What you need to know about franchising:

Lance started out in the family business on Wall Street after receiving an economics degree. He then joined a TGI Fridays franchise in Phoenix, AZ as a key executive and was vital to the rapid growth of this $225,000,000 organization. Mr. Graulich was a multi-unit, multi-state franchisee of Wingstop and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts. He has created countless start-up brands and has become the industry-leading donut expert. He is the founder of a donut chain called Pinkbox in Las Vegas. His latest startup bakery project is with a Food Network star. 

Find Lance Graulich on the web: Facebook | LinkedIn

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Michael Bernstein - The Big Six of Stable Personal Finance

Michael Bernstein launched Bernstein Financial Services, Inc. in 1987, with an emphasis in tax accounting. This tax consulting and accounting firm prepares approximately 2,000 individual tax returns and more than 250 business returns (LLCs, corporations, fiduciary returns, and estate tax returns) each year. Mike is known as “Your Working Out Accountant” and you can follow him on YouTube. He is passionate about both fiscal and physical fitness and I will ask him if there is a parallel.

He is the author of 'The Ultimate Guide to Planning Your Personal Finances' which can be found on Amazon or on his website.

Michael is here to share:

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Perhaps the most important part of a business legacy is this: What do you want to be remembered for?

Attorney Denice A. Gierach earned her J.D. at the IIT/Chicago Kent College of Law and has been assisting clients for over 30 years. In addition to her law degree, she is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and has a Master’s Degree in Business Management from Illinois’ prestigious Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

She joins us today to finish our recent discussion about why it is so very important to start your business with the end in mind and have an exit strategy or succession plan, particularly if you are a family-owned business.

Denice will share questions you should be asking yourself:

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Dan Horwitz joins Host Denise Griffitts to finish up our previous conversation on Championship Culture. You can hear that conversation here.

Daniel Horwitz serves as a leadership consultant and assists sports teams and companies to help improve and enhance productivity, trust, communication, accountability, teamwork, diversity & inclusion, culture, etc.

Many life lessons can be taught using sports as a platform. As a coach, accumulating knowledge on culture and disseminating that knowledge to players can have a long-lasting impact. As a player, you have the ability to maximize your leadership skills, as well as help promote a team environment that will bring out the best in everyone, including yourself.

Having a growth mindset—the ability to believe you can learn and improve from every situation—is important in building a championship culture. In his new book 'Help Them Up: 14 Principles to Educate, Energize, and Empower Your Team to Build a Championship Basketball Culture' Daniel says that if a team collectively takes these 14 Principles and implements them as the foundation of their culture, it will create an environment where:

Every player will feel safe, supported, and cared for by coaches and teammates

Every player will feel valued

Every player will have a voice

Every player will feel JOY

Every player will improve leadership skills

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Marty Cooper - The Cell Phone has Transformed Humanity - Lessons from a Serial Entrepreneur 

Martin Cooper, inventor of the cell phone and technology visionary joins Your Partner In Success™ Radio to share how the cell phone has transformed humanity. While at Motorola in the 1970s, he invented the first handheld cellular mobile phone (distinct from the car phone) in 1973 and led the team that developed it and brought it to market in 1983. He is considered the "father of the (handheld) cell phone” and is also cited as the first person in history to make a handheld cellular phone call in public. Who did he call and why? I will ask him!

That first cell phone began a fundamental technology and communications market shift to making phone calls to a person instead of to a place. Bell Labs had introduced the idea of cellular communications in 1947, but their first systems were limited to car phones which required roughly 30 pounds (12 kg) of equipment in the trunk. Motorola gained Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval for cellular licenses to be assigned to competing entities and prevented an AT&T monopoly on cellular service.

People are Inherently Mobile 

Mobility was halted briefly during widespread stay at home orders this year. But people won’t stay immobile for long. Why? Because people are fundamentally, inherently mobile. Mobile people require mobile networks for their devices. People are mobile. People of all types – any race, age, income level, geographic location – are on the go, moving from place to place. 

Find Marty Cooper on the web: Website | Wikipedia | 

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Julie Jones Hamilton - You are the CEO of your own life!

