Do you ever spend any time in your day doing some kind of mindful thinking, or reflecting on self-improvement? Susan was reading a Harvard Business Review article recently, about the importance and power of mindful thinking, where the authors recommend doing that for ten minutes per day. Sounds simple enough, yet Susan's sure that 80% or more of us don't carve out the time to do it. She suggests that perhaps you should consider a coach to create discipline around you and your business and to hold you accountable. Perhaps someone like her guest for today, Dan Coughlin. Listen in to find out about Dan and what he does to help people in their businesses.

Dan serves as a thinking partner for executives and business owners, to help them to achieve the outcomes that they desire the most. He has provided more than 3500 coaching sessions to 200 executives since 1997 and now he also provides practical advice and Executive Coaching Group Sessions to small groups of four to eight people, anywhere in the world. You, too, could be anywhere in the world to be part of them. Dan is also a prolific writer and you can find his articles on Susan's website. (www.susansolovic.com) Listen in and find out what Dan has to share with you today.

 

Today, Dan talks to Susan about:

 

• The Any Person Mindset and what it's all about.
• Ideas become actions, actions become habits and habits impact results- with the key being the habits that you develop.
• What he sees as the three greatest challenges that business owners and business leaders face today and how he helps them to overcome these.
• How he helps busy people to develop the necessary discipline.
• Why people tend to get addicted to the trap of stress and hype.
• His One, Three, Six Exercise, to help people achieve their goals.
• Saying “no”. One of the hardest, yet most effective things you can do.
• Using your imagination to feed ideas.
• The downside to using your imagination without guiding it.
• How a leader can really bring out the best in people, to build success.
• The traps that people tend to fall into.
• Intentional practice.
• What really makes an effective leader.
• Calmness - a really underrated business trait.
• Ways to influence people without dictating to them.

 

 

Links: 

 

Dan's website: www.thecoughlincompany.com

Dan on Facebook: www.facebook.com/thecoughlincompany

You can also find Dan Coughlin on Linkedin and Twitter

 

Resources:

 

Book: Challenge Is Overrated by Jeff Coleman

Book: Peak by Anders Eriksson

Book: Truman by David McCullough