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The Time Breakthrough - Transforming time from a quantity to a quality - The Strategic Coach
"The Time Breakthrough" Transforming time from a quantity to a quality - The Strategic Coach (Book and one Compact Disc) Hardcover Publication 2006
36 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2006
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Dan Sullivan
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Dan has over 35 years’ experience as a highly regarded speaker, consultant, strategic planner, and coach to entrepreneurial individuals and groups.
He is author of over 40 publications, including The Wall Street Journal Bestseller: Who Not How, The Great Crossover, The 21st Century Agent, Creative Destruction, and How The Best Get Better®. He is co-author of The Laws of Lifetime Growth and The Advisor Century.
Dan is married to Babs Smith, his partner in business and in life. They jointly own and operate The Strategic Coach Inc., with offices in Toronto, Chicago, and the U.K. New workshops are also being held in Los Angeles and Vancouver. Dan and Babs reside in Toronto.
Dan has over 35 years’ experience as a highly regarded speaker, consultant, strategic planner, and coach to entrepreneurial individuals and groups.
He is author of over 40 publications, including The Wall Street Journal Bestseller: Who Not How, The Great Crossover, The 21st Century Agent, Creative Destruction, and How The Best Get Better®. He is co-author of The Laws of Lifetime Growth and The Advisor Century.
Dan is married to Babs Smith, his partner in business and in life. They jointly own and operate The Strategic Coach Inc., with offices in Toronto, Chicago, and the U.K. New workshops are also being held in Los Angeles and Vancouver. Dan and Babs reside in Toronto.
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April 20, 2026
El libro rompe el mito de que el éxito requiere trabajar más horas, sino de estructurar el tiempo para maximizar el valor y la energía, proponiendo un sistema de tres tipos de días diseñados para operar con el mas alto rendimiento.
Focus Days (135): Donde generas ingresos y valor real. Solo haces lo que eres muy bueno haciendo. Productividad pura. Aquí solo se permite el trabajo de alto impacto estratégico donde eres excepcional. Cero administración, cero distracciones.
Buffer Days (80): Días de soporte, administración y corrección. Necesarios para que el caos no invada el trabajo estratégico. El detrás de escena. Días para organizar, planear y resolver pendientes. Son el soporte necesario para que los días de enfoque funcionen, evitando caer en el "modo bombero" constante.
Free Days (150): La verdadera ventaja competitiva. Sullivan plantea que el descanso no es ocio, sino recuperación estratégica. Sin estos 150 días de desconexión total (cero correos, cero llamadas), el rendimiento en los días de enfoque se degrada inevitablemente. Actividades personales, familia, descanso, hobbies.
Focus Days (135): Donde generas ingresos y valor real. Solo haces lo que eres muy bueno haciendo. Productividad pura. Aquí solo se permite el trabajo de alto impacto estratégico donde eres excepcional. Cero administración, cero distracciones.
Buffer Days (80): Días de soporte, administración y corrección. Necesarios para que el caos no invada el trabajo estratégico. El detrás de escena. Días para organizar, planear y resolver pendientes. Son el soporte necesario para que los días de enfoque funcionen, evitando caer en el "modo bombero" constante.
Free Days (150): La verdadera ventaja competitiva. Sullivan plantea que el descanso no es ocio, sino recuperación estratégica. Sin estos 150 días de desconexión total (cero correos, cero llamadas), el rendimiento en los días de enfoque se degrada inevitablemente. Actividades personales, familia, descanso, hobbies.
September 3, 2018
6 Time Traps:
Being connected to technology 24/7. (Must disconnect).
Exposure to increasing amounts of disconnected info.
Temptation to make increased choices in fixed amounts of time.
Having work and livelihood commoditized.
Dependency on inefficient structures and processes.
Having ideals and values trivialized.
The Entrepreneurial Time System:
Free Days (150 Days) - Rejuvenate spiritual and creative capabilities.
Focus Days (135 Days) - Increase productive capabilities related to income and wealth.
Buffer Days (80 Days) - Preparation to increase quality through planning, practice, and rehearsal.
Being connected to technology 24/7. (Must disconnect).
Exposure to increasing amounts of disconnected info.
Temptation to make increased choices in fixed amounts of time.
Having work and livelihood commoditized.
Dependency on inefficient structures and processes.
Having ideals and values trivialized.
The Entrepreneurial Time System:
Free Days (150 Days) - Rejuvenate spiritual and creative capabilities.
Focus Days (135 Days) - Increase productive capabilities related to income and wealth.
Buffer Days (80 Days) - Preparation to increase quality through planning, practice, and rehearsal.
August 26, 2016
A revolutionary concept for looking at how you use your time. It is certainly easier to understand than to implement. Do you think a professional athlete can perform as they do on the field 24/7? If not, then why do you think you can perform in your business 24/7? This book explains why the only way to accomplish ten times as much is to work less.
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