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Better
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Issue 381 -- November 06,
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Guarantees or Opportunity?
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Better golf – and Better life!
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4. Humor
-- Where are we going?
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2. 48
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Dear John,
Wow – last week I included a request for promotional ideas for the
January release of No More Mondays. We were deluged with
immediate responses – receiving 364 ideas so far. Those have been
forwarded to the marketing team at Random House in New York and
we’ve already had fun reviewing the suggestions. Thanks so much for
your innovative submissions. Yes, we got lots of Mondays with a big
red line through it and calendars with no Mondays. But we also had
suggestions like fortune cookies that have No More Mondays
tips. A CD of Hank Williams singing “Are you ready for No Mondays?”
similar to what he does for Monday night football. A necktie and
pair of panty hose as reminders of the boring life left behind –
coffee cup, pencil, t-shirt, alarm clock, dart board and mousepad
ideas.
We are narrowing the list and are getting bids on some
possibilities. I’ll keep you posted on the selections and will
notify you if you submitted a winning idea. Thanks again for your
ready willingness to share your brain power and creativity.
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“Most job-hunters who fail to find their dream job, fail not
because they lack information about the job-market, but because
they lack information about themselves.” Richard Bolles, What
Color is Your Parachute?
*To view this newsletter on our website in full html, please go to http://www.48days.com/newsletter.php
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Here’s a note I received
from reader Michael McClure, from Burlington Ontario, Canada.
Thanks to Michael for his permission to pass this along – and for
the best example of we get what we expect that I’ve
heard in a long time.
Hello Dan,
Can I tell you a quick story…….?
Years ago I was playing golf and wondered why each time I had to
shoot over water my ball would head straight for it and take the
plunge. It would happen over and over again. I would approach the
tee, notice the water, reach into my bag and grab the grubbiest
ball I could find, tee up, and launch it into the lake. Then one
day while waiting for a partner to tee off I was examining the ball
I had chosen and noticed it was in pretty good shape. I wasn't sure
I wanted to lose such a good one so I looked for one a bit more
beaten up. Then it dawned on me, why am I setting myself up to lose
this ball? Why am I planning to fail?
Why am I focusing so much on the water and not on the fairway on
the other side? And that was the day I pulled out my very best
ball. I chose the cleanest, newest, and most expensive ball I could
find. That decision changed my mindset as well as my posture, and I
shot par. I've been using my best ball on every hole since that day
and, while I'm no Tiger Woods, my game has improved. But what
improved most was the way I felt during the game. The changed
mindset. Looking past the obstacles, I felt confident, more
expectant, and enjoyed the day like never before.
It was a simple lesson I learned and I find it translates well in
many areas of life. It was one of your callers that reminded me of
this event. The caller was wondering why he was afraid to succeed
and tended to sabotaged his own efforts. It might be the fear of
change or it might be a fear of what it might do to a comfortable
way of life.
Thank you so much for your program. I'm a new listener (listening
via podcast in Canada) and heard about you on the Dave Ramsey show.
Howard Dayton and Steve Moore from Crown Financial also mentioned
your name so I had to find out more. I trust all these men very
much and I'm very grateful to you for your program and your many
other excellent services that I'm just now learning about.
Blessings, Michael McClure
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I don’t think I need to add anything to Michael’s profound message.
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48
Days Online Radio Show
Thanks for the variety of interesting questions you are submitting
each week. As you know, I then scan through and answer as many as
possible in each week’s 48-Minute podcast
Just click on this email link and you can ask about resumes,
interviewing, at-home business or finding your purpose in life. AskDan@48Days.com Please keep
your questions limited to 50-60 words.
If you click on the 48 Days Podcast Player here you can listen to
this week’s broadcast immediately – no downloading – no wait. http://www.48days.com/podcast.php
I began this week’s broadcast by talking about how time with my
granddaughter in the mornings is not wasted time away from work,
but rather time to see things from a new perspective and to have my
creativity increased. Then I come back to work with new ideas and
solutions.
