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Inside Strategic Coach: Connecting Entrepreneurs With What Really Matters

Inside Strategic Coach: Connecting Entrepreneurs With What Really Matters

Dan Sullivan and Shannon Waller 268 episodes Nov 3, 2026

Inside Strategic Coach is a practical podcast for entrepreneurs and anyone with a growth mindset. Hosts Dan Sullivan and Shannon Waller share breakthrough insights, success stories, and insider know-how drawn from working with thousands of business owners worldwide. Each episode focuses on what really matters for building and sustaining a successful entrepreneurial life.

Episodes

From Wrong Path To Right Purpose, with Deirdre Van Nest
From Wrong Path To Right Purpose, with Deirdre Van Nest Nov 3, 2026 41:19 Does your business give you the freedom to do what you love? In this episode, Strategic Coach® Program Coach and Crazy Good Talks founder Deirdre Van Nest joins Shannon Waller to share how she found her entrepreneurial path. Together, they discuss how building the right team and focusing on your strengths can create more freedom, purpose, and room to grow. Here’s some of what you’ll learn in this
Three Profiles Top Entrepreneurs Need To Know
Three Profiles Top Entrepreneurs Need To Know Oct 20, 2026 32:38 For decades, The Strategic Coach® Program has been helping entrepreneurs live their best lives. One of the first things new members receive is a set of three psychometric profiles. Business coaches Dan Sullivan and Shannon Waller explain the importance and the benefits of what they call the “Strengths Package.” Here’s some of what you’ll learn in this episode:What sets the Strengths Package profil
The Entrepreneur’s Guide To Becoming An Invention Machine
The Entrepreneur’s Guide To Becoming An Invention Machine Oct 6, 2026 24:44 What if your company could create value for clients without depending on you to deliver it personally? Dan Sullivan and Shannon Waller explore why Strategic Coach® is an invention-producing enterprise, how intellectual property creates lasting value, and how entrepreneurs can turn their unique knowledge into capabilities that grow beyond themselves. Here’s some of what you’ll learn in this episode
The One Word That Stops Entrepreneurs From Taking Action
The One Word That Stops Entrepreneurs From Taking Action Sep 22, 2026 20:42 Entrepreneurs like being in action, but too often they get stuck in an in-between phase on a project. Business coaches Dan Sullivan and Shannon Waller discuss the dangers of maybes and the benefits of making clear-cut decisions. Here’s some of what you’ll learn in this episode:The new Strategic Coach® thinking tool that reveals where you’ve been successful saying either yes or no—not maybe.What’s
Yesterday Creates Tomorrow
Yesterday Creates Tomorrow Sep 8, 2026 21:43 What if the best way to create a better future is to focus on making today a great yesterday? In this episode, Dan Sullivan and Shannon Waller explore a simple, rewarding way to approach time that can reduce stress, sharpen focus, and help you feel more satisfied with each day as it happens. Here’s some of what you’ll learn in this episode:Why the last seven months have been the best of Dan’s life
A Bored Entrepreneur Is A Dangerous Entrepreneur
A Bored Entrepreneur Is A Dangerous Entrepreneur Aug 25, 2026 22:11 For entrepreneurs, boredom is more than an inconvenience. It can lead to poor decisions, unnecessary disruption, and lost momentum. In this episode, Dan Sullivan and Shannon Waller explore why conscious thinking is the antidote to boredom and how asking better questions can create fresh energy, clarity, and opportunity from the experiences already in front of you. Here’s some of what you’ll learn
Who We’re Looking For
Who We’re Looking For Aug 11, 2026 28:13 For over five decades, Strategic Coach® co-founder Dan Sullivan has been coaching talented, successful, ambitious entrepreneurs. In this episode, Dan shares insights from his new book, Who We’re Looking For, as he and business coach Shannon Waller define the kind of entrepreneur who gains the most from joining The Strategic Coach® Program. Here’s some of what you’ll learn in this episode:How Dan d
Grow Your Company By Growing Yourself, with Teresa Easler
Grow Your Company By Growing Yourself, with Teresa Easler Jul 28, 2026 41:16 What does it take to build a business around only what you love doing? In this episode, Shannon Waller sits down with long-time Program Coach Teresa Easler to talk entrepreneurship, Unique Ability®, and designing a Self-Managing Company® that supports your best work. Teresa explains how better boundaries, courageous decisions, and seeing your business as intellectual property can change the way yo
The Entrepreneur’s Playbook For Mastering AI Without Anxiety
The Entrepreneur’s Playbook For Mastering AI Without Anxiety Jul 14, 2026 24:03 AI can do a lot of tasks that used to take human effort, but it can’t think about its own thinking. In this episode, Dan Sullivan and Shannon Waller explain why the right response to AI is to become more conscious, discerning, and intentional so you can use technology with clarity and purpose. Here’s some of what you’ll learn in this episode:Why so many people feel confused and overwhelmed by AI.W
Failure Is The Fuel To Power Your Next Breakthrough
Failure Is The Fuel To Power Your Next Breakthrough Jul 2, 2026 20:32 Failure never feels good, but trying to dodge it or downplay it keeps you from learning what you most need as an entrepreneur. In this episode, Dan Sullivan and Shannon Waller explore why you should let failure be failure, fully feel the emotion, and then transform that energy into better thinking, better timing, and bigger progress. Here’s some of what you’ll learn in this episode:Why people some
Unlock A Fourth Level Of Thinking That Elite Entrepreneurs Rely On
Unlock A Fourth Level Of Thinking That Elite Entrepreneurs Rely On Jun 16, 2026 39:11 Everyone knows what cognitive thinking is, but what about metacognitive thinking? Dan Sullivan uses this term to describe the kind of thinking The Strategic Coach® Program develops in entrepreneurs. In this episode, Dan and fellow business coach Shannon Waller explore metacognitive thinking and how it helps the right kind of entrepreneurs achieve their biggest dreams with greater clarity and confi
Real Entrepreneurial Creativity Can’t Be Copied
Real Entrepreneurial Creativity Can’t Be Copied Jun 2, 2026 23:16 Entrepreneurs often need to be creative to have a profitable business. What do you do when you aren’t a creative person? In this episode, business coaches Dan Sullivan and Shannon Waller talk about the “why” and “how” of imitating other people in order to achieve business success.Here's some of what you'll learn in this episode:Why we imitate other people’s performance.The reason Dan never attends

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