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Dan Sullivan and Strategic Coach
Strategic Coach founder Dan Sullivan shares his wisdom and insights with entrepreneurs who want to multiply their freedom and success.
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Is Entrepreneurial Success A Product Of Childhood Freedom?

Is Entrepreneurial Success A Product Of Childhood Freedom?

Dan Sullivan links a cherished childhood experience to his entrepreneurial success today, crediting his parents for a decision he believes developed the sense of exploration, creativity, and responsibility crucial to the success of any entrepreneur.
06:1025/02/2020
Double Your Time Off And Your Revenue? Check! with Rod Gibbings

Double Your Time Off And Your Revenue? Check! with Rod Gibbings

Entrepreneur Rod Gibbings knew the impossible-sounding time management strategy introduced at his first Strategic Coach workshop was a “no-brainer.” Even when his goal of doubling his income meant doubling his days off first. Hear how it went!
13:1211/02/2020
How An Early Life Lesson Became Dan Sullivan’s Guiding Star

How An Early Life Lesson Became Dan Sullivan’s Guiding Star

Dan Sullivan tells the story of his challenging Outward Bound experience at age 20 and shares the life lesson he immediately took to heart: how to get the best result in any situation. Decades later, it became a cornerstone of Strategic Coach.
06:0928/01/2020
The 4 Freedoms Every Entrepreneur Can Have, With Will Duke

The 4 Freedoms Every Entrepreneur Can Have, With Will Duke

Like many entrepreneurs, Will Duke was obsessed with his competition—until he implemented a simple framework for his entire business and even his personal life. Biggest reward? Getting back to why he became an entrepreneur in the first place.
15:3114/01/2020
How To Reframe Your Future As A Question

How To Reframe Your Future As A Question

Are you in the habit of asking questions geared toward the future? In this episode, Dan Sullivan explains how he developed this skill and why it's important for any entrepreneur striving to create a bigger future.
06:2931/12/2019
How To Fast-Track And Enjoy Your Entrepreneurial Growth, With Colleen Bowler

How To Fast-Track And Enjoy Your Entrepreneurial Growth, With Colleen Bowler

No matter what, successful entrepreneur Colleen Bowler always rallies to join her entrepreneurial community at Strategic Coach. She calls the workshops magical, citing two key factors in her phenomenal growth and rewards in every area of life.
13:0821/12/2019
Entrepreneurial Dreams: Wanting A Different Kind Of Life

Entrepreneurial Dreams: Wanting A Different Kind Of Life

Dan shares the story of growing up in a small town and looking up to his entrepreneurial father who showed him that he didn't have to get a job like other people but could be his own boss.
04:3707/12/2019
The Power Of Asking The Right Questions

The Power Of Asking The Right Questions

Asking the right questions is a skill that can lead to better business strategy and focus. In this episode, Dan Sullivan explains how he developed this skill and applied it to becoming an entrepreneur coach.
07:3523/11/2019
A “Make Or Break” Growth Lesson Most Entrepreneurs Ignore

A “Make Or Break” Growth Lesson Most Entrepreneurs Ignore

Adrienne Duffy of Big Futures Inc. coaches big organizations and their leaders through the volatility and change of going for huge “moonshot” goals without decimating their company and culture — including a critical step most ignore at their peril.
14:0609/11/2019
“What Am I Worth To My Clients?”

“What Am I Worth To My Clients?”

Once Betsy Helmuth packaged her services, her interior design business took off. But when it came to putting a figure on her expertise, she had a hard time acknowledging her worth. If you’ve ever questioned what you charge, check out Betsy’s story.
15:3626/10/2019
This One Distinction Is The Foundation For 10x Growth

This One Distinction Is The Foundation For 10x Growth

Entrepreneur Parker Carroll learned that two business roles that he considered one and the same (and wore both hats) are polar opposites. Why wrongly believing that leadership and management mean the same sets a finite ceiling on growth and success.
14:1012/10/2019
The 2 Challenge-Busting Mindsets You May Not Have Considered!

The 2 Challenge-Busting Mindsets You May Not Have Considered!

