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8 APR

Growing A Business Without Breaking Your Bond, with Kerby Skurat and Cristina Edelstein-Skurat

When life partners become business partners, tension can quickly intensify—or multiply everything that matters. With the right tools and mindsets, that partnership can become extraordinary. In this episode, Kerby Skurat and Cristina Edelstein share how Strategic Coach® has helped them build a thriving business and a strong marriage at the same time. Here’s some of what you’ll learn in this episode: How life partners Dan Sullivan and Babs Smith co-run Strategic Coach.What Strategic Coach has helped Cristina and Kerby achieve with their business.How Cristina and Kerby grew their real estate business into a $10‑million‑a‑year company.Cristina and Kerby’s core values.What led Kerby to the decision to shut down a $16-million company.Why both members of an entrepreneurial couple should attend Strategic Coach workshops. Show Notes: Many entrepreneurial couples end up with an almost adversarial business relationship that spills into their personal life. Unique Ability® gives each partner a clear lane, so “best with best” teamwork becomes possible instead of competitive. Entrepreneurism usually shows up early in life and quickly becomes a lifelong way of operating. Choosing the entrepreneurial path means you’ve opted out of the job market and into creating your own game. Strategic Coach provides the structure, tools, and community that support this unique way of life. There’s an art to staying in your lane, especially when both partners are strong‑willed and driven. Every individual has a distinct way of creating results, and honoring those differences turns conflict into collaboration. Real data, real statistics, and real projections give you the confidence to make clear decisions and smart adjustments. A business can be big and profitable and still be the wrong one for you. Shutting down a good company can be the smartest move if it frees you up for great opportunities. Time away from your team, in a room with other entrepreneurs, often leads to the biggest strategic decisions. Hearing other entrepreneurs’ success stories can inspire you to take action on your own goals. Strategic Coach workshops create a thinking space where you can focus on what could be, not just what is. Getting help at deeper personal levels, like marriage counseling, can dramatically improve your business teamwork. Strategic Coach tools work just as well at home as they do in the office. In a team of any size, the speed of the leader determines the speed of the pack. When both partners are in the same coaching environment, it’s far easier to stay aligned on vision and decisions. Resources: Unique Ability® Your Business Is A Theater Production: Your Back Stage Shouldn’t Show On The Front Stage Everything Is Created Backward by Dan Sullivan The Millionaire Real Estate Agent by Gary Keller EOS® Worldwide Who Not How by Dan Sullivan with Dr. Benjamin Hardy How To Sell Transformation Using This One Question Do You Know What’s Keeping Your Clients Awake At 3 A.M.? Your Life As A Strategy Circle by Dan Sullivan

8 Apr

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34 min
7 APR

Technology Isn’t Cool Until It’s Boring

A technology doesn’t truly transform the world until it becomes so normal that it’s boring. As dramatic as AI feels today, it’s headed for the same destination. In this episode, Dan Sullivan and Shannon Waller explore the different stages people are at with AI, what entrepreneurs can expect as it becomes embedded in everyday life, and how they can turn AI into a capability that multiplies their existing strengths. Here’s some of what you’ll learn in this episode: How all technologies go from exciting novelty to everyday normal.How entrepreneurs, team members, and the public are each thinking about and using AI right now.How big companies are building AI into their products and services so it simply becomes part of daily life. Show Notes: Technology only becomes truly useful when it’s so normal in your life that you barely notice it. What feels disruptive and exciting today will quickly become just another dependable part of how you get results. AI will embed into every tool you use at a far faster pace than any previous technology shift. Electricity, highways, and smartphones were once extraordinary breakthroughs, but now they’re simply part of everyday life. If you’re overwhelmed by AI, the real issue isn’t the technology itself, but unmade decisions about what you want and what it means for you. Humans are uniquely wired to normalize change, which is why your biggest breakthroughs eventually feel routine. The faster you can emotionally normalize new technology, the faster you can turn it into a strategic advantage. No technology changes your character, but it can dramatically multiply the results of your existing habits. AI is particularly powerful for repetitive, standardized activities that free you up for higher-value thinking and relationships. If you struggle with people and teamwork, AI won’t fix that problem; it will just expose it more clearly. Most fears about AI come from team members feeling it’s being imposed on them without context, safety, or a future they can see themselves in. Your team’s concerns about AI are useful raw material for designing solutions that grow their confidence and engagement. The real opportunity is not just building smarter tools, but helping people feel capable and confident using them. Every 10x jump in your business starts with a period of fear, uncertainty, and discomfort that later becomes your next version of normal. Measuring your progress backwards shows how many things that once felt extraordinary are now just part of how you operate. Instead of waiting for AI to feel safe, decide how you want it to support your best future and then take small, practical steps toward it. The entrepreneurs who win with AI will be the ones who treat it as an everyday capability, not a one‑time miracle. Resources: 10x Is Easier Than 2x by Dan Sullivan with Dr. Benjamin Hardy

