Do you give yourself time to think? Many people don’t. And for entrepreneurs, the stakes are higher because they’re in the marketplace independently. In this episode, business coaches Dan Sullivan and Shannon Waller talk about why thinking time is so important for business success and how entrepreneurs can get the highest quality thinking time through The Strategic Coach® Program.

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

· Why deep thinking is scary.

· The question that The Strategic Coach Program was based on from the start.

· Why it’s easier to get entrepreneurs thinking about their thinking than most people.

· Why thinking about your thinking is something that has to be consciously learned.

Show Notes:

Most people only do the kind of thinking done in Strategic Coach® in extreme emergency.

Most people engage in three levels of thinking: thinking about things, thinking about other people, and thinking about other people’s thoughts. But there is a fourth level: thinking about your thinking.

Higher education is almost entirely based on people who spent their whole lives thinking about somebody else's thoughts.

In any sale, the first thing that people buy is a relationship.

There’s only one expert on what progress is going to make a client happy, and that's the client.

Some people don’t think about their thinking because they’re afraid of their thinking.

For most people, it’s an unnatural act to think about their thinking.

The Strategic Coach Program is about the clients, not the coaches.

Instead of thinking about their thinking, most people just engage with whatever the world throws at them during the day, and then watch TV in the evening.

Thinking about your thinking means taking agency over what actually goes on in your mind.

The more you think about your thinking, the more normal it becomes.

The problem is never the problem; the problem is not knowing how to think about the problem.

Tightly scheduled entrepreneurs cannot transform themselves.

Resources:

Thinking About Your Thinking by Dan Sullivan

The Dan Sullivan Question by Dan Sullivan

Who Not How by Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy

Your Life As A Strategy Circle by Dan Sullivan

The Impact Filter™

Article: The 4 Freedoms That Motivate Successful Entrepreneurs

Podcasting is the future of content. Are you ready to master it? Join Dan Sullivan, Shannon Waller, and industry veteran Paul Colligan as they dive into the business of podcasting, from where it was to where it’s going. With over 20 years of trailblazing experience, Paul shares secrets to podcasting success and the mindsets that separate the amateurs from the pros. Learn how to create a hit show and leverage this booming medium to skyrocket your business influence and growth.

Here's some of what you'll learn in this episode

• What it was like in the early days of podcasting.
• The factors that led to podcasting becoming what it is today.
• What entrepreneurs love about podcasting.
• Dan and Shannon’s early experiences with podcasting.
• How podcasts let you find people who share your mindset and values.
• The type of people who are plugged into podcasting.
• Predictions on the future of podcasts.

Show Notes:

It takes less than five minutes to submit your podcast to Audible for free. And you’re in the directory less than 10 minutes later.

It's always mindset that stops people from trying something new.

The value of the content needs to be understood as greater than its packaging.

The best thing about podcasting is the speed of creation.

It’s easy to tell when a podcaster is following a script.

In a good podcast, you don't know what the second question will be until you've asked the first question.

If you try to control the experience of a podcast, you lose the authenticity of the end product.

Listeners feel like they have a personal relationship with podcasters.

Podcasting has had a profound impact on how politicians speak.

People now use the podcast standard for judging all public speaking.

Podcasts are only popular in countries where they have cell phones.

The only problem with new media is when you treat it like old media.

Resources:

The Gap and the Gain by Dan Sullivan and Ben Hardy

Podcast: Podcast Payoffs with Dan Sullivan and Gord Vickman

Podcast: 10xTalk with Dan Sullivan and Joe Polish

Podcast: Shannon Waller’s Team Success

The Team Success Handbook by Shannon Waller

AI As Your Teammate by Evan Ryan

Who Not How by Dan Sullivan and Ben Hardy

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Article: “Scary Times” Success Manual: How To Be A Leader When Times Get Tough

Article: Your Business Is A Theater Production: Your Back Stage Shouldn’t Show On The Front Stage

The Positive Focus®

Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good by Sarah Lacy

Employment opportunities for people with blue collar skills are going to keep growing. In this episode, business coaches Dan Sullivan and Shannon Waller talk to Kenny Chapman, CEO of The Blue Collar Success Group, about his entrepreneurial path and how skilled blue-collar work is going to be much more crucial, popular, and needed going forward.

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

• How Kenny’s experience in the military led him to becoming an entrepreneur.
• What The Blue Collar Success Group helps with.
• How Kenny “leveled up” his self-esteem.
• The biggest benefits he gets from being in The Strategic Coach® Program.
• How Kenny used his growth mindset to expand his business and then branch out.

Show Notes:

In the 1940s, being a plumber was a valued career.

Blue-trade industry covers hundreds of different specialized skills.

It takes good leadership to have a good company.

If you don't operate an effective, good model, you're not going to have what you need in order to pay people top of market and above.

Mindset drives everything, and clarity drives direction.

Identity limits us a lot.

You're much more valuable the more you learn and the more you see.

When we hear the word “education,” we've automatically trained our brains to think “higher education.”

Like colleges, skilled trades are not created equal.

Customers complain about price no matter how much it is. So you might as well get customer complaints at a profitable number.

Resources:

The Blue Collar Success Group

Blue Collar Success Laws by Kenny Chapman

The Six Dimensions of C.H.A.N.G.E. by Kenny Chapman

Visual Thinking by Temple Grandin

Kolbe

CliftonStrengths®

GravyStack

The 4 C’s Formula by Dan Sullivan

The Impact Filter™

Who Not How by Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy

Unique Ability®