What’s your reaction when you suddenly face a challenge in your business? Entrepreneur Robert Bives shares how he changed his thinking to meet his entrepreneurial challenges with confidence, enjoying highly rewarding outcomes as a result.
14:2428/09/2019
Caitlin Was Her Own Biggest Obstacle In Her Business. Not Anymore.

Caitlin Was Her Own Biggest Obstacle In Her Business. Not Anymore.

Successful entrepreneur Caitlin Callahan was free to design exactly what her life could be, but still allowed long hours and travel to steal precious time from the rest of her life—until she learned a strategy to be more effective in less time.
11:1714/09/2019
Achieve Bigger Results With One Transformative Concept with Andrew Pizzo

Achieve Bigger Results With One Transformative Concept with Andrew Pizzo

Dan Sullivan’s transformative “WhoNotHow” concept struck NYC fashion industry entrepreneur Andrew Pizzo immediately as crucial to his company’s future results and success—simply by showing him how to delegate more effectively.
10:5917/08/2019
With 2 Mind-Shifting Discoveries, A More Rewarding Game Begins, with Liz Evenden

With 2 Mind-Shifting Discoveries, A More Rewarding Game Begins, with Liz Evenden

Liz Evenden, a successful UK management consultant, made two key discoveries early on in Strategic Coach. She realized she had far greater potential for business growth than she thought, but the journey would be a little longer. Hear how it all unfolded.
10:3403/08/2019
5 Steps To Solidify Your Business’s Foundation For Success

5 Steps To Solidify Your Business’s Foundation For Success

UK wealth management entrepreneur James Roberts says his business started not with a vision or a dream, but by accident. He shares the 5 business growth steps he learned in The Strategic Coach Program that have kept his business on track for stellar growth.
14:2920/07/2019
One Bold Move, A Business And Life Transformed with Sarah Hogan

One Bold Move, A Business And Life Transformed with Sarah Hogan

Sarah Hogan, a successful financial services entrepreneur, had reached a crossroads: growth or status quo. Hear her very relatable story about how investing in business coaching set her on a growth path that transformed both her business and life.
14:0106/07/2019
How To Successfully Pass The Torch To The Next Generation with Paul Gosling

How To Successfully Pass The Torch To The Next Generation with Paul Gosling

Hear how Paul Gosling, a successful corporate business consultant, not only created a business succession plan that will solidify his children’s future success in his company, but worked all along the way to transform his entire life for the better.
11:4222/06/2019
One Decision, Game-Changing Results with Salli Anstey

One Decision, Game-Changing Results with Salli Anstey

At a certain point, Salli Anstey realized that her business was no longer growing. She also knew she wasn’t spending enough time with her young daughter. Her search for a solution led her to an entrepreneurial community that changed everything.
11:0708/06/2019
The Power Of Entrepreneurial Fellowship with Rebecca Adelman

The Power Of Entrepreneurial Fellowship with Rebecca Adelman

Rebecca Adelman, now head of her own law firm, came to realize that all the hurdles she’d faced over 30 years as a woman in a male-dominated industry had taken a toll. She knew what she wanted: entrepreneurial fellowship. She found it, and it changed her life.
16:4324/05/2019
How This Lawyer Gained The Confidence To Turn His Competitors Into Loyal Clients with Alex Gertsburg

How This Lawyer Gained The Confidence To Turn His Competitors Into Loyal Clients with Alex Gertsburg

Client and lawyer Alex Gertsburg’s breakthrough shift in thinking and confidence in his business gave him the courage to defy his industry’s norm. Learn what he did, how he did it, and the transformational results it created.
15:0610/05/2019
Could Your Ambition Actually Be Holding You Back? with Dennis McIntee

Could Your Ambition Actually Be Holding You Back? with Dennis McIntee

Entrepreneur Dennis McIntee’s sky-high ambition made him so hard on himself that his confidence was shattered. Learn about the Strategic Coach® tools he credits for his reset in thinking. Now the big opportunities he had let pass him by, he has in abundance!
11:1925/04/2019
The Power Of Bringing Your Authentic Self To Your Business with Jill Young

