When entrepreneurs retire from their businesses, it doesn’t always result in the freedom they imagined. In this episode, Tricia Wingerter shares why structure, teamwork, and purpose matter just as much after retirement—and how discovering your Unique Ability® and staying in contribution aren’t just good for business, but for your mind, energy, and happiness too.

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

• Why Tricia didn’t see herself as an entrepreneur until joining Strategic Coach®.
• How Tricia unlocked the skills and confidence needed to hire the right people.
• What entrepreneurs might unintentionally give up when they step away from meaningful work.
• How a family illness inspired Tricia to purchase her Visiting Angels home care agency.

Show Notes:

The Strategic Coach® Program allows already ambitious people to become more ambitious.

Choosing work you love and do best keeps your brain sharp, engaged, and full of energy.

Spot someone doing outstanding work? Acknowledging and celebrating it is a sign of real leadership.

Retirement doesn’t have a set age or template—your path is your own.

All of your problems, discouragements, and heartaches are great opportunities in disguise.

When entrepreneurs stop growing and contributing, boredom sets in fast.

Retirement often feels very different, and sometimes much emptier, than most entrepreneurs expect.

Too much unstructured time can leave even the busiest people restless or blue.

Discovering and honoring your Unique Ability® validates what you do best and brings energy back to your work.

There’s no rulebook for when or how to step back—keep growing as long as you want to grow.

Structure, teamwork, and deadlines give meaning and momentum to day-to-day life, even after “retirement.”

Staying focused in your Unique Ability isn’t just good for your business, it keeps your mind fresh and your purpose strong.

Fulfillment comes from contribution, not withdrawal. When you feel lost or bored, helping others and pursuing your mission can reignite your spark.

Valuing your strengths, asking others for help, and building a team you trust makes leadership a richer, more collaborative adventure.

There’s no one way for entrepreneurs to age; finding purpose every day is the true marker of success.

Resources:

Unique Ability®

How To Foster A Longevity Mindset & Reap The Benefits

EOS®

My Plan For Living To 156 by Dan Sullivan

Who Not How by Dan Sullivan with Dr. Benjamin Hardy

Are you ready to break through your next ceiling? In this episode, Dan Sullivan and Kevin Dick reveal how boosting your energy, surrounding yourself with growth-minded people, and structuring your time unlocks new levels of success. Learn how resilience, community, and self-belief help entrepreneurs thrive—especially when the market gets tough.

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

• How The Strategic Coach® Program guides entrepreneurs to their next level of success.​
• Why entrepreneurism is really an energy game.​
• How your response to crisis changes once you’ve overcome one before.​
• The unexpected benefits of being a Strategic Coach® member.​
• How Kevin’s entrepreneurial drive started early in life.

Show Notes:

Entrepreneurs hit ceilings when their environment isn’t pushing them toward bigger goals.​

Raising your goals demands greater capability from your team, not just yourself.​

Breakthroughs are most likely during market crises, if you structure your time and attention to seize new opportunities.

Independence only works if you build a truly great company around yourself.​

Entrepreneurial energy and resilience are shaped by who you surround yourself with every day.​

Being around ambitious, positive people makes growth contagious.

You can reinvent yourself in times of adversity if you stay proactive and open to change.​

The first year at Strategic Coach is about personal growth; after that, it’s about scaling your business practice.​

Introspection is an entrepreneur’s secret weapon for overcoming major challenges and bouncing back from setbacks.

Your brain is wired to pursue what you focus on—feed it bigger goals, not limitations.​

Self-belief matters more than anything, and it’s a daily discipline, not something that happens by luck.​

Building a community with your clients creates trust, accountability, and lasting business success.​

Even setbacks, mistakes, and crisis moments are raw material for entrepreneurial growth and transformation.​

Resources:

Who Not How by Dan Sullivan with Dr. Benjamin Hardy

The Kolbe A™ Index

The Gap And The Gain by Dan Sullivan with Dr. Benjamin Hardy

The Unique EDGE® Program

Are you still hiring from a stack of résumés, or are you building a team designed for exponential growth? In this episode, VisionSpark CEO Alec Broadfoot shares hard-won lessons on hiring, leadership, and entrepreneurial freedom. Discover why looking beyond the résumé and investing in the right people leads to a business—and a life—filled with fresh possibility and confidence.

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

• How Alec became an entrepreneur at 25.
• What Alec’s company, VisionSpark, can do for entrepreneurial businesses.
• How Alec’s first role as owner gave him the idea for VisionSpark.
• Why you shouldn’t compromise when hiring for your company.
• Why entrepreneurs aren’t great at hiring.
• One of the biggest mistakes you can make while hiring.
• The key factors to consider during the hiring process.

Show Notes:

The real breakthrough for entrepreneurs happens when they choose a trusted leader who effortlessly turns their vision into reality.

The best leaders think fast on their feet, act with integrity, connect with people, and bring ideas to life—qualities you’ll rarely see listed on a résumé.

Choosing the wrong person for a key leadership role can set your company back in ways that aren’t just expensive, but can ripple through every area of your business.

Most resumes contain exaggerations or outright lies, so real clarity comes from digging deeper and looking beyond what’s on paper.

Settling for the “best available” instead of the “best possible” leads to constant turnover and limits the energy inside your organization.

Want to find real talent? Use thoughtful assessments and ask purposeful questions to discover what makes a candidate truly unique.

It’s easy to let empathy drive hiring decisions, but the most lasting impact comes from putting your company’s bigger future first.

True leaders inspire, hold people to higher standards, and create teamwork that lasts.

If you want more time, energy, resources, and meaningful relationships, start by freeing yourself up to do what you’re uniquely great at.

Letting great managers take the reins makes space for bigger breakthroughs and builds a company that runs without constant oversight.

Getting clear about what you want in your company and your team is the first step toward attracting the clients, partners, and opportunities that matter most.

The bigger your pool of candidates and the more objective your tools, the more likely it is that you’ll discover a perfect match for your team.

Putting all your focus on one client can leave your business vulnerable, so keep creating new value and broadening your reach.

Scaling up is easier when you know what you’re uniquely best at and rely on experts to cover the rest.

Every hiring decision either multiplies the possibilities for your future or creates a barrier to the freedom you’re working toward.

Resources:

The 4 Freedoms That Motivate Successful Entrepreneurs

What Is A Self-Managing Company®?

Time Management Strategies For Entrepreneurs (Effective Strategies Only)

The Positive Focus®

VisionSpark

Hiring Your Right #2 Leader by Alec Broadfoot

Unique Ability®

Talent Impact Profile™️