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Episode 181 · Sep 30, 2026 · 00:23:06

45 Days In, His Wife Noticed the Difference | Dave Warn’s Story

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THE POWER OF A DAILY RESET

What can change in just 45 days when you learn how to reset your thoughts, energy and perspective?

For Dave Warn, the answer became obvious when his wife noticed the difference.

After 17 years in franchising, Dave knows what it feels like to carry a demanding schedule. Long days. A packed calendar. Constant responsibility. And like so many business owners and leaders, it can be easy to carry all of that home with you.

But just 45 days into The Zee Suite®, Dave says he feels calmer, more centered and better able to leave work at work.

One tool that's become part of his daily routine is the Daly Reset, which he uses every day and sometimes two or three times a day.

In this conversation, Dave shares a simple shift that says everything.

He used to wake up, look at a grueling calendar and think, “Ugh.”

Now he can look at that same calendar and think, “What a blessing.”

Same calendar. Different thought. Different energy. Different experience.

We talk about thoughts becoming things, finding calm in the crazy, and the idea from The Strangest Secret that your mind is like a garden. What are you planting every day?

Because whether you're a franchisee, franchisor, consultant or business leader, you bring your thoughts and energy into every conversation, decision and action you take.

Sometimes you don't need your circumstances to change.

You need a way to reset how you're showing up inside them.

45 days in, Dave's wife noticed the difference. Dave feels it too.

WHAT YOU’LL HEAR

• What Dave’s wife noticed after just 45 days

• Why Dave uses the Daly Reset every day, sometimes multiple times a day

• How he has become calmer and stopped carrying as much of his workday home

• The shift from waking up dreading a packed calendar to seeing it as a blessing

• How the thought you attach to your circumstances can change the energy of your entire day

• Why staying centered matters when business feels demanding

• Dave’s experience with thoughts becoming things

• What The Strangest Secret teaches about treating your mind like a garden

• Why franchisees need to pay attention to what they are “planting” mentally every day

• How franchisors can support franchisees beyond business strategy alone

• Why sometimes the circumstances don’t need to change. You need a way to reset how you’re showing up inside them.

APPROXIMATE CHAPTERS

00:00 – What changed in just 45 days?

01:45 – 17 years in franchising and the pressure of long days

03:30 – When Dave’s wife started noticing a difference

05:15 – Finding calm in the crazy

07:00 – The Daly Reset and why Dave uses it every day

09:15 – Same grueling calendar, completely different perspective

11:30 – From “Ugh” to “What a blessing”

13:30 – Thoughts become things

15:15 – The Strangest Secret: What are you planting in your mental garden?

17:15 – What this means for franchisees and franchisors

19:15 – Resetting yourself when the circumstances haven’t changed

Whether you’re a franchisee, franchisor, consultant or business leader, you bring YOU into your business every day.

Your thoughts. Your expectations. Your energy.

Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do for your business isn’t add another strategy.

It’s learn how to reset the person executing it.

Ready to learn more about The Zee Suite® and the work that changes everything?

Begin here: https://thezeesuite.com/start

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About The Host

Hosted by Kim Daly

Kim Daly is a franchise consultant, mindset and manifestation coach, and the founder of The Zee Suite®. Since 2002 she has created nearly one thousand franchisees by aligning their goals and dreams to the best franchise opportunities, and has coached more than 5,000 franchisees on the inner work behind outer results.

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