The Power Of Bringing Your Authentic Self To Your Business with Jill Young

Entrepreneur and coach Jill Young used to think she had to show up a certain way for her clients, even though it wasn’t really her. In this episode of The Multiplier Mindset podcast, she shares the story of how she realized that both she and her clients benefited most from her being her true self.   To learn all about the 4 C's Formula, go to: http://now.strategiccoach.com/4cs-formula
16:5911/04/2019
How A Time Breakthrough Can Change Your Life with Matt Atkinson

How A Time Breakthrough Can Change Your Life with Matt Atkinson

The sudden loss of a friend forced Matt Atkinson to realize how precious his time was, lighting a spark in him to enjoy his life more. A real estate consulting entrepreneur, Matt used Strategic Coach® tools to free up his time to have an overall better lifestyle and to ensure he wouldn’t burn out at work. The Entrepreneurial Time System® has given him the structure to create a better work-life balance and be more in control of his time. He shares his story about the impact Coach has had on every aspect of his life.
13:3929/03/2019
Why Your Goals Might Be Holding You Back, with Ben Hutton

Why Your Goals Might Be Holding You Back, with Ben Hutton

When CEO Ben Hutton found that achieving his goals felt hollow, he realized he wasn’t going after what he truly wanted. Check out his story to see why personal freedom is ultimate goal for any entrepreneur.
10:0913/03/2019
Creating A Future That’s Bigger Than Your Past with Marybeth Lynch

Creating A Future That’s Bigger Than Your Past with Marybeth Lynch

When Marybeth Lynch, CEO of a management consulting firm, joined The Strategic Coach® Program, she found her “tribe.” She also discovered life-transforming tools for creating a bigger future.
15:5228/02/2019
How You Can Make Time For Everything That Matters with Ken Arlen

How You Can Make Time For Everything That Matters with Ken Arlen

Growing entrepreneurs often spend so much time working that everything else in their life gets neglected. In this episode, successful entrepreneur Ken Arlen shares how to create a balance so that there's enough time for both business growth and family.
12:3614/02/2019
Taking The Risk: Spending vs. Investing, with Nick Nanton

Taking The Risk: Spending vs. Investing, with Nick Nanton

You’ve probably heard the saying, “You have to spend money to make money.” But this can seem like risky business. Media and marketing entrepreneur Nick Nanton shares how the risks of investing in yourself can truly pay off.
10:3701/02/2019
How To Tap Into Your Brain’s Natural Ability To Power Growth with Ben Hardy

How To Tap Into Your Brain’s Natural Ability To Power Growth with Ben Hardy

“Using your brain” takes on a whole new meaning in this episode. Best-selling author and entrepreneur Ben Hardy shares his wisdom on how the brain is naturally wired and what it can mean for your entrepreneurial growth if you tap into this amazing capability.
23:0817/01/2019
How To Be Ultra-Confident In Any Decision-Making Situation with Amish Morjaria

How To Be Ultra-Confident In Any Decision-Making Situation with Amish Morjaria

Marketing entrepreneur Amish Morjaria asks, “Are you making decisions out of fear or out of inspiration?” Learn his strategy for moving from fear-based to inspired decision-making, and what he does to stay in the right zone.
16:1003/01/2019
An Entrepreneur Shares 10 Success Habits He Learned In His Garden - with Cody Faller

An Entrepreneur Shares 10 Success Habits He Learned In His Garden - with Cody Faller

When successful real estate entrepreneur Cody Faller, with the ultimate goal of being intentional about his day, created daily success habits tending to his cluttered mind as he tended his garden, it transformed his life.
25:5006/12/2018
The One Entrepreneurial Mindset That Can Change Everything with Katrin Schmidt

The One Entrepreneurial Mindset That Can Change Everything with Katrin Schmidt

If your business feels stuck, a shift in entrepreneurial mindset could be your best problem-solver. Hear how veterinarian Katrin Schmidt’s shift in thinking about her role in her practice launched a highly satisfying growth journey on many fronts.
11:1709/11/2018
Taking Over The Family Business—Key Success Steps with Sally Bartlett

