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Sep 8

Yesterday Creates Tomorrow

What if the best way to create a better future is to focus on making today a great yesterday? In this episode, Dan Sullivan and Shannon Waller explore a simple, rewarding way to approach time that can reduce stress, sharpen focus, and help you feel more satisfied with each day as it happens. Here’s some of what you’ll learn in this episode: Why the last seven months have been the best of Dan’s life.Why engaging in this process reduces stress.Why Dan hasn’t been feeling any pressure from his ADHD.How this system creates a more satisfying daily experience. Show Notes: What you do today, and how you think about it, shapes your experience of tomorrow. Start each morning by deciding what would make today a great yesterday when you wake up tomorrow. When you focus on creating a great yesterday, tomorrow becomes less about worry and more about the commitments you make today. Creating great yesterdays can reduce the stress and regret you carry from the past. When tomorrow takes care of itself, you can feel less pressure and anxiety about the future. Getting emotionally attached to future possibilities can create anxiety because those possibilities don’t yet exist. Each future possibility you become attached to competes for your attention today. Focusing on today can improve your concentration by freeing you from stress about the past and future. A simple point system can make daily progress more visible, playful, and satisfying. There are no punishments in this system—only rewards for actions that move your life forward. An activity is more valuable if you do it consciously. Resources: The Gap And The Gain by Dan Sullivan with Dr. Benjamin Hardy Not Being Bothered by Dan Sullivan
Sep 1

What Entrepreneurs Can Accomplish With An Open Mind, with Geoff Meyerson

What does it take to build a company that grows without depending on you for every decision? In this episode, biotech entrepreneur Geoff Meyerson shares how failure, clear communication, and continual self-investment have helped him build a global business, empower his team, and create greater impact with less effort. Here’s some of what you’ll learn in this episode: Why entrepreneurship may be in Geoff’s genes.How experiencing failure led him to an early breakthrough.How Geoff discovered he wanted to build a career in biotech.What he did to unknowingly prepare himself for entrepreneurship.How he grew his company into a global firm. Show Notes: AI has had one of its greatest impacts in medicine, especially in pharmaceuticals and drug development. Growth-minded entrepreneurs take on the next exciting opportunity, then grow themselves to become more valuable to the team they’re building. Failure is a natural part of the entrepreneurial cycle that leads to breakthrough. To move from failure to breakthrough, the entrepreneur leading the company must evolve their role. One way to make an impact is to donate some of the money you make, but meaningful work can create a more direct impact in your day-to-day life. When your work is meaningful, you know you’re making a difference even on the days that don’t go well. Knowing what you want early in your entrepreneurial career is an advantage because the sooner you gain clarity, the sooner you can get there. Whenever people are involved, challenges, misunderstandings, and things going wrong are inevitable. Clear, honest, and consistent communication prevents small problems from becoming larger relationship issues. Investing more time in your team enables the company to grow faster and allows you to accomplish more with less effort. A Self-Managing Company® gives entrepreneurs the freedom to focus on higher-value opportunities rather than being pulled into day-to-day details. The more entrepreneurs invest in themselves, the more likely they are to have higher-caliber conversations, relationships, and opportunities. Resources: Transforming Experiences Into Multipliers The Impact Filter® The Entrepreneur’s Guide To Time Management What Is A Self-Managing Company®?
3d ago

Does Your Unique Ability® Max Out?

Your best people may love what they do, but even Unique Ability® can become stale when there’s no new challenge. In this episode, Shannon Waller explains why Unique Ability never truly maxes out, how it deepens over time, and what you can do to keep your team’s best talents energized, growing, and making a bigger impact. Download Episode Transcript Show Notes: Unique Ability is what you’re great at, love doing, get energy from, and can keep getting better at for the rest of your life. Unique Ability doesn’t max out, but it can get stale when there is nothing new to learn, solve, or improve. When talented people get bored, they can lose energy—or start creating problems just to have something interesting to fix. Don’t assume that people will stay engaged simply because they’re naturally good at and enjoy their work. To keep Unique Ability growing, make sure it’s being used, appreciated, rewarded, enhanced, and referred. People need to know that the value they create is noticed and appreciated by the people they help. Being paid more as your capability and contribution grow is an important part of feeling valued. The best work helps people get better, take on new challenges, and stretch into new territory. A strong reputation lets people know that their Unique Ability is making a real difference. When someone has solved the same problem too many times, give them a more complex problem to tackle. If the work itself is no longer challenging, a bigger or more interesting audience may be what they need next. Keep asking your best people what would make their work more interesting, challenging, and rewarding. Resources: Unique Ability® Unique Ability® 2.0: Discovery by Catherine Nomura, Julia Waller, and Shannon Waller The Impact Filter® Kolbe
5d ago

