The Real Reason Business Coaching Works (And Why Most People Avoid It) 🤝 E154
The Money Mondays
Dan Fleyshman
4.3 • 483 Ratings
🗓️ 30 December 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of The Money Mondays Podcast, Dan Fleyshman sits down in Las Vegas with Bradley Sugars, founder of ActionCOACH, one of the world’s largest business coaching organizations operating in 85+ countries and responsible for billions in client revenue.
Brad shares decades of hard-earned wisdom on what truly separates struggling operators from successful business owners. From why most entrepreneurs stay stuck doing $20/hour tasks to how real wealth is built through systems, coaching, and accountability, this conversation pulls back the curtain on money, mindset, and scale.
They dive deep into:
Why business coaching delivers a 6–7x ROI and how to know if you’re actually coachable
The difference between being a great operator vs. a true owner
Why “how” kills most goals — and what to focus on instead
How to think about investing once you’ve made money (businesses, real estate, and rules)
Why talking about money openly is essential — especially with friends and family
The real purpose of wealth, legacy, and giving back
Brad also breaks down his philosophy on goal-setting, investing only where you’re an expert, and why most people would rather look rich than be rich. This is a masterclass in business thinking, long-term wealth, and building a life that actually feels successful.
If you want to make more money, invest smarter, and understand wealth at a deeper level, this episode is required listening.
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| 0:00.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to a special edition of the Money Monday's podcast |
| 0:09.0 | where we cover three core topics. |
| 0:11.0 | How to make money, how to invest money, how to give it away to charity. |
| 0:14.0 | Normally I filmed this podcast inside of an RV motorhome that travels around the country, |
| 0:19.0 | but I decided I'm coming to Brad Sugar's office, why not knockout back-to-back podcast with him in studio and his big offices here in Las Vegas, Nevada. Now, as you guys know, this podcast will be under 40 minutes because the average workout is 45 minutes. The average commute to work is 45 minutes. This episode will be between 35 and 38 minutes for your listening pleasure. Without further ado, Brad sugars are so much to cover. |
| 0:39.3 | Give us the quick two-minute bio so we get straight to the money. |
| 0:42.3 | Dang, two minutes. |
| 0:43.3 | All right, Australian, five kids, married, Vegas home, |
| 0:47.3 | built multiple companies, the most well known as Action Coach, |
| 0:51.3 | because now we coach in 85 countries. We just open in Mongolia, |
| 0:56.5 | so of all places. A couple of billion in total revenue over the years. We do hundreds of |
| 1:02.1 | millions every year. My partners are amazing if we operate on a partnership model around the world. |
| 1:08.1 | So having just topped 1,100 offices around the world so having just topped 1100 offices around the world |
| 1:13.0 | well 18 books on business and investing several of them international bestsellers |
| 1:19.6 | mostly what I do today is teach I teach about 40 days a year I'm a full-time dad |
| 1:26.9 | most of the time actually but which welcome to those ranks. |
| 1:31.1 | Thank you. |
| 1:31.6 | And I think the biggest thing that I love doing is helping people understand money. |
| 1:38.4 | Understand because I think that too many people don't study money. |
| 1:42.3 | And that's why I love your podcast because if you study |
| 1:45.2 | it, you can master it. If you don't study it, it masters you. Pretty simple. Okay, on the coaching |
| 1:50.9 | side, why does a business owner, entrepreneur need a coach? Same as the sports team needs a coach. |
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