Taking Over The Family Business—Key Success Steps with Sally Bartlett

Sally Bartlett now heads up her family business, a successful board sports company—and everyone in the family is staying on board. With high expectations all ‘round, hear how Sally plans to use Strategic Coach® tools to take the best of the past solidly into the future.
10:1725/10/2018
Why Teamwork Matters—Even At A Distance with Bree Argetsinger

Why Teamwork Matters—Even At A Distance with Bree Argetsinger

Bree Argetsinger might be a rockstar all on her own, but that hasn’t stopped her from using Strategic Coach® concepts to achieve even greater success. In this episode, she talks about the most valuable thinking tools she's learned in the Program, how she’s used them to create an incredible team of people working together to support her and her goals (despite them being scattered across the globe)—and how it's all helped her grow her business from six figures to seven in just one year.
12:4727/09/2018
How Innovation and Collaboration Created An Industry Breakthrough with David Berg

How Innovation and Collaboration Created An Industry Breakthrough with David Berg

Hit with a hefty increase in healthcare insurance for his employees, entrepreneur David Berg saw a system that wasn’t working for most of America. He tapped into his thinking-outside-the-box skill set and set out to fix it — with astounding results.
13:1013/09/2018
How To Start Your Second Life At Any Age with Terry Moerler and Raymond McCarthy

How To Start Your Second Life At Any Age with Terry Moerler and Raymond McCarthy

Every entrepreneur must face it at some point: that moment when your current community no longer supports your future goals. You hit a certain age when your peers are slowing down, they’re thinking about retirement, and all of a sudden, nobody’s future looks bigger than their past. But that doesn’t mean your future can’t keep growing. It’s only your environment that needs to change. In this episode, you’ll hear two Strategic Coach® participants describe how building a new community helped them begin new lives—after 65!
13:3930/08/2018
How To Grow Your Business By Working Less – with Casey Cheshire

How To Grow Your Business By Working Less – with Casey Cheshire

Taking time off from work is exactly what most ambitious entrepreneurs won’t do when growing their business, yet we’ve got 25+ years of proof showing that time off generates growth. Hear this entrepreneur’s experience after making Free Days™ his focus.
10:1516/08/2018
Why Thinking About Your Thinking Is The Key To Lifetime Growth with Joe Polish

Why Thinking About Your Thinking Is The Key To Lifetime Growth with Joe Polish

The secret to growth doesn’t lie in great advice, but in great questions. That’s because questions allow you to look at — and change — how your brain is working. They help you think about your thinking. In this episode, Dan Sullivan speaks with long-time friend and Strategic Coach® client Joe Polish, who built the largest training organization in the world for his industry from the ground up, and has since spent the last 20 years seeking new perspectives to expand his mind (and business) in our workshops. And he just keeps on growing.
11:0002/08/2018
How To Recognize That You're An Entrepreneur with Allison Hawkins

How To Recognize That You're An Entrepreneur with Allison Hawkins

One of the biggest challenges for professional services entrepreneurs is being able to determine what sets them apart and defines them as entrepreneurs and not just professionals. In this episode, we hear from accountant Allison Hawkins who explains why she doesn't fit into the box of what an accountant should be, how she made the shift to see herself as an entrepreneur, and where she focuses her valuable time and energy.
07:1819/07/2018
How To Think About Growing 100x

How To Think About Growing 100x

Do you want your life ahead to be incredibly more exciting, stimulating, and innovative than everything you've achieved so far? Then it's time to start thinking about your next big leap. In this episode, Dan explains the simple formula for thinking beyond 10x growth and shares an inspiring story of an entrepreneur who's making it happen!
07:3706/07/2018
Giving Up Control In Your Business Has No Downside with Lan Bradeen

Giving Up Control In Your Business Has No Downside with Lan Bradeen

Discover why being a one-person show is the worst way to build the thriving business you want, and leading teams is the best. Successful restaurant owner/chef Lan Bradeen was headed for burnout until she transformed her thinking and her business.
13:1626/06/2018
How To Do More By Doing Less

