By Daniel M. Murphy on 3/25/2010

What is the greatest impediment to a more fulfilling personal life and a more successful professional life?  Is it the government, competitors, customers, suppliers, employees, or family members?  No, these are merely excuses, not true causes or barriers. Unfortunately, the greatest stumbling block to an ideal business and life is YOU.  YOU are responsible.  More specifically, it’s your limiting beliefs and fears that are the culprits! 

For this Growth Coach blog, we will limit our focus to...

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By Daniel M. Murphy on 3/18/2010

While the stock market and the economy seem to be gradually recovering, the U.S. is still under a cloud of uncertainty with rising national debt, runaway government spending, confusing health care reform, frozen credit markets, and persistent unemployment rates, to name a few.  As such, it still feels like we are in Crazy Times...hopefully for not too much longer.  

Our certified Growth Coaches throughout North America are reporting that most small businesses are still experiencing sluggish...

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By Daniel M. Murphy on 3/11/2010

This Growth Coach business coaching blog focuses on the common feeling that stops most business owners and entrepreneurs in their tracks.  The emotion that prevents most professionals from seizing greater success and personal fulfillment.  The mental state that derails most small business owners from making necessary changes.  What's that prevalent feeling, emotion and mental state that often sabotages a better business and life?  It's called being OVERWHELMED.  The feeling of being overwhelmed is...

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By Daniel M. Murphy on 3/4/2010

This brief Growth Coach blog will focus on a few practical strategies any business owner or entrepreneur can use to help re-gain control of their day, tackle critical priorities, and avoid those low-value tasks screaming for their attention.  

Forget about time management and instead focus on priority management.  Make sure that you focus on and finish the vital few tasks every day and NOT the trivial many.  Priority management need not be complicated.  It comes down to a simple formula...identify...

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