7 Apr

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15 min
15/05/2020

“Scary Times” Success Strategies Part 9: Focus On What's Available

When events happen that disrupt our lives, it can be scary—but there are ways to be positive even now. In part 9 of this ten-part mini-series, Dan Sullivan and Shannon Waller talk about forgetting about what’s missing and focusing on what’s available to you right now.

15/05/2020

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35 min
4 DAYS AGO

Seven Ways To Build A Strong Support Partnership

Are you treating your Strategic Assistant® like a task-taker or as a true support partner? In this episode, Shannon Waller shares seven practical ways to build a stronger working relationship so you can save time, reduce friction, and create more ease in your day-to-day business. Download Episode Transcript Show Notes: Your Strategic Assistant is not there simply to take orders but to help manage the moving parts of your business and life. The best support relationships start with knowing each other’s strengths, needs, and natural working styles. Profiles like Kolbe, PRINT®, CliftonStrengths®, and Working Genius® can help you understand your own style and your assistant’s strengths. The Communication Builder is a great tool that helps you understand how each of you prefers to give and receive information, especially under stress. This is a relationship, not a transaction, so commitment and mutual respect are non-negotiable. Frequent communication creates better support, fewer misses, and a much smoother day-to-day rhythm. Daily huddles, project check-ins, and regular strategic meetings keep both of you aligned. Your Strategic Assistant should have enough context and clarity to help manage the details that keep you moving forward. Be willing to be managed because support partners often see the timing, structure, and follow-through more clearly than you do. Your Strategic Assistant is an essential “Who” on your team, often helping with the work that makes everything recur smoothly. Great partnerships are built on humor, grace, and a willingness to learn when things don’t go perfectly. The goal isn’t a short-term arrangement, but a long-term relationship that grows with you and strengthens your productivity and impact over time. Resources: Kolbe A™ Index Working Genius CliftonStrengths DISC PRINT Unique Ability® The Communication Builder Who Not How by Dan Sullivan with Dr. Benjamin Hardy

4 days ago

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17 min
24 MAR

This One Small Change Makes Every Day A Win

What if your only job today were to create a great yesterday? In this episode, Dan Sullivan shares a simple daily mindset shift that keeps entrepreneurs grounded, focused, and remarkably productive. Learn how “creating yesterday” calms future anxiety, turns frustration into successes, and helps you fully appreciate the small actions that make each day a real win. Here’s some of what you’ll learn in this episode: The real-life benefits Dan has experienced from using this daily focus.How to make sure you always remember your daily goal.An example of how to change a bad day into a great yesterday.How writing down small actions makes you more conscious, present, and productive. Show Notes: ADHD can pull your attention into endless future possibilities. Thinking about tomorrow can make you feel great about what you’re doing today. Focusing on creating great yesterdays keeps you grounded in the present. Staying focused on creating a great yesterday helps you avoid feeling bothered by what you can’t control. We never actually experience the future. We can only act on the future when it shows up as the present. Don’t let yourself get upset about something you can’t do anything about. Stay in charge of your experience instead of letting situations be in charge. Focusing on creating great yesterdays keeps you from getting worn out by the future. Writing down what you do throughout the day anchors the experience. Being conscious about the activities you’re doing has its own reward. Resources: The Gap And The Gain by Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy My Plan For Living To 156 by Dan Sullivan

