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The Greg McKeown Podcast

267. Grit and Growth with Brian Murphy (Part 2)

The Greg McKeown Podcast

Greg McKeown

Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Join me for a captivating journey with Brian Murphy, the visionary behind ReliaQuest, as we unravel the transformation from a meticulous auditor to a bold IT consulting entrepreneur. Listen in as Brian shares the defining moments and crucial conversations that sparked his leap into the entrepreneurial realm. We explore the essence of foundational business principles and the impact of personal connections in the business world. We also navigate through the stormy period of the Great Recession, where Brian's then-nascent IT firm faced the daunting prospect of disappearing projects and a staggering loss in accounts receivable. Hear about the strategic maneuver towards a government military contract that not only kept the company afloat but also paved the way for their growth into the cybersecurity sector. Brian underscores the courage required to shift strategies, the art of listening beyond what is said, and the framework for effective problem-solving that has been integral to his success. As we reflect on the Innovator's Dilemma and the continuous challenge of adapting to customer needs, I invite you to embrace the entrepreneurial spirit and apply these insights to your own pursuits. Let this episode be the catalyst for your own innovation and growth as you think, create, and evolve within your organization. Follow Brian on LinkedIn. Visit the Reliaquest website. Join my weekly newsletter. Learn more about my books and courses. Join The Essentialism Academy. Follow me on LinkedIn, Instagram, X, Facebook, and YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome back everybody. I'm Greg McHughan. This is part two of a conversation with a CEO, an entrepreneur, and a brilliant mind, Brian Murphy.

0:18.9

He's not just the founder and CEO of Reliquest.

0:22.4

He's also someone who can dissect

0:26.6

the entrepreneurial journey with us, with you.

0:30.6

In part one of our conversation, we started literally at the very beginning of his life,

0:36.4

his first memory, chasing his brothers and getting his hand trapped in the door,

0:41.4

and followed that piece by piece in the great race of his life and we

0:48.9

had a deep dive on a single principle and that is this to do the simple things savagely well.

0:57.0

A great one-liner and a great addition to our own toolkit as part of the Greg McHughan podcast community.

1:07.4

And we also went deep on to a specific practice that he learned in a sales class in his undergraduate degree which was feel

1:18.8

felt found. Of course you can go back to listen to the whole episode if you haven't

1:24.5

caught up on that yet. Where we ended was before the great journey of his

1:31.0

current entrepreneurial venture, the thing he is best known for in business and

1:36.0

that's where we're going to be. So, Ryan, welcome back to the podcast.

2:07.0

Great to be with you, Greg. Thanks very much. Help us to go on that journey. From that class you then went and actually were an accountant at

2:16.1

PWC and at some point along the journey you shifted from being an accountant to formally being an

2:25.2

entrepreneur how did that take place so I went I signed up to be an auditor at

2:30.5

PWC and was recruited by their management consulting side, the technology

2:35.2

side of PWC and they taught me a bunch of programming languages and ultimately sold

2:39.9

that business to IBM and so I worked for financial services kind of

2:45.6

compliance Sarbanes-Oxley compliance consulting and just had this idea that

2:50.4

I wanted to do something bigger the group group that I work with were two owners. I was the sole operator in Central Florida. They were up in North Florida and I kept bringing them some ideas on how we could go bigger and band and hire differently and I

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