of relying on the motivation of I want to get better, You have to set up systems that will support that end goal.
And one of the things I'm gonna give you when we're done today is if you're watching me on Instagram, you're listening to this or watching this on the gram or you catch it later. If you go to the link in my bio, the very first thing you're gonna see is a free business planning course that I'm gonna give you. And it's not just about business planning.
You can literally use that one page system, the system that I use to plan anything in life. You can use it to plan, How to lose weight. You can lose it to start a new skill, to start a new business, to do whatever you want to get better at the job that you currently have. And it's free to get. You can go right in there and grab it.
But you're going to see how a lot of the stuff that's in that one page business plan, that course that I'm giving you for free, you're going to see how a lot of that stuff translates back into everyday use by building good systems and understanding what it is.
And if you look at atomic habits, when it's talking about not having the right idea or having good enough systems, it's because you don't set your goals right. You know, I hate the word goal. I've always said that I hate the word goal. And the reason I hate it is because, you know, look at football, right? We're coming to the playoffs right now.
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