24 Mar

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14 min
8 APR

The Unique Ability® Best Habits That Reveal Who You Already Are

Most of us have a harder time accepting our strengths than admitting our weaknesses. Julia Waller and Tamar Routly continue their live Unique Ability® Discovery Process, going deeper into Tamar's 10 Best Habits™—from resilient uplifter to authentic communicator to values-driven advocate—and uncovering how sobriety, storytelling, and the courage to believe others' words about you can become the foundation for everything you build. Key Takeaways Your Unique Ability® shows up everywhere—not just work, but in friendships, family, community, and how you treat a restaurant server on a Tuesday night. The environment you operate in makes all the difference—if your ideas are being stifled, you're not broken, you're misaligned. Resilience isn't about toughness—it's about feeling the darkness fully while knowing there's another side, and helping others see that too. When people tell you who you are, believe them—the letters exercise reveals that what you think is ordinary is often extraordinary to others. Your sensitivity and empathy are strengths to manage, not weaknesses to overcome—learning when to recharge is part of mastering your Unique Ability. Notable Resources www.strategiccoach.com www.uniqueability.com Unique Ability® 2.0: Discovery book & workbook: https://uniqueability.com/the-book/ Unique Ability Book Club Guide: https://www.strategiccoach.com/resources/guides/unique-ability-20-discovery-book-club-discussion-guide Kolbe Index: www.kolbe.com CliftonStrengths® 34: www.gallup.com PRINT® Survey Special Offer via Strategic Coach: REGISTRATION LINK: www.PrintSurvey.com/specialoffer ACCESS CODE: P8768 Learn more about Tamar: https://podcastimpactstudio.com/ Ready to begin discovering your own Unique Ability? Go through the Unique Ability Discovery Process using our Unique Ability 2.0 book and accompanying workbook. Download your free Unique Ability® Beginner’s Guide at www.uniqueability.com or if you’re a successful, ambitious entrepreneur, visit www.strategiccoach.com. The Unique Ability® Podcast explores the power of living and working in your Unique Ability®—what you love to do, do best, and feel most energized by. Hosted by Julia Waller and built around the cornerstone concept developed at Strategic Coach®, each episode features real stories, practical insights, and conversations that help you align your work, relationships, and life with what’s most natural and fulfilling for you. Real Stories, Real Magic. 🎵 Music Credits The intro and outro music for The Unique Ability® Podcast comes from “Outside In” by Paitra Walker, an independent musician, singer-songwriter, and creative collaborator whose eclectic sound deeply resonated with us. This song holds a special personal connection and reflects the heart of what this podcast is about. Explore more of Paitra’s music on Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube. Music used with permission. All rights reserved to the original creator.

8 Apr

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1hr 3min
27 JAN

Feelings Are Fuel For Entrepreneurial Creativity

Today’s media environment constantly tugs at your emotions and makes it harder to think clearly about your future. In this episode, Dan Sullivan and Shannon Waller show how to treat feelings—especially being bothered—as raw material rather than reality, and how to quickly turn intense emotional energy into insight, better decisions, and creative projects that expand your future possibilities. Here’s some of what you’ll learn in this episode: How information overload and constant media input affect the way people think.How Dan feeling bothered has led to the creation of powerful Strategic Coach® thinking tools.What taught Dan to flip negative feelings into a new project.How you can actually change the past.A thinking process that helps you separate emotion from any situation so you can respond creatively instead of reactively. Show Notes: Modern news and social media are engineered to grab your feelings, which can crowd out your ability to think about your own future. Constantly reacting to events outside of you makes it harder to think clearly and see where you actually want to go. Feelings are experienced physically and biologically, not intellectually, which is why they can be so overwhelming in the moment. There’s a big difference between simply having feelings and using those feelings to trigger real thinking and new ideas. Strong emotions, whether positive or negative, are early warning signals that something needs to be understood, decided, or created. When you get deeply bothered by an experience, you can either stay stuck in the story or use that energy to design a better future. Many of Strategic Coach’s most powerful thinking tools, including The Experience Transformer®, were created because Dan was determined not to repeat a negative experience. Capturing the energy from a negative event and channeling it into a specific creative project gives you huge momentum—but only for a short window of time. Reinterpreting past experiences through learning changes how they feel and upgrades your capabilities going forward. Taking ownership of your emotional responses gives you power, control, and agency instead of leaving you at the mercy of circumstances or other people. Resources: Multiplication By Subtraction by Shannon Waller Transforming Experiences Into Multipliers Not Being Bothered by Dan Sullivan

