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Issue 387 -- December 18,
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3. Just
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Zero-Based Planning – Start 2008 With A Clean Slate
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2. 48
Days Online Radio
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Dear Coach,
In anticipation of the New Year I am looking at what I will add and
what I will stop doing (see Item #1). I am adding a blog where I
will be posting short items related to finding better
opportunities. As we are moving toward information and resources
that are quicker and more convenient, this newsletter may become
shorter in format. The Dan
Miller Blog will allow you to comment and become more a part of
our sharing community. We'll have audio and video clips for a more
unique involvement. You can subscribe to be notified of my posts –
just part of our changing to be more current with the changing
technology.
Last Minute Christmas Specials
Yes, many of you jumped on the chance to be in the drawing for the
Garmin GPS. If you order a Christmas package by December 19th –
we’ll get it shipped via UPS and put your name in the hat. Check
out our Christmas
Specials. Give a gift of hope – and maybe win a little
something for yourself.
I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try
to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the
whole year. As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a
time, all through the year. And thus I drift along into the holidays
- let them overtake me unexpectedly - waking up some fine morning
and suddenly saying to myself: "Why, this is Christmas
Day!" David Grayson
*To view this newsletter on our website in full html, please go to http://www.48days.com/newsletter.php
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Management guru Peter
Drucker always recommended that you examine every part of your
business regularly to determine if there is anything you are doing
now that you wouldn’t do again if you could start over.
What if you did this Zero-Based planning for your LIFE? If you
could wipe the slate clean on January 1st, and look at your life in
this way, what would you change? The real hallmark of truly
successful people is not that they do more but that they can decide
what they are going to stop doing. What are you going to Stop
Doing on January 1st -- to release the success you want?
If you need a planning guide, here’s my brief outline for deciding
what success will look like for you in 2008: My Life in
2008
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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 48
Days Online Radio link and you can ask about resumes,
interviewing, at-home business or finding your purpose in life.
That’s the same place you can listen to this week’s broadcast
immediately – no downloading – no wait. 48 Days Online Radio
Here are a few of the questions I addressed this week:
- I'm reasonably
happy in my job, however I feel somewhat limited. In order to
advance to the top of my particular field, a Master's Degree
is required. I already have $10,000 in student loans from my
bachelor's degree, and don't feel comfortable taking out
another loan to go to school. I'm considering changing careers
or perhaps changing roles and staying in my industry, but
something still seems amiss. Ultimately, I feel that I am not
maximizing my gifts. Do you have any suggestions?
- Dan, I want to
start a small part-time business with my brother, he is into
music and is very creative when it comes to designs but, I’m
into fitness and working out, football and movies; what would
you suggest that we do?
- I was very excited
about the 48 days book but was a little disappointed after I
finished it. I have never been able to determine what my
calling is or even the best job or career for me. I could not
settle on a degree in college for the same reason and ended up
with liberal arts degree ten years ago. ….I feel stuck because
my experience is in one field. The 48 days book seems to be
very helpful giving direction to someone who has at least a
small idea where they are going. This isn't me. …Did I miss
something in the book or am I just going to have to settle
with something that pays the bills?
- Dear Solomon…How
and where in the world do you find the wisdom to answer all of
these situations for these people desperate in changing their
lives? Solomon asked for wisdom from God and was blessed with
it in abundance…so much that he accumulated more wealth than
any human being could imagine. Dan…being a clinical
psychologist is one thing but being able to map out a career
strategy for these individuals is mind boggling…especially
since the majority of them have no idea what they want to be
or do in their lives. How do you do it?????
- I wanted to get
your opinion on a company I have recently come across. It is
YTB Travel. It is a multi level marketing company and online
travel agency. I was involved in other MLM's with not much
success, but nothing like the compensation packages YTB has.
Could you please give me any direction to go good or bad. I
really appreciate your time.
- Just this week I
bought and listened to your Write to the Bank. I think it is
wonderful, BUT I am a 61 year old former elementary teacher
with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia for 23 years
now. …I used to be a creative and high energy person. All that
I retain of that oomph is my mind now. ….I'm burned out but need
to latch on to something quickly to use my Master's in
Counseling, moderate writing ability and life experience to
turn my life around financially. Any truly practical ideas for
a desperate situation??
You can submit your question right now – I’ll work as many in as
possible for this week's broadcast. 48 Days Online Radio
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In filling out vendor,
banking, and credit forms, there always comes the line where I have
to fill in my company title. I’m not particularly fond of
President, CEO or head honcho, so I normally put Creative
Thinker. That’s a title I feel good about.
Recently I’ve seen an increase in interesting titles from a wide
variety of companies. It appears others are looking for titles that
are more appealing than administrative assistant, accountant,
teller or vice president.
Here are some I’ve seen recently:
Persuasion Architect, Shrinkage Manager, Marketing Maven,
Software Evangelist, Burger Engineer, Chief Environmental Officer,
and Chief Emotional Officer.
I saw this one in Fast Company. Tim Cleaver, with Amazing
Online Magazine, calls himself Slave Boy. Cleaver is
at the beck and call of everyone from designers to senior project
managers. So he has given himself a new title. Will he put “Slave
Boy” on his resume? “Sure. If a company doesn’t want to hire me
because I used to have a goofy title, I probably don’t want to work
there anyway.”
I resist using the Department of Labor’s “Dictionary of
Occupational Titles” for mature adults looking for new careers.
Most are pretty traditional – but in checking there I see even the
government is getting up to speed in recognizing some unusual
titles. Here are just a few – I am not making any of these up:
Ear Muff Assembler, Ecclesiastical Art Metal Worker,
Drawstring Knotter, Dope Mixer, Doorshaker, Doll Eye Setter, Dinkey
Operator, Butt Maker, Breast Buffer, Brain Picker, Asparagus
Sorter, Head Switcher, Toe Pounder, Umbrella Tipper, and of course
Easter Bunny.
They are listed in the 660 pages of DOL job titles. You can check
them out yourself at:
U.S. Department of
Labor Dictionary of Occupational Titles
These are more creative than I could make up. So, obviously, you
can give yourself most any title. What would you like your
title to be this next year?
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“My mother has always been unhappy with what I do. She would much
rather I do something nicer, like be a bricklayer.” Mick Jagger
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Two Tennessee good ole
boys went out into the woods searching for a Christmas tree.
After hours and hours of subzero temperatures and a few close calls
with hungry wolves, one guy turned to the other and said,
"I'm chopping down the next tree I see. I don't care whether
it's decorated or not!"
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