This One Small Change Makes Every Day A Win
From Inside Strategic Coach: Connecting Entrepreneurs With What Really Matters by Dan Sullivan and Shannon Waller
March 24, 2026 · 14 min
About this episode
Dan Sullivan shares a daily mindset shift that helps entrepreneurs create a great yesterday to enhance productivity and reduce anxiety.
What if your only job today were to create a great yesterday? In this episode, Dan Sullivan shares a simple daily mindset shift that keeps entrepreneurs grounded, focused, and remarkably productive. Learn how “creating yesterday” calms future anxiety, turns frustration into successes, and helps you fully appreciate the small actions that make each day a real win. Here’s some of what you’ll learn in this episode: The real-life benefits Dan has experienced from using this daily focus. How to make sure you always remember your daily goal. An example of how to change a bad day into a great yesterday. How writing down small actions makes you more conscious, present, and productive. Show Notes: ADHD can pull your attention into endless future possibilities. Thinking about tomorrow can make you feel great about what you’re doing today. Focusing on creating great yesterdays keeps you grounded in the present. Staying focused on creating a great yesterday helps you avoid feeling bothered by what you can’t control. We never actually experience the future. We can only act on the future when it shows up as the present. Don’t let yourself get upset about something you can’t do anything about…
People in this episode
Host: Dan Sullivan
Topics covered
- mindset
- productivity
- entrepreneurship
- personal development
- anxiety management
Keywords
- creating yesterday
- daily goal
- bad day
- small actions
- present focus
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Gap And The Gain, My Plan For Living To 156
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