Julie Jones Hamilton is a producer, entrepreneur and bestselling author, who brings over 30 years of experience in the human potential and personal development industry. With a career spanning over 25 years, she has supported thousands of women and families in recovery & personal transformation. She is the co-founder of "Think and Grow Sober" and co-founder of Kitchen Hamilton Productions, which creates international Positive Media Programing and the national cable television series "World's Greatest Motivators" a 13-Episode Television Series featuring Bob Proctor, Les Brown, Jack Canfield, Lisa Nichols, John Assaraf, David Meltzer, Sharon Lechter and others.

Julie is the Co-Producer of Modern Day Millionaire, "Bob Proctor at Carnegie Hall" & "The Council of Wisdom" and the "Master Mentor Series" representing America's list of renowned thought leaders and speakers, currently creating National PBS Special Series. Creator and producers of video and programs for conscious CEO's, Consultants and Coaches.

Find Julie Hamilton on the web: Website | Website | LinkedIn | World's Greatest Motivators | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

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Why Do Entrepreneurs Fail (To Win)?

It’s an obsession with Gary Polk, a Black businessman, CEO, business consultant, university professor, and author. His first book, Why Entrepreneurs Fail (to Win), is widely used as a textbook in college entrepreneurship programs. His recent book Why Black and Brown Entrepreneurs Fail (to Win), published December 2020, is intended for entrepreneurs and those who want to be.

When asked how Black and Brown entrepreneurs are different, Professor Polk cited:

What is Social Entrepreneurship?

Social entrepreneurship is a recognized business model that combines the disciplines of market capitalism with innovative approaches to solving societal problems. Social entrepreneurs have both a passion for business and compassion to make a positive impact. They understand the Triple Bottom Line, or the new 3Ps: People, Planet, & Profit which Gary believes align to drive success for everyone involved. 

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Daniel Horwitz serves as a leadership consultant and assists sports teams and companies to help improve and enhance productivity, trust, communication, accountability, teamwork, diversity & inclusion, culture, etc.

Many life lessons can be taught using sports as a platform. As a coach, accumulating knowledge on culture and disseminating that knowledge to players can have a long-lasting impact. As a player, you have the ability to maximize your leadership skills, as well as help promote a team environment that will bring out the best in everyone, including yourself.

Having a growth mindset—the ability to believe you can learn and improve from every situation—is important in building a championship culture. In his new book 'Help Them Up: 14 Principles to Educate, Energize, and Empower Your Team to Build a Championship Basketball Culture' Daniel says that if a team collectively takes these 14 Principles and implements them as the foundation of their culture, it will create an environment where:

Every player will feel safe, supported, and cared for by coaches and teammates

Every player will feel valued

Every player will have a voice

Every player will feel JOY

Every player will improve leadership skills

Find Daniel Horwitz on the web:Website | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Amazon | Instagram

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Sharon Lechter is internationally recognized as a financial literacy expert and keynote speaker. She is a New York Times Bestselling author, successful entrepreneur, philanthropist, and has enjoyed a 35-year career as a licensed CPA.

She has advised two US Presidents on the topic of financial literacy. Sharon co-authored the international bestseller Rich Dad Poor Dad and 14 other books in the Rich Dad series. In 2008, when the economy crashed, she was asked by the Napoleon Hill Foundation to help re-energize the teachings of Napoleon Hill. Her best-selling books with the Foundation include Three Feet from Gold, Outwitting the Devil and Think and Grow Rich for Women and Success and Something Greater. She is also featured in the movie Think and Grow Rich: The Legacy and on the national television series World’s Greatest Motivators. 

Sharon joins Your Partner In Success Radio to share: 

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Gettin' (un)Busy with guest Garland Vance

Dr. Garland Vance is an author, speaker, and consultant who joins us today to discuss the effects of 'busyness' on leaders and how to overcome both individual and organizational over-commitment.

Garland has been helping people and teams get clarity about their life and leadership for over twenty years. He is an author, speaker, and consultant. Along with his wife, Dorothy, he cofounded AdVance Leadership to help high capacity leaders and organizations live and lead with Purpose, Productivity, and Peace. He has helped his clients (which span from Fortune 500 Companies to nonprofits) stress less, accomplish more, and fulfill their highest priorities.

He is the author of Gettin' (un)Busy, which Forbes named as "one of the seven books everyone on your team should read." As a former Leadership Development Pastor and Director of one of Chick-fil-A's nonprofits, Garland has poured into influencers at all levels. He’s helped thousands of people discover and live out their life purpose, enhance their clarity and productivity, and impact the world around them. 

In this episode of Your Partner In Success Radio we will learn:

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