Entrepreneur Conundrum

The Five Whys: Dan Kent on Solving Your Business's Biggest Challenges

Aug 26, 2024

40:12

Key Questions:

(01:01) You've been at this for a while, but how did you get into this gig, let's say?

(03:23) Have you always had the entrepreneurial niche?

(04:52) When you started your coaching aspect, did you do that on the side for a bit and still stayed at the accounting aspect, or did you just cold turkey the accounting and just jump?

(05:58) In our introduction, We mentioned a little bit about a bunch of failure and stuff that you've encountered and had to overcome. And then you mentioned also closing down the cafés. How did you bounce back? I guess not let it hold you down and just keep going.

(08:15) So nowadays, who would you say is your ideal client?

(09:30) How do you get in front of new clients?

(11:19) How would you define a business coach?

(13:27) Do you use any other modalities or anything like that with you when you do your coaching?

(16:06) What are those pillars again?

(18:52) And you have a secret sauce, I heard, for diagnosing and isolating all of that, too, right?

(21:12) Why do you feel that business owners tend to struggle more than they need to?

(22:02) You had mentioned before about employing different ways of getting in front of new people. So what would some of those things... What are you thinking of doing?

(26:02) What is the best advice that you have ever received?

(28:56) What's the best advice that you've ever given?

(30:42) Speaking of goals, what are a couple of big goals that you would like to achieve over the next year or two?

(33:13) How would those goals affect your business?

(34:38) What do you feel is your number one roadblock?

(35:53) With everything that we've talked about today, which has been fun, by the way, is there anything that we haven't touched on that you wanted to talk about?

(38:42) Where can we go to learn about you? And what you're up to?

(39:40) And your podcast is called what again?

Episode Notes

Guest: Dan Kent, Founder of Best Self Coaching
Key Topics Discussed:
- Dan's entrepreneurial journey from coffee shop owner to business coach.
- The importance of resilience and learning from failure in business.
- The "Three Pillars" framework: Expectations, Relationships, and Balance.
- The "Five Whys" technique for uncovering the root causes of business issues.
- The concept of "blissful ambition" and its role in sustainable success.
- Strategies for getting in front of new clients through referrals, marketing, and content creation.
- The significance of habits, systems, and continuous learning in business.
- Advice on balancing ambition with humility and the necessity of seeking help.