By Daniel M. Murphy on 3/30/2009

Every year spring faithfully arrives.  It brings with it rain and rising temperatures, spring training for professional baseball, NCAA basketball March madness, and kids getting off of school.  And best of all, we get to say goodbye to winter. 

Also, the new season brings with it talk about spring cleaning.  I never really understood that concept.  This year, however, I think that's exactly what I did.  It was more spring sorting than cleaning.  I'm not sure why, but I got inspiration to finally...

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By Daniel M. Murphy on 3/26/2009

Given the challenging economy, now is not the time for business owners to be super heroes or lone rangers.  Now is not the time to be isolated, alone, and pretending to have all the answers.  It's OK, end the superman or superwoman charade.  This is your virtual business coach here and you can relax and be yourself.  You don't need to put up a false front for me or anyone else.  In fact, please put away your super hero cape and tights, stop speeding around like a bullet, and stop trying to leap tall...

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By Daniel M. Murphy on 3/23/2009

This business coaching blog is dedicated to the topic of leading, coaching, and communicating.  My boy's basketball coach provides a very relevant lesson for all business owners.  He is a good man, the boys love playing for him, and he commits lots of his time and energy to coaching 10-year old boys.  Need I say more?  Also, he makes practice fun and competitive and he demands the boys to play up to their potential. 

At times, however, he gets frustrated during games when the boys can't seem...

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By Daniel M. Murphy on 3/19/2009

Every human being, especially overworked, overwhelmed, and overly busy entrepreneurs, will receive numerous wake-up calls over their lifetime.  What's a wake-up call?  It's that very personal, shocking, upsetting, and significant event that grabs your attention, shakes you up, and strongly encourages you to slow down and think.  It's too significant to be brushed off, ignored or easily forgotten.  It demands that you stop taking people and your situation for granted and stop sleep-walking through...

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