1: In his fourth Olympic games, in his final race, Dan Jansen won his first-ever Olympic medal, finishing first with a world-record time. 

Yesterday, we explored Dan’s emotional gold medal-winning race.

“Before the race, [Dan] decided to compete with a completely new mindset,” Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write in The Gap and The Gain: The High Achiever’s Guide to Happiness, Confidence, and Success.

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1: “Dan Jansen is considered by many to be the best speed skater to ever live,” Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write in The Gap and The Gain: The High Achiever’s Guide to Happiness, Confidence, and Success.

“But he seemed to be jinxed,” the authors note.

Dan competed in his first Olympics in 1984 when he was 16 and finished fourth, one spot off the medal podium.

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1: Imagine a sheet of paper. At the top of the page is the word “Ideal.” At the bottom is the word “Start.” 

The word “Achieved” is in the middle of the page. Achieved is where we are now. It’s what we’ve accomplished since we started. 

When we measure our progress backward from where we started, we live in what Strategic Coach founder Dan Sullivan calls “the GAIN.”

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1: “Let’s say our starting point is 1 and our goal is 30, but we only get to 22,” Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write in The Gap and The Gain: The High Achiever’s Guide to Happiness, Confidence, and Success.

If we measure ourselves against our goal of 30, we are 8 short. 

If this is where we choose to focus, we are in the GAP. 

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“Many people have lots of experience but very little learning,” -Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy

1: Dr. Benjamin Hardy’s spouse, Lauren, makes a home-cooked meal most nights for their family of six kids.

“Sometimes, our kids get to the table and complain that the meal isn’t their favorite dish,” Ben Hardy and Dan Sullivan write in The Gap and The Gain: The High Achiever’s Guide to Happiness, Confidence, and … continue reading

1: Edward’s suffered from anxiety and worry. His body language made that clear, Chad Willardson thought to himself.

Chad is the founder and president of Pacific Capital, a premier wealth management firm in Southern California. He was meeting Edward for the very first time. The year was 2003.

“Edward mentioned that he was concerned about the stock market and where the economy was headed,” Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write … continue reading

1: Dan Sullivan was frustrated with Bob, one of his clients.

And Bob was frustrated with Dan. Which was creating negative energy for the group of entrepreneurs who had gathered that day.

Dan is the founder of the Strategic Coach, the world’s #1 entrepreneurial coaching program. Every 60-90 days, groups of entrepreneurs gather to be coached by Dan and work through a set of “thinking tools that allow them to … continue reading

1: “Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and Americans have been unhappy ever since,” is the first sentence of Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy‘s powerful book The Gap and The Gain: The High Achiever’s Guide to Happiness, Confidence, and Success.

“One specific phrase has come to define American culture and psychology: ‘Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness,'” Dan and Ben observe.

Thomas Jefferson wrestled … continue reading