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1. =93Earned=94 Retiremen= t =96 or Hedonism?

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= Dear = Kevin, Each week we receive hundreds of emails =96 questions about work and busine= ss, and poignant comments about what life is offering. This week I reviewed an unusually large number of 48 Days Coaching requests. Included in those were= comments like: I really believed this new job would be an opportunity for a fresh new s= tart on many levels but guess what.....Wherever you go; there you are!<= br> And this: I keep finding myself in this same place of 'what do I want to= be when I grow up' only I'm older each time I arrive here. Here=92s a concern: I'm afraid I'll discover that what I am doing now is= as good as it will ever get. In responding to this question: "In writing your epitaph, what would you wa= nt people to remember about you?" One lady wrote: I am upset about how= my life has ended up. I am not sure I want to be remembered. Just realize that if you=92re not where you want to be =96 tomorrow is a ne= w day! You can make any excuses for how things are today, but you can choo= se what tomorrow is like. ******************************************** One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all = of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose gard= en over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside= our windows today. Dale Carnegie *To view this newsletter on our website in full html, please go to http://www.48days.com/newsletter/access.php <= /TD>		=

= 1. =93Earned=94 Retirement =96 or Hedonism?=20 <= /TD>

= This week I ran into a friend I=92ll call Sam whom I had not= seen in several years. You know how the conversation ultimately gets arou= nd to =93What are you doing?=94 Sam told me was retired and was doing abso= lutely nothing. He had put in his 30 years with a big company and so at ag= e 53 he was getting what he said he worked his whole life for.

Frankly, I was flabbergasted. At a young 53 and with children now just lea= ving for college, Sam has more time, money and energy than ever before. An= d he chooses to do nothing?

Is the only goal of our working life to get to the point we can stop workin= g? If so, then it confirms the picture that work is just a bitter pill to = be endured until the moment you can escape it.

In this week=92s issue of Ministry Toolbox, Pastor Rick Warren talked about= hedonism. He said =93the number one goal of a hedonist is to feel good= , be comfortable, and have fun. It=92s the worldview that Hugh Hefner foun= ded Playboy magazine on. He willingly acknowledges he is a hedonist. It=92s= not just playboys who are hedonists, though. In fact, someone who lives fo= r the goal of retirement is a hedonist. If the whole goal of a person=92s l= ife is to simply do nothing, live a self centered life, and make no contrib= ution to the world, that=92s hedonism.=94 Ministry Toolbox

So how would you like to stand before God on judgment day and say, =93Wh= en I began my adult life I spent the first 30 years in a job I hated and th= en I spent the next 30 years looking at my navel. Now what kind of =91trea= sures=92 do I have in store here to enjoy for eternity?=94 I strongly = suspect your =91reward=92 would be to continue the boring nothingness of ha= ving no goals and no worthwhile work.

I know that's not what you want for your legacy.

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=93Work should, in fact, be thought of as a creative activity undert= aken for the love of the work itself; and that man, made in God=92s image, = should make things, as God made them, for the sake of doing well a thing th= at is well worth doing=85.. Work is the natural exercise and function of m= an --- the creature who is made in the image of his Creator.=94 D= orothy Sayers, in =93Why Work.=94

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= 48 Days Online Radio Show

Okay, I keep tweaking the process. We have a great program posted for this= week. You can see some of the topics just a couple paragraphs down here. =

Katie Fitzpatrick emailed us this week asking about the 3-week absence of t= he podcast. She said, "48 days is the T-bone steak I treat myself to= in the midst of my TunaHelper week." Thanks, Katie!

It seems to work best to just have your questions in advance and then I can= work as many as possible into each 48-minute show. I=92ll create the podc= ast and have it up each Wednesday morning. This is the easiest format to h= ave your questions answered. Just click on this email link and you can ask= about resumes, interviewing, at-home business or getting out of a negative= partnership. AskDan@48Days.com =

If you click on the 48 Days Podcast Player here you can listen to this week= =92s broadcast immediately =96 no downloading =96 no wait. http://www.48days.com/podcast.php

Here are some questions answered in this week's 48-minute broadcast:

1. What should I do when I keep asking and believing for good things, but c= ontinue to have disasters in my life?

2. How do I get a publisher for my instructional book and CD that I=92m alr= eady selling well?

3. With fewer and fewer jobs matching the rising cost of living, how do I f= ind one that pays what I need to live on ($65K+)?

4. I=92m 48 years old and stuck in a dead-end job where I=92m not using my = skills and abilities. My wife says it=92s too late and I=92m too old to sta= rt a new career. I don=92t know what to do.

You can submit your question right now =96 I=92ll work as many in as possib= le for this week's broadcast. AskDan@= 48Days.com

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= I=92ve always told people they could not expect to make mone= y just from having an invention idea. However, Stephen Key has proven me t= otally wrong on that it seems. Stephen has made a fortune simply licensing= his ideas to big companies.

Last week my buddy Tim Knox interviewed Stephen in a 58-minute information-= packed session. If you=92ve got the next Frisbee or Hula-Hoop or and want = to protect, license and profit from your idea, listen to this free informat= ive interview.

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Here's the link to the audio from the invention teleseminar =

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= 4. Humor -- Here and Gone=20 <= /TD>


= Man on the Street: I hear First National Bank is looking = for a new teller. Recruiter: I thought they just hired a new teller last week. Man on the Street: Right. That's the one they're looking for. <= /TD>		=

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