27 Jan

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21 min
10 FEB

Simple Habits For True Happiness While Building Your Business

Happiness can be tricky for entrepreneurs, especially when the outside world thinks you’ve already “made it.” In this episode, Dan Sullivan shares a simple daily framework for staying genuinely happy as an entrepreneur, regardless of what’s happening in your business, your relationships, or the larger world around you. Here’s some of what you’ll learn in this episode: Why an entrepreneur’s happiness depends on three simple ingredients.How to measure your daily achievement in a way that actually feels like progress.What excites Dan most about creating and sharing a brand-new thinking tool.Why your greatest value shows up when you spend your time doing activities you genuinely love. Show Notes: Entrepreneurial happiness comes from a way of being that you practice every day, not a goal or a destination. The first ingredient for a happy entrepreneurial life is making real daily progress, not just occasional big wins. Measuring yourself against an ideal future is like measuring your distance to the horizon line—you never feel any closer. You feel genuinely successful when you measure progress against where you started and what you’ve actually achieved. A simple end-of-day reflection on what you accomplished turns an ordinary day into a tangible gain you can build on tomorrow. The second ingredient for a happy entrepreneur is liking who you are, which means appreciating how you handle setbacks, not pretending you’ve never made mistakes. When you give yourself grace for past decisions, it becomes much easier to extend that same grace to other people. Even if you don’t achieve your goal, you can be pleased with how you went about things. Being truly useful to other people each day is the third ingredient that makes entrepreneurial happiness feel complete. Strategic Coach® is built on hundreds of thinking tools that help entrepreneurs reframe situations and recognize the progress they’re actually making. These three ingredients—progress, self-liking, and usefulness—keep you grounded in the present instead of trapped in past regrets or future fantasies. Of the three, liking who you are carries special weight because without self-respect, progress and usefulness don’t feel satisfying. It’s hard to feel useful doing work you’re not good at or don’t enjoy, so designing your role around your Unique Ability® is crucial for happiness. Greater self-awareness helps you like yourself more because you understand which situations you handle well and which ones you should avoid or delegate. Dan describes happiness as living in “local reality”—what’s real, available, and actionable right now, instead of chasing someone else’s reality. Viewing each day through this three-part lens is a practical way to keep your entrepreneurial confidence high, no matter what challenges arise. Resources: The Gap And The Gain by Dan Sullivan with Dr. Benjamin Hardy Shannon Waller’s Team Success podcast Unique Ability® The Positive Focus®