Here are some questions addressed in this week’s podcast:
- I admit I am living
Groundhog Day and I am miserable, however I feel so drained
most of the time that the thought of sending this e-mail was
exhausting. When you have been down so long that it has
completely drained you physically what do you do? People say
'pull yourself up by your bootstraps' but frankly I'm too
tired. The thought of starting over makes me feel even more
tired and overwhelmed...help?
- I’m separated, 50,
just bought my own home and have a good job in an office but
my passion is elsewhere. I’d like to incorporate my love of
jewelry making into a full time job but I’m one of those
people who live pay check to pay check. How do I make the
transition to my passion?
- I worked as a
teacher in a private Christian school for fifteen years and my
husband and I raised two wonderful and respectful children. I
left the school last year (to possibly switch careers) and I
have a desire to help/assist parents and caregivers to train
up children in a Godly and moral way. Challenge: How and where
to start?
- Four months ago, I
was laid off from my job hosting the morning show at a country
music radio station. I love radio. I had been in the field for
22 years. Radio has changed so much since I started. Being on
the air, entertaining the listeners, sharing the things they
need to know to get through the day, was all I ever wanted to
do. I'm not sure it's possible anymore. Where do I go from
here?
- I am currently
still employed by a company where I've been for 9 years. The
pay is very low, I just somehow got stuck, thinking things
would get better, paywise, but it never did get better. Should
I bother to try to negotiate for higher wages, since I'm
planning to move on to something else as soon as I can, and if
so, how is the best way to go about negotiating for a better
wage?
- Over the years and
listening to your show this week, I have been able to piece
some of your work history together. However, I would love for
you to give a timeline of your educational history, career
successes and failures. It would be great to see how and when
events occurred in your career. I find it inspiring to see how
people such as you and Dave Ramsey have become successful,
failed and then kept hope and succeeded again (on a much
grander scale).
You can submit your question right now – I’ll work as many in as
possible for this week's broadcast. AskDan@48Days.com
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I read a Herman
Group Report this morning regarding the disconnect between
employers and employees. It indicated that employees want “life/work
balance programs, providing comprehensive benefits, appropriate
financial compensation, and secure work environment fostering
creativity and participation.”
The report goes on to say that the new young worker of today is “self-reliant,
highly confident, and seeks personal and professional development.
Professionally, nearly every worker surveyed preferred jobs
allowing them to think creatively (96 percent) and requiring an
innovative approach to tasks (91 percent). Personally, employees
say the most attractive workplaces are those that help meet family
obligations through flex-time, job sharing, telecommuting, and
other life/work balance programs.”
Now wait a minute. It’s not surprising that this is presented as a
disconnect. If you want guaranteed benefits, locked in pay, and
security, then be prepared to give up creativity, innovation,
flex-time and life/work balance. Just show up, do what’s expected
of you, get your paycheck and go home.
On the other hand, if you’re willing to provide input for
increasing revenue, you’d like to be able to go to your son’s
tournament game on Friday afternoon and you have better ideas for
completing the work, then be prepared to share in the results
produced – good or bad. You’ve just taken the ceiling off what you
can expect to receive.
Realize that any time you require a guarantee, you give up
opportunity. You can’t have both.
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Two young men who had
just graduated from Harvard were all excited and bragging about
themselves as they got into a taxi in downtown Boston.
After hearing them for a couple of minutes the cab driver asked, "You
men Harvard graduates?"
"Yes Sir! Class of '07!" they answered proudly.
The cab driver extended his hand back to shake their hand, saying, "Good
to meet some fellow alumni. Class of '98."
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Have
you found your opportunity?
We just added a new incentive for new 48 Days subscribers. But I
don’t want to penalize our long-time readers. So here’s an updated
version of the classic little book, Acres of Diamonds: It’s a free
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and regular contributor of workplace humor and solid business
advice. Tim’s "The
Ultimate Small Business Bootcamp 2007" is this coming
weekend and if you are 100% deadly serious about starting your own
business or kicking your current business into high gear, I'd like
to invite you to attend. There is a great lineup of presenters –
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11th. "The Ultimate Small
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