Beats Working: Winning The Game of Work · 2026-04-20 · 1h 3m
What if the biggest obstacle to happiness and leadership effectiveness isn’t your workload, but your perspective? In this episode of Beats Working, Dan T. Rogers sits down with Strategic Coach partner Shannon Waller to explore the powerful mindset shift between living in the Gap and operating in the Gain. With more than three decades of coaching entrepreneurs, Shannon shares why measuring yourself against an imagined ideal leads to frustration and burnout, while measuring against your actual progress creates confidence, energy, and momentum. The conversation dives into the invisible dynamics of teamwork, why subtraction can be the most generous leadership move, and how great coaches unlock potential not by fixing what’s broken, but by amplifying what already works. If you’ve ever felt like success still somehow feels like failure, this episode offers a perspective that can change everything. Takeaways: The Gap vs. Gain mindset shapes how we experience success. Measuring against ideals leads to frustration, while measuring progress builds confidence. Coaching focuses on maximizing potential. Great coaches ask powerful questions rather than trying to “fix” people.
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