10 Feb

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28 min
24 FEB

Why Your Kind Of Smart Is Exactly What The World Needs

Do you ever catch yourself frustrated that other people don’t think or perform the way you do? In this episode, Dan Sullivan and Shannon Waller reveal why that difference is actually good news. Discover how appreciating your own uniqueness frees you from comparison, deepens teamwork, and helps you recognize the countless ways other people are smart and useful. Here’s some of what you’ll learn in this episode: Why it’s a good thing that no one else is like you.How comparing yourself to others drains your confidence and progress.Why complaining that others are different is really the same as complaining about your success.How to quickly spot the specific way another person is smart and uniquely valuable. Show Notes: Wanting to be unique while also blaming others for not being like you is a mental trap that creates frustration and resentment. As an entrepreneur, your success comes from being usefully different in the marketplace, not from everyone else sharing your strengths or level of intelligence. Profiles like Kolbe, CliftonStrengths®, DISC, and Working Genius® make it obvious that every person is wired in a distinct way that can be incredibly valuable. The fact that other people don’t see what you see or think how you think is good news because it proves your uniqueness has real marketplace value. When you measure other people against your own personal “ideal,” you drop them into “The Gap” instead of appreciating the real progress and capability they already have. The moment you genuinely appreciate your own uniqueness, it becomes much easier and more natural to appreciate other people’s uniqueness too. Better teamwork happens when collaborators don’t have the same skills, instincts, and talents because each person covers gaps the others can’t see or fill. A powerful question to uncover someone’s intelligence is, “When it’s completely up to you, what do you most like to do?” and then keep asking curious follow-up questions. You’ll quickly discover that even people who don’t seem “smart” in your way are often extraordinarily knowledgeable and perceptive in areas you know nothing about. Most of the useful progress in the world has come from people without formal credentials who simply applied their kind of intelligence to real-world results. Being okay with the way you’re smart liberates you from constant comparison so you can focus on deepening your strengths and expanding your contribution. Unique Ability® combines what you love doing, what you’re exceptionally good at, what gives you energy, and what consistently creates value for others. When you commit to getting better and more useful with your Unique Ability, you naturally attract opportunities, collaborators, and clients who value exactly how you think. Trying to be good at everything or match other people’s strengths keeps you average, while doubling down on your Unique Ability makes you extraordinary. Appreciating your own uniqueness removes blame, anger, and guilt from relationships and replaces them with curiosity, respect, and more strategic collaboration. The most productive entrepreneurial communities are built around uniquely different people who share common rules and values, not around everyone being the same. Resources: The Gap And The Gain by Dan Sullivan with Dr. Benjamin Hardy Unique Ability® Kolbe A™ Index Working Genius® CliftonStrengths® DISC PRINT®

24 Feb

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19 min
10 MAR

Magic Happens When Improv Meets Entrepreneurship

Most entrepreneurs were trained to win through competition, not collaboration. In this episode, Dan Sullivan and Shannon Waller show how the rules of improv—no one in charge, “yes, and,” and always supporting your partner—create transformative business partnerships, helping you think on your feet, combine unique strengths, and co‑create new value that competitors simply can’t copy. Here’s some of what you’ll learn in this episode: How the first two rules of improv translate directly into powerful business collaboration.What instantly shuts down collaboration and kills momentum.How Strategic Coach® workshops function as true collaborations between the coach and members.The structured way of thinking that Strategic Coach clients use to create new breakthroughs.What it really takes to be a great business coach. Show Notes: Strategic Coach® has always taken a theatrical approach to business, with a clear structure for entrepreneurs to bring their own content and breakthroughs. Thinking about your thinking lets you compare experiences, spot patterns, and create better solutions than you’ve had before. When you combine past experiences in new ways, you generate fresh ideas and opportunities that didn’t exist on their own. At Coach, the workshop tools may stay the same, but what each entrepreneur focuses on and transforms is totally unpredictable. Great coaching means being comfortable with anything participants say or ask and using it as raw material for progress. Your work life and personal life work best when they collaborate instead of compete, supporting the same future. Most entrepreneurs grow up in a world of pure competition and have to consciously shift into collaboration. At the highest level, successful companies collaborate with other successful companies to create a “third thing” for shared clients. This “third thing” is a new value creation that competitors can’t copy because they don’t know how it was created. In improv and in collaboration, no one is the boss; each partner brings different strengths and has equal status. The first rule of improv is to say yes to any new idea your partner brings instead of debating or analyzing it to death. The second rule of improv is to actively support your partner’s progress by adding value to what they’ve started. Powerful collaborators stay alert, curious, responsive, and resourceful so they can build on what’s happening in real time. Collaboration dies when your partner doesn’t respond, fails to comment, opposes your idea, or refuses to contribute to it. The best collaborative days often come from letting go of rigid plans and following the energy of the group’s best ideas. Being a great collaborator means arriving prepared with a “quiver” of experiences and examples you can draw on in the moment. You can strengthen your improv muscle by asking unpredictable, high‑value questions rather than trying to have all the answers. Resources: Casting Not Hiring by Dan Sullivan and Jeffrey Madoff Thinking About Your Thinking by Dan Sullivan Unique Ability® Yes, And by Kelly Leonard and Tom Yorton

10 Mar

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18 min

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