Author: Dan Sullivan
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How To Harness The Power Of Being Present
From the very beginning of my coaching career, I’ve been aware that getting trapped in their past is one of the biggest things holding entrepreneurs back in their lives. Yet it is the present that holds all the possibility, growth, excitement, and satisfaction of being an entrepreneur. Being present in the moment is an undeniable…
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Discovering Your True Self: The Unique Ability® Story
At Strategic Coach, we have hundreds of concepts, tools, and thinking processes designed to support entrepreneurs and their businesses. On occasion, I’ve been asked, if someone were to take them all away, and I could only hold on to one, which would it be? And the answer is simple: Unique Ability.
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Goal Setting, Ideals, And The Power Of Make-Believe
When it comes to goal setting, there is a right way and a wrong way to do it.
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Why Lessons Learned From Your Past Need To Be Given Extra Attention
Over the past while in this blog, I’ve been telling stories from my life that have made an indelible impression on me because of the important lesson I sensed was at the heart of each one.
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A Head Start Advantage: Understanding The Difference Between Mind And Brain
There’s a lot of talk about intelligence today. Parents worry about whether their children are going to be intelligent enough, and there’s a mania about getting them into the right schools and starting their training at the earliest possible age to improve their intelligence. Then, there’s the worry about competition, that some people are more…
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Don’t Avoid Procrastination. Embrace It.
I’m not a gambler, yet I would be entirely confident in betting that you’re a procrastinator just like I am. How can I be so sure?
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What’s The Real Reason For Procrastination?
Over the past year, I’ve been thinking a lot about the secret that every entrepreneur keeps: the fact that they procrastinate. They see it as an entirely negative experience, one they feel tremendously guilty about. They feel like a fraud, a failure. Because an entrepreneur’s entire life is results-driven, getting stuck is the worst possible…
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The Key Characteristics Of A Game Changer Entrepreneur
I’ve been working with entrepreneurs for more than four decades now, and my favorite type of entrepreneur to work with is a Game Changer.
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Being Present Is A Skill Every Entrepreneur Must Develop
In the early 1970s, about six months before I was to graduate from college, I was visiting a friend in Toronto and was introduced to someone that I just clicked with. This man was a creative director at Baker-Lovick, the second largest advertising agency in Canada at the time.
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Make 10x Growth Your New Normal
For true entrepreneurs, life is about continual growth. They see no stopping point where they’ll be satisfied with their level of growth, content with the status quo, and ready to pack it in.