You're listening to the Creating a Brand podcast success story segment.

I am your host, Alex San Felipe.

In this short segment of the show, I bring on friends of the podcast to share a motivational,

inspiring, and sometimes even challenging story from their entrepreneurial journey,

along with a

practical takeaway for us to implement. The point is for each of us to be able to learn and

grow from the experiences of others. With that said, please enjoy today's success story episode.

My name is Tom Hannon and I own franchisingConnection.com.

One of the most stressful things people have to deal with this career transitions,

especially when they are considering business ownership of franchising.

Most of my clients didn't know where to start and the most common thing I hear is I can't find the right fit.

I am passionate about helping people navigate through this enormously stressful and uncertain

time.

I understand it well.

I have sold a dozen of my own businesses, so I fully understand what it means to transition

and how hard it is to find the right fit.

In my line of work, I deal with fear all the time from my candidates.

And it comes in a variety of fashions.

It comes from other people, Google searches, and of course, fear that they create themselves.

I like to share my story of how I overcome fear with them.

I was 45 years old, and I didn't know how to swim,

but there I was wrapped in a neoprene wetsuit, my bare feet as submerged in the ocean water,

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