Author: The Strategic Coach Team
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Permission To “Slap The Boss”
We talk a lot about Free Days — time you spend completely away from work so you can live your life and come back to work refreshed and rejuvenated. But another key part of The Entrepreneurial Time System is the Focus Day, a day in which you concentrate on your most promising ideas, opportunities, and…
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Delegation Do’s And Don’ts
Delegation is a great way to multiply your capabilities, so here are our top do’s and don’ts for sharing responsibilities with your team. Illustration by Hamish MacDonald.
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Shannon Waller’s Recommended Reading List 2013
Our teamwork expert, Shannon Waller, is also one of the most voracious readers we’ve ever met! Here are her top 10 book recommendations, full of strategies for giving everyone in your organization a personally meaningful reason to show up fully at work and achieving great things while they’re there — for you and for themselves. Peak:…
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10x Is Easier Than 2x
Dan Sullivan’s advice for entrepreneurs is to aim for a 10x bigger future. When you set your sights on the goal of a 10x bigger future, something immediately happens to: your thinking your innovation your decision-making your communication your action Incremental goals like 2x, he says, simply don’t engage people the same way intellectually or…
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Who’s At Coach: Amanda Hudye
My name is: Amanda Hudye I’m an entrepreneur: With a specialty in baby, toddler, and child sleep skills. My company is: SleepWell Baby. I work with: Parents to develop a customized plan for their baby, toddler, or child to turn them into beautiful, independent sleepers. My goal is to dispel the myth that when you…
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How Big Goals Transform Your Life
“Sketchnoting” is a popular new form of communication that summarizes presentations in picture form. It’s been a hit for years at the SXSW festival, and its creator, Mike Rohde, shows how anyone can do it in The Sketchnote Handbook. Here, our writer/illustrator Hamish MacDonald uses sketchnoting to highlight some of Dan’s ideas about goals and…
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Exponential Growth Is Going To Become The New Normal
Innovation isn’t just for venture-backed startups and technology companies—it’s a worthy goal for any entrepreneurial business. From waste management to farming, medicine to financial services, the way to stay relevant and ahead of the competition is the same: Innovate dramatically rather than simply add on bells and whistles or patch holes. Here’s what the most…
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Who’s At Coach: Katrin Schmidt
Name: Katrin Schmidt Business: Veterinarian, practice software consultant, Simcoe Veterinary Hospital, Coldwater Road Animal Clinic, Huronia Veterinary Emergency Clinic Birthplace: Goslar, Germany Current Location: Barrie, Ontario First Job: Waitressing at a golf club. Later, grooming polo ponies. The best invention in the world is: The smartphone/tablet/Internet—tools to get jobs done from anywhere. I’m most inspired…
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Who’s At Coach: Jesse Elder
Name: Jesse Elder Business: Sovereign Planet Birthplace: Austin, TX Current Location: San Antonio, TX First Job: Teaching martial arts The best invention in the world is: I’m with Dan on this one—the microchip. My greatest skill is: My Unique Ability* is to attract and develop value-based, future-focused relationships by co-creating and amplifying intelligent, practical, and exciting…
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Get A Head Start In 2013
As you look ahead to the upcoming year, you’re undoubtedly focused on making it more prosperous, more enjoyable, and more successful. Here are some key things to remember that will help make 2013 your best year yet: Plan all of your Free Days for the year—and take them. Trust your team. Make your future bigger…