By Daniel M. Murphy on 5/28/2009

Losing weight should be easy...right?  After all, one simply needs to eat less calories and exercise more.  What is complicated about that basic information?  Nothing!  Then it should be fairly easy and straightforward to get lean and stay that way.  Wrong!  Nearly all of us, out of first-hand experience, know that it's not that easy to lose weight and then maintain our ideal weight.  After all, estimates show that over 70% of Americans are overweight.  Why?

Weight challenges can't be due mainly...

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By Daniel M. Murphy on 5/21/2009

Recently, we had prospective franchise owners visit The Growth Coach headquarters on one of our Discovery Days to meet the executives, confirm their understanding of our business coaching model, and take the final step to join our ever-growing business coaching franchise system.  As the owner and founder of The Growth Coach, I meet with every prospective business coach for an hour or so to make sure they fully understand our business, the industry, our competitive strengths, and also fully appreciate...

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By Daniel M. Murphy on 5/14/2009

Old Spice Deodorant has been advertising their new product line called Swagger. The commercials feature celebrities (athletes and musicians) before and after they discovered Swagger. Before they started using this deodorant, they were shown to be nerdy, meek, clumsy, and lacking confidence.  After using Swagger, they became the confident, brash, successful and popular superstars we all now know and recognize.  Pretty funny ads. While no deodorant (or any product) can give you supreme confidence...

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By Daniel M. Murphy on 5/7/2009

One quality that sets entrepreneurs apart from others and contributes to their success is that they don't give up.  They are fighters, not quitters.  They don't give up, give in, quit, surrender, or yield.  However, it's that same stubbornness, persistence and perseverance that can get them into trouble...feeling overworked, overwhelmed and like prisoners to their business.  They simply don't know when to give up and let go...especially of certain tasks and roles.

How does that happen?  It's...

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