By Daniel M. Murphy on 9/24/2009

"Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds." ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt.  As a business owner, do you ever feel like a prisoner to your business?  A prisoner to your employees and customers?  Do you sometimes feel like you work a demanding job instead of owning a thriving business?  If so, you are not alone.

As your virtual business coach, allow me to ask you some additional tough but revealing questions.  As a business owner, could you leave your business today for...

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By Daniel M. Murphy on 9/17/2009

I was watching a professional football game this past Sunday.  While I have always realized that professional athletes earn and get paid millions of dollars, something deeper struck me.  My Growth Coach business coaching antennae went up.  Not only do they earn millions of dollars, but it's for a few hours of actual "game time" a week.  Now that's incredible financial leverage!  Movie stars and rock stars do the same thing, focusing their time, talents and efforts almost exclusively on what they do best and getting paid extremely well for it.  

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By Daniel M. Murphy on 9/10/2009

My house is surrounded by dozens and dozens of trees.  Twice a year, my house gutters get clogged with seeds in the spring and leaves in the fall.  When the gutters clog with such clutter, the rains come and the water cascades off my roof like a waterfall.  One year the waterfall filled up a window well and then pored into my basement.  This year I said "no more" and got leaf filters installed on my gutters.  While not cheap, I at least have peace of mind. 

That got this business coach thinking. ...

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By Daniel M. Murphy on 9/3/2009

Business owner, are you a hands-on technician?  Do you tend to get lost in the daily, technical trenches of your business?  Are you working almost exclusively "in" the business instead of "on" the business?  Do you suffer from the condition we business coaches call, The Technician's Addiction?  

If so, that's an exhausting way to run a business and live a life.  You work multiple roles and handle multiple tasks.  Instead of owning a business, you end up working a tough job.  Yet, you still...

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