How To Do More By Doing Less

In our fast-paced society, it’s pretty easy to believe that greater output will lead to greater results, especially as an entrepreneur. But this “more is more” mentality is a one-way ticket to burnout, not great performance. In this episode, we hear from two successful interior design entrepreneurs, Elyssa Barksdale and Paige Byrd, who talk about the pressure to put in more hours every week, the toll it took on their personal and professional lives, and the new mentality that helped them not only work less, but accomplish more.
11:2307/06/2018
Why Setbacks Are Key To Learning And Growth with Michael Reddy

Why Setbacks Are Key To Learning And Growth with Michael Reddy

Learning from mistakes isn’t a new idea, but its transformative power is underplayed. Successful entrepreneur Michael Reddy shares his biggest setbacks, how he transformed them, and then breaks down the mindset you can adopt to turn setbacks into success.
07:1725/05/2018
How A Shift In Focus Will Help Your Business Grow with Joe Posillico

How A Shift In Focus Will Help Your Business Grow with Joe Posillico

No matter their industry, every entrepreneur has a few specific activities that generate the most results, have the biggest impact, and keep them happy, fascinated, and motivated. The key is identifying them and spending more time doing them. In this episode, Strategic Coach client Joe Posillico explains how he stopped getting his boots dirty every day to instead focus on growing his construction business—and the results were life changing!
19:5010/05/2018
How To Overcome Obstacles In Your Business with Teresa Easler

How To Overcome Obstacles In Your Business with Teresa Easler

Every entrepreneur knows the road can be bumpy. Business owner Teresa Easler personally learned that it's possible to overcome obstacles in business that could have been crushing. She shares how she got super focused and designed a new future.
07:5126/04/2018
A Secret Investment That Pays Off with Carl Castledine

A Secret Investment That Pays Off with Carl Castledine

Having a business that allows you to do what you love and do best is the ideal for most entrepreneurs. But discovering exactly what that is can be a process that takes time and energy but will reward you 10x. In this episode, you'll meet Carl Castledine, a remarkable entrepreneur with an inspiring story of how discovering his Unique Ability® led to more clarity, confidence, and, best of all, steep growth in his business value, valuation, and success!
00:0012/04/2018
Why You Shouldn't Be The Smartest Person In The Room with Sarge Avon

Why You Shouldn't Be The Smartest Person In The Room with Sarge Avon

The answer to your biggest questions, the bypass to your current roadblock, and your next big idea aren't far from reach. According to fitness entrepreneur Sarge Avon, having a network of smart people to support, mentor, and advise your growth is central to entrepreneurial growth. The key is being honest about your struggles, open to advice from others, and willing to ask for help. His transformational story is concrete proof.
00:0016/03/2018
Why Perseverance Is The Greatest Antidote To Entrepreneurial Failure with Kim Butler

Why Perseverance Is The Greatest Antidote To Entrepreneurial Failure with Kim Butler

Entrepreneurial failure is an ever-present possibility — but how you view failure, and make choices around it, can mean the difference between failure and success. “In the trenches” insights and tips from Kim Butler, one highly successful entrepreneur who chose to persevere.
00:0002/03/2018
How To Grow Your Business And Your Free Time At The Same Time - With Guest Adam Schaeuble

How To Grow Your Business And Your Free Time At The Same Time - With Guest Adam Schaeuble

Work smarter, not harder. Busyness, fatigue, and overworking are not the keys to entrepreneurial success. Just ask fitness entrepreneur Adam Schaeuble who landed himself in the hospital three times before discovering the importance of balance. In this episode, he shares his transformational story and his secret to happiness, health, and business success.
00:0016/02/2018
How A Bigger Purpose Takes Your Decision-Making To A Whole New Level

How A Bigger Purpose Takes Your Decision-Making To A Whole New Level

For entrepreneurs who want to hone their decision-making skills, top entrepreneur Lee Brower shares his strategy for making the right decisions to keep moving forward in a complexity-filled environment.
00:0002/02/2018