591: Michael and Megan Hyatt | Win at Work and Succeed at Life

Scale your business, work fewer hours, and create lasting success! This is not only achievable, but my guests today, Megan and Michael Hyatt, have the answers to getting the double win - in life and at work. Michael is the founder and chairman of the Michael Hyatt & Company, the creator of the Full Focus Planner, and best-selling author of several books.

Megan is the CEO of the Michael Hyatt & Company, leading it to be one of Inc magazines’ best places to work for 2020, and co-host of the Lead to Win podcast alongside Michael. Together as father and daughter, they authored the book, Win at Work and Succeed at Life. 

You’re in for a treat today, so jump right into the episode and learn straight from Megan and Michael how to win at work and succeed at life.

Things you will learn in this episode: 
[00:01 - 07:09] Opening Segment 

I introduce today’s guest, Michael Hyatt, and Megan Hyatt Miller

Michael - Founder and Chairman of Michael Hyatt & Company

Full Focus Planner

Megan - CEO of Michael Hyatt & Company 

Co-host of Lead to Win podcast

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Michael talks about what took him on this path

Growing up in humble beginnings in Western Nebraska

Playing music through college and high school

Relationship with public speaking 

Megan shares some background on her early life in the Hyatt household

Early stages of her Father’s entrepreneurial journal

Showing entrepreneurship early on 

[07:10 - 15:19] Getting Enough Failures to Succeed

Megan talks about her journey post highschool

Becoming interesting in design and marketing 

Knowing the right people 

Michael talks about how he ended up in Thomas Nelson Publishing

A love for books and bringing out people’s ideas 

Leaving to start his own company

Going back to Thomas Nelson and becoming the CEO 

Michael’s advice around failure

Getting mistakes under your belt

It’s our success that people can’t relate to

People connect to the human experience

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[15:20 - 33:20] Win at Work and Succeed at Life

Megan talks about how she got to where she is today

Driven into her skills and natural strengths

Megan’s encouragement to younger people finding their path

Megan’s journey to becoming a wife and a mother 

Working for her dad

Megan talks about balancing life and work

Experimenting with work hours

Putting constraints around work

Michael talks about results vs. hours

Realizations from the pandemic

Cutting work hours by 25%

Finishing out the year ahead of time with less hours

Michael tells the story that inspired the book 

Reaching success at a false summit 

Work and life - You don’t have to pick one and lose the other

Megan’s top tips from the book

The double win

A longevity strategy for those serious about performing

Establishing your non-negotiables

Self-care

Relationships

Professional results

[33:21 - 40:45] Closing Segment

What is the job of the CEO

Setting the vision for the future 

Developing your executive team

Vision and execution alignment 

Who you know or what you know?

Who you know - you as a leader need to find the right person for the how

Networking is important within your business as well

How to engage with Michael and Megan

Links below

Final words 

Tweetable Quotes: 
“You don’t have to know how to do everything you want to do in your life, you just have to know the person who knows how to do it.” - Megan Hyatt Miller

“The great thing about failure is that if we process it, it becomes fodder, becomes the raw material, that enables us to connect authentically with people, and builds trust.” - Michael Hyatt

“The constraints that I put around my workday, I think are really a huge reason why I’ve been able to be successful now as the CEO of the company, but also in part why our company has been able to be successful.” - Megan Hyatt Miller

Resources Mentioned:

Win at Work and Succeed at Life

Lead to Win Podcast

The Vision Drive Leader

Who not How

Connect with Michael and Megan on social media. Go to https://michaelhyatt.com/ and https://winandsucceedbook.com/ to learn how to win at work and succeed in life.

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