Rewind: When The Performance Ends And The Next Act Begins, with Mike Koenigs

Everybody has met someone who people are drawn to for reasons they can’t explain, and being one of those people comes with serious challenges. Dan Sullivan, Gord Vickman, and guest Mike Koenigs discuss the “X factor,” how celebrities view themselves, and different ways of being who your audience wants to see. Show Notes: There’s a certain level of stardom where the celebrity can separate themselves from the business and know where they are.A key for some performers is to maintain a complete separation between who they really are and who they are onstage.People fall in love with who they interpret you to be, not necessarily who you are.Enormous complexity in the world means that people like having someone who has simple, basic principles that work forever.Some young people want to be filmed and admired, not necessarily for what they’ve done, but just for who they are.Gen Zs want to hear from other Gen Zs because they don’t trust anyone else, and outsiders don’t understand their value system.Every generation wants to differentiate themselves from generations that came before them.An act of life isn’t required to make an act of art. Resources: Learn about Mike Koenigs The Capability Amplifier podcast The Strategic Podcast Network
Aug 25

A Bored Entrepreneur Is A Dangerous Entrepreneur

For entrepreneurs, boredom is more than an inconvenience. It can lead to poor decisions, unnecessary disruption, and lost momentum. In this episode, Dan Sullivan and Shannon Waller explore why conscious thinking is the antidote to boredom and how asking better questions can create fresh energy, clarity, and opportunity from the experiences already in front of you. Here’s some of what you’ll learn in this episode: Why entrepreneurs need to be aware of how they’re thinking.A simple, easy way to get energized by what you’re doing.Where boredom really comes from.How to respond to major changes in the world. Show Notes: Entrepreneurs need achievement that feels new, better, and different to stay energized and engaged. If you are no longer growing, or are achieving in the same way for too long, boredom can quickly set in. Boredom is not always a signal to look for more external stimulation; it can be a cue to change how you’re thinking. You can shift your energy by consciously switching away from an unproductive thought and giving your brain a better question to answer. Becoming aware of what you’re thinking, feeling, and experiencing in the moment is a practical antidote to boredom. Asking yourself, “What is actually happening right now?” turns you from a passive participant into an active observer. Taking the role of an observer creates emotional distance and helps you see a stressful situation more clearly. Naming your experience gives your brain something specific to work on and creates an immediate shift in energy. Anger and negative emotions can take over when you’re reacting unconsciously instead of examining what’s happening. Curiosity keeps entrepreneurs engaged because it turns familiar experiences into sources of new insight. Reviewing your best “yes” decisions and best “no” decisions can reveal valuable patterns, connections, and confidence for the future. The more conscious you are of your thinking, the more easily you can create fresh energy from your past, present, and future experiences. Resources: The Greater Game by Dan Sullivan and John Bowen Thinking About Your Thinking by Dan Sullivan Inviting Genius: How Good Leaders Use Conflict to Become Great by Matthew Abrams The 3 Most Important Questions For Constant Growth As An Entrepreneur
Jul 29

