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Inside Strategic Coach: Connecting Entrepreneurs With What Really Matters

De: Dan Sullivan and Shannon Waller
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  • Inside Strategic Coach is a practical resource for entrepreneurs, or anyone with a growth mindset. Hosts Dan Sullivan and Shannon Waller share breakthrough insights, educational success stories, and insider know-how, gained from working with thousands of successful business owners, worldwide.
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Episodios
  • The Impact Of Intentional Thinking For Entrepreneurs
    Jul 22 2024

    In this episode, Dan Sullivan reveals his secret weapon for entrepreneurial success: The Impact Filter™. Learn how this powerful tool can boost your confidence, sharpen your focus, and dramatically increase your productivity. Also, discover how Dan uses it to clarify his thoughts, set intentions, and make decisions rapidly—all while reducing meetings by two-thirds!

    Here’s some of what you’ll learn in this episode:

    • How Dan Sullivan uses Fast Filters (the “sprint” version of The Impact Filter) to have focused conversations with himself before important events.
    • The importance of being in teamwork with yourself first to enhance collaboration and productivity with others.
    • How the Fast Filter can help you decide which ideas are worth pursuing (and which aren’t).
    • The value of clarifying your thoughts and setting context before meetings, leading to more efficient and productive interactions.
    • Dan's practice of reviewing five major life goals daily and aligning his actions to support these long-term objectives.

    Show Notes:

    • Dan uses Fast Filters to have focused conversations with himself before important events, boosting his confidence and intentionality.
    • Engaging in self-conversations can also improve focus and productivity. By defining goals and action steps, you can prioritize tasks, eliminate distractions, and make progress toward your goals.
    • Being in teamwork with yourself leads to better collaboration and productivity with others.
    • It can also lead to more intentional decision making in entrepreneurship. By aligning your thoughts, actions, and goals, you can make informed choices that support your long-term vision.
    • Fast Filters provide mental focus and energy and help you decide which ideas are worth scheduling meetings for.
    • Clarifying thoughts and setting context before meetings leads to more efficient and productive interactions—and reduces the number of meetings you end up having!
    • Dan’s approach has reduced his meetings by two-thirds over the past 10 years.
    • There’s a difference between your "thinking brain" and your "acting brain," and Coach tools help you get them in teamwork with each other.
    • Focused thinking time directly impacts entrepreneurial success.
    • Fixating on an unpredictable future limits your productivity in the present, similar to being trapped in the past.

    Resources:

    Perplexity

    The Kolbe A™ Index

    The Impact Filter™

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    28 m
  • The Power Of Context Over Content For Entrepreneurs
    Jul 9 2024

    In this episode of Inside Strategic Coach, Shannon and Dan discuss the profound impact of setting context over focusing on content. Renowned for his ability to create powerful contexts in coaching, Dan shares insights on how this approach shapes thinking and decision making among entrepreneurs. Through real-life examples and coaching strategies, they explore how clarity of context not only simplifies complexities but also enhances community building, personal growth, and self-confidence.

    Here’s some of what you’ll learn in this episode:

    • The distinction between context and content in coaching and communication.
    • How setting a clear context enhances decision making and clarity.
    • Examples of powerful contextual frameworks in history and technology.
    • The impact of context on community building and personal growth.
    • Practical applications of context-setting in everyday communication.

    Show Notes:

    • Setting context empowers people to think independently.
    • Context allows you to focus on what's most important to you rather than conforming to external influences.
    • Content is what is discussed or shared, while context defines why it matters and how it relates to personal experience.
    • Dan offers the example of Steve Jobs, whose ability to redefine contexts, such as with iTunes, simplified music consumption.
    • Context also simplifies decision making and reduces mental clutter by providing a clear framework for action.
    • Context ensures clarity in communication by explaining the purpose or relevance of information.
    • Community building and productive conversations are a natural result of context-setting.
    • Macro contexts, like demographic shifts and geopolitical factors, significantly impact daily experiences, such as economic decisions made at grocery stores or reactions to political messaging.
    • Demographic shifts, such as the retirement of the Baby Boomer generation, are altering economic landscapes globally, and understanding demographic changes can help anticipate shifts in consumer behavior, workforce dynamics, and economic policies.
    • Understanding both these contexts helps individuals and businesses navigate uncertainties and make informed decisions that align with broader trends and changes.
    • Thinking about your thinking and focusing on context leads to more confidence and independence in all areas of your life.
    • Contextual understanding also empowers people to resist manipulation and make informed decisions.

    Resources:

    Unique Ability®

    The Strategy Circle®

    The CliftonStrengths® Assessment

    The Entrepreneur’s Guide To Time Management

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    26 m
  • An Entrepreneur's Playbook For Building Trust And Collaboration, with Colleen Bowler
    Jun 25 2024

    In this episode of Inside Strategic Coach, Shannon Waller interviews Colleen Bowler, a Strategic Coach Associate Coach with over 20 years of experience. Colleen shares her journey from an early entrepreneurial mindset, influenced by her family, to becoming a leader in the financial planning industry. They discuss Colleen's current company, C&J Innovations, and her leadership in the industry, as well as her passion project, Generous Kids. Tune in to learn how Colleen's early entrepreneurial mindset shaped her career and the impact of Strategic Coach on her journey.

    Here’s some of what you’ll learn in this episode:

    The power of collaboration and identifying individual strengths in an entrepreneurial journey.

    Strategies for personal and professional growth, emphasizing continuous learning and development.

    Insight into building successful firms and the impact of empowering others.

    Practical examples and applications of concepts such as Unique Ability® and strategic growth.

    The importance of quick assessments in empowering individuals and advisors for success.

    Show Notes:

    • Colleen shares her journey and early exposure to an entrepreneurial mindset, emphasizing the value of hard work, earning opportunities, and the importance of translating this mindset two her own parenting.
    • She also highlights the importance of systematizing the predictable to focus on connecting with clients—a key strength for entrepreneurs.
    • Colleen explains how she built a top financial planning firm by empowering her team and avoiding the "I" mentality, instead using "we" to serve clients.
    • Colleen talks about how Strategic Coach® helped her achieve real work-life balance, going from not taking any time off to taking a week's vacation within two years.
    • Colleen referred 10 people to Strategic Coach before even qualifying herself because she saw how the Program helped people achieve an extraordinary quality of life.
    • One thing that makes Strategic Coach workshops so valuable is that they’re led by other entrepreneurs who understand firsthand the challenges members face.
    • Colleen highlights the value of being around like-minded people and getting her "butt in the chair" every quarter for creativity and growth.
    • Colleen talks about selling her firm and starting her new venture, C&J Innovations, where she creates assessments for financial advisors.
    • These assessments help advisors align with clients' future goals and mindsets for better relationships and growth.
    • She also promotes her passion project Generous Kids, teaching the habit of giving to children.

    Resources

    The Experience Transformer®

    More about Colleen

    C&J Innovations

    Unique Ability®

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    35 m

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