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Michael D. Morrison

Name: Michael D. Morrison
Address: 3422 NW 135th Street Suite J, Oklahoma City, OK, 73120, US
Telephone: +14059199990
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Business Coach | Helping Business Owners Grow | Host, Small Business Pivots Podcast (Top 10% Globally) | Speaker | Author
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BOSS provides Business Coaching, Business Lending, Online Business Courses, Networking, Webinars, Mastermind Groups, and Podcasts to help business owners create a business that works without them.

11/02/2026

Two owners.
Same hours.
Same effort.

One has a system.
One has a mess.

One goes home at 5.
One goes home tired.

It's not about working harder.
It's about what you built.

Which one are you this week?

10/30/2026

165 plus episodes in. My Small Business Pivots podcast is ranked top 10% globally.

Here's what people don't see. No script. No fake panel of "experts." Every guest has to be a current or former business owner. We just talk.

That's the whole reason it works. People are starving for real conversations with people who've actually built something, not polished soundbites.

It's the same reason I coach the way I do. Guide in the trenches, not guru on a mountain.

Comment "PIVOTS" and I'll send you how to get featured as a guest.

10/29/2026

Business owners often think buyers want potential. In reality, buyers want a functioning business, not a fixer-upper. Venture capital seeks 10X returns, but most small business buyers aren't looking for that. The biggest issue? Owner dependency. Start fixing issues like margins, efficiency, and owner reliance 1-2 years before you plan to sell to make your business truly appealing and sellable.

10/28/2026

The person who built the business can eventually become the person holding it back.

That's a difficult transition for many business owners.

In the beginning, you have to do everything.

You sell.

You make the decisions.

You solve the problems.

You take care of customers.

You keep everything moving.

And it works.

Until it doesn't.

My latest guest on Small Business Pivots, Eric Grafstrom, has spent decades building, operating, advising, and helping owners prepare businesses for an eventual exit.

One of the things we discuss is what happens when a company grows beyond what one person can personally manage.

You eventually have to hire people who are better than you at certain things.

Then comes the harder part:

You have to let them do it.

We also talk about validating a business idea before investing heavily, gaining early traction, hiring, delegation, owner dependency, preparing a company to sell, and why entrepreneurship should never come at the expense of your health.

If you're trying to get your business to the next level but everything still seems to come back to you, this conversation is worth your time.

Listen to this Small Business Pivots podcast episode on your favorite podcast platform or watch it on our YouTube channel: MichaelDMorrisonOKC

10/27/2026

You don't have a marketing problem. You have a guiding principles problem.

Here's how you know. Nobody on your team can tell you the "why" behind what you're building. Your team improvises instead of following a plan, because there isn't one. Decisions get made on mood, not mission.

Fix the guiding principles, and marketing, hiring, even pricing get easier. You're not managing fires anymore. You're running a business with a spine.

This is the first piece of the GPS System. Guiding Principles, People, Systems.

Comment "GPS" and I'll send you the 3 questions that expose whether your principles are clear or just assumed.

10/26/2026

When I started my first business 25+ years ago, I'll never forget thinking I couldn't afford highly skilled people.

So I kept hiring based on what I thought I could afford, not what the business actually needed.

It wasn't until I hired my first expensive, highly qualified employee that things changed.

They knew what they were doing.

They saved me more headaches than their salary ever cost me.

That one hire moved the needle more than the five before it combined.

The ceiling wasn't my budget. It was my belief about what I could afford.

Raise you, and the business has no choice but to follow.

Ready to raise the ceiling? DM me "GROW" and let's talk.

10/23/2026

For years, my core message was tied to one program. That was the problem.

I kept talking like I Am Possible was the whole point. It's not. It's one way I deliver the point.

My actual purpose is to be a voice of hope and encouragement. That's bigger than any program name. It has to speak to a room full of strangers just as much as it speaks to a client.

Realizing that took me longer than it should have. I was so close to my own offer, I nearly built a message too small for what I'm actually here to do.

Comment "VOICE" and I'll tell you how I'm reworking it.

10/22/2026

Tired of constant questions? Help your team gain confidence. Instead of just answering 'how-to,' ask 'what would you do?' Empower them to make their own decisions and reduce dependency.

10/21/2026

She lost her entire team. Three times.

Most business owners would have called it quits.

Jenna Bowden didn't.

She had to face a difficult reality: the way she was leading her business needed to change.

When she first opened her salon, she hired people she liked and hoped everything would work out.

When it didn't, she overcorrected and became too controlling.

Then she went too far in the opposite direction and became disengaged.

Three different approaches. Three painful lessons.

Today, Jenna has built a leadership team she trusts, documented her systems and processes, and expanded her salon brand into franchising.

On this week's Small Business Pivots, we discuss what it actually takes to build a business that can grow beyond the owner's ability to manage everything.

We cover delegation, leadership development, employee retention, SOPs, franchising, and why specializing in one service helped her increase revenue.

One lesson stood out to me:

You can't scale a business if you're still responsible for every decision.

If you're trying to grow your business but feel like everything still depends on you, this conversation is worth your time.

Listen to this podcast episode on your favorite podcast platform or watch it on our YouTube channel: MichaelDMorrisonOKC

10/20/2026

I wrote a book called Do Not: Start or Run a Business My Way.

That title is the whole point.

I built a company to 80 employees. Made almost every mistake you can make on the way there. Lost fulfillment right when it looked like I'd made it.

I didn't write that book to brag. I wrote it so other owners could skip some of what I paid for the hard way.

Everything in the GPS System and the I Am Possible Program I coach came out of those mistakes. Not theory. Scar tissue.

Comment "BOOK" and I'll tell you the one mistake that cost me the most.

Address

3422 NW 135th Street Suite J
Oklahoma City, OK
73120

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

Telephone

+14059199990

Website

http://www.michaeldmorrison.com/

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