How To Redefine Your Future Starting Today

AI is redefining what’s possible for experienced entrepreneurs who are willing to think differently, experiment, and take risks again. Dan Sullivan and Steve Krein explore how AI multiplies both success and dysfunction, why the real edge now belongs to seasoned founders, and how to use AI so your future is bigger than your past. Show Notes: Many successful entrepreneurs start avoiding situations where they could fail, believing they’ve already had all the breakthroughs they need. The real risk isn’t AI itself, but refusing to reinvent how your entrepreneurial life and AI work together. Like the internet in the mid-‘90s, AI can multiply the success you’re already achieving if you choose to engage with it. The comforts of time, money, and experience can quietly erode your willingness to take the risks that create your next breakthroughs. The advantage is shifting toward older, more experienced entrepreneurs who combine decades of judgment and pattern recognition with AI’s raw intelligence. AI is even surprising its creators, which means there’s no established playbook—only entrepreneurs willing to think and experiment. A fast-growing group of entrepreneurial 10‑ to 20‑year‑olds is bypassing formal education and building businesses directly with AI. Experience plus AI creates a “jetpack effect,” letting seasoned entrepreneurs take ideas much further and much faster than ever before. Resources: My Plan For Living To 156 by Dan Sullivan Unique Ability® 10x Is Easier Than 2x by Dan Sullivan with Dr. Benjamin Hardy The Greater Game by Dan Sullivan and John Bowen The Greater Game Dashboard The Impact Filter® The History of Money: A Story of Humanity by David McWilliams Casting Not Hiring by Dan Sullivan and Jeffrey Madoff
Sep 2

Is Your Team Stealable?

When great people leave, it’s not always because they dislike their job. Sometimes, they leave because another opportunity better fits the future they want. In this episode, Shannon Waller shares a simple question you can ask to learn what matters to your best team members—and help make sure they don’t have to look elsewhere to grow. Download Episode Transcript Show Notes: Your best team members can become stealable when another opportunity better matches the future they want. Don’t assume that long-tenured, high-performing team members are satisfied simply because they’ve stayed with your company. Great people can experience “brownout,” gradually becoming worn down even when they enjoy their work, earn well, and have a strong reputation. Knowing your team members’ goals for the future helps you spot concerns and opportunities before they become reasons to leave. By being curious rather than judgmental when asking about a team member’s future, you can create the psychological safety necessary for them to tell you honestly what they want, what’s challenging them, and what may need to change. Avoid entering the conversation with an agenda because people are less likely to give you an honest answer when they feel pressured. Ask your key team members regularly, “If you and I are meeting three years from today, what has to have happened personally and professionally for you to feel really happy with your progress?” Focus on progress rather than perfection because every team member is the best judge of what would make their future more fulfilling. Listen for what team members want in both their personal and professional lives in terms of responsibilities, growth, compensation, travel, family, health, and work pace. Regular conversations about your team members’ futures can give you valuable notice of a transition and allow you to plan it together. Supporting a talented person’s next step, even if it eventually takes them elsewhere, can create a respectful transition and preserve the relationship. Ambitious people want to grow, and understanding how they want to grow helps you create opportunities that keep them engaged. Resources: Protect Your A-Players Unique Ability® How To Sell Transformation Using This One Question CliftonStrengths®
Jul 14

The Entrepreneur’s Playbook For Mastering AI Without Anxiety

AI can do a lot of tasks that used to take human effort, but it can’t think about its own thinking. In this episode, Dan Sullivan and Shannon Waller explain why the right response to AI is to become more conscious, discerning, and intentional so you can use technology with clarity and purpose. Here’s some of what you’ll learn in this episode: Why so many people feel confused and overwhelmed by AI.Why the way most people are reacting to AI is completely normal.How new technology has increased both personal freedom and global complexity.Why AI isn’t the cause of big changes in the world, but the result of them.What “mechanical thinking” means, and how it explains what AI actually does best.What humans can do that AI will never be able to do in the same way.How The Strategic Coach® Program helps you access your own experience and get clear about your thinking. Show Notes: AI is doing work that people used to do manually, but that doesn’t make it original thinking. A lot of everyday thinking is repetitive and mechanical, which is exactly the kind of work AI can handle well. Every interaction with technology that we take for granted now might have been a troubling experience when it was first introduced. AI isn’t new. It's just entered the realm of cognition. Most people think about only three things: things, people, and other people’s thoughts. The fourth level is thinking about your thinking. If you think about your thinking, you’ll become very discerning and masterful in how you use AI. Everyone uses AI for different reasons. A lot of AI’s capabilities probably don’t serve your purposes. To use AI effectively, you need to be clear on your reasons for using it. AI is trying to keep up with humanity, not the other way around. Resources: Shannon Waller’s Team Success Podcast
Jul 28

