By Daniel M. Murphy on 4/23/2009

As the owner of The Growth Coach, a business coaching franchise system, I'm always trying to feed my mind and spirit with positive and valuable information.  After all, if you don't keep yourself positive, productive and motivated, who will? Additionally, I'm always on the lookout for profitable information to share with my business coaches, their clients, and the readers of this business coaching blog. 

Case in point.  I recently discovered...

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By Daniel M. Murphy on 4/16/2009

This Growth Coach business coaching blog deals with a recent family vacation, pelicans, and business coaching lessons.  You see, my family and I took a very relaxing and memorable Easter vacation to Captiva Island in Florida.  We just returned.  Luckily, we planned for and paid for the vacation nearly a year ago and it provided a timely break from our dreary and cold Cincinnati winter and spring.  We had wonderful family time with no agendas, no schedule, and no hustle and bustle.  Just lots of good...

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By Daniel M. Murphy on 4/9/2009

As the President and Founder of The Growth Coach, a business coaching franchise system, one of my absolute joys is to see my franchise owners serve others, succeed, and love what they do.  Knowing that our business coaches are helping thousands of small business owners each and every year throughout North America is highly gratifying and makes all the hard work, stress, worry, and risks worthwhile.  As well, these same business coaches continually help to feed my passion and soul, expand my vision...

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By Daniel M. Murphy on 4/2/2009

My 10-year old son loves going to the movies.  To be fair, he also loves the exorbitantly priced popcorn and sodas.  Today, he got very excited when he saw the ad for the new DreamWorks movie "Monsters vs Aliens".  Animation is right up his alley.  But he really isn't that particular and looks for any excuse to go the movies with his parents, grandparents, or friends...about a dozen times a year.

Today, when I asked him why he loves going to the movies, he replied, "It just makes me happy." ...

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