Grow Your Company By Growing Yourself, with Teresa Easler

What does it take to build a business around only what you love doing? In this episode, Shannon Waller sits down with long-time Program Coach Teresa Easler to talk entrepreneurship, Unique Ability®, and designing a Self-Managing Company® that supports your best work. Teresa explains how better boundaries, courageous decisions, and seeing your business as intellectual property can change the way you lead and grow. Here’s some of what you’ll learn in this episode: How Teresa first discovered Strategic Coach® through a surprise cold call from Shannon.How a move and lack of corporate options pushed her to start her own business.How she shifted from a gourmet cheesecake business into high-impact communication coaching.What big decisions she and her husband made to launch their company.What mindset shift led her to create Connect To The Core as a Unique Ability business. Show Notes: Most entrepreneurs can trace their roots back to childhood experiments in selling, serving, and creating value. Sometimes we choose entrepreneurship and sometimes life pushes us into it, but the result can be the same: freedom and growth. You can design a business where you do only what you truly love and are uniquely great at. Real communication isn’t just data exchange; it’s genuine connection and partnership with the person you’re talking to. Entrepreneurs need strong communication both in the marketplace and inside the company with their teams. It’s almost impossible to clearly communicate your value on your own because you’re too close to your own business story. You can decide you won’t work with anyone you wouldn’t genuinely enjoy spending time with. Learning to say no is a courage muscle that keeps your life and business simpler and more profitable. Saying “yes” too quickly creates obligations without real commitment, which leads directly to messes and drama. Treating your ideas and frameworks as intellectual property lifts you out of just selling products and services. When you build a Unique Ability-focused team, you can take more time off while your company keeps growing. Resources: Unique Ability® The Entrepreneur's Guide To Time Management The 4 C’s Formula by Dan Sullivan What Is A Self-Managing Company®?
Jul 22

Why It’s Worth The Entrepreneurial Risk, with Maria Callahan

Maria Callahan owns a tax advisory firm and has redesigned it around entrepreneurial freedom. Here, she shares how shifting from “professional accountant” to “entrepreneur,” pruning wrong-fit clients, and using Strategic Coach® tools helped her build a lean, right‑fit firm where tax season is calm, her time is protected, and the business supports the life she actually wants. Here’s some of what you’ll learn in this episode: How boredom led Maria to entrepreneurship.The risks and sacrifices she made to start her own business.What first drew Maria into accounting.Why she enjoys working with taxes and tax planning.How Strategic Coach has been a pivotal part of her life over the past few years. Show Notes: Professional accountants tend to get hardwired to believe there’s only one “right” way to do accounting. Strategic Coach members recognize how their industry operates, but deliberately design businesses that operate in a way that makes sense for them. Once you’re credentialed, you can choose to be an entrepreneur whose specialty happens to be accounting. The joy of entrepreneurship is focusing on what you love doing, what you’re best at, and the clients you love working with. Not every customer or client is right for you, and accepting that lets you eliminate wrong-fit work and stress from your business. Sometimes the best move is to stop offering products or services that distract you from what you do exceptionally well. Real leadership involves making time to think about your business, where it’s going, and who will be on the journey with you. Focus Days™ are for money‑making activities, Buffer Days™ are for setup and support work, and Free Days™ are 24 hours with zero work. Either you take Free Days intentionally, or your body will eventually force you to take them. Doing everything yourself is one of the most exhausting and expensive habits an entrepreneur can have. If you never challenge your own beliefs about work and success, you’ll never step outside the limits they create. Strategic Coach members learn from each other because they’re in different industries but face remarkably similar challenges. Resources: Unique Ability® The Entrepreneur's Guide To Time Management Who Not How by Dan Sullivan with Dr. Benjamin Hardy Tax-Free Wealth by Tom Wheelwright Kolbe Transforming Experiences Into Multipliers The Gap And The Gain by Dan Sullivan with Dr. Benjamin Hardy The Positive Focus®

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