Please give me a second chance
I saw this post over the weekend – Denver Coffee Shop Hires Homeless Youth, Gives Them Second Chance ‘No One Else Would’. Yep, the Purple Door coffee shop takes in homeless teens and young adults three at a time…
Dan Miller
Dreamin comes easy
[powerpress] I have a “fear of missing out” when it comes to personal improvement. This work is not fulfilling to me though it pays a nice 90,000 per year and I feel it’s very secure. I procrastinated for 6 years…
All this work and my life hasn’t changed
This is a guest post by Joanne Miller. She is my wife and affectionately known as Queen Mother in the 48Days community. She writes, serves the needs of others and spends time with her grandchildren. “In a recent podcast Dan read a…
Bypass the competition and get the job you want
You know I don’t promote going to Monster.com or HotJobs.com – or your local newspaper – for new job leads. What you see there is also seen by thousands of other qualified candidates. By the time it hits there, you’ve lost your…
Don’t turn the red handle
Joanne and I toured the Maritime Museum of San Diego last week. One of the vessels displayed there is a Russian B-39 Submarine. I was awestruck at the complexity of the valves, gauges and controls. I imagined a young sailor confronted…
The Glory of God is Man Fully Alive
[powerpress] This is an interview with Ken Davis, author of Fully Alive How do we move from wishing and dreaming to doing? Do you believe each person has a chance to do “a very special thing?” How do we find…
Surely this is not my fault
Shifting personal responsibility has become a national pastime. Blame, complaining, whining and procrastination are the immediate results. We see it from the two-year old to the corporate CEO. Suing McDonald’s because you got fat is the ultimate in finger-pointing for…
The Sufferings of Layoff Survivors
Are you breathing a sigh of relief because you survived the most recent round of layoffs? CNN reports that there seems to be much more focus on the people getting laid off than on the “survivors”, as we call them. …
Human Filing Cabinets
I live in Franklin, TN just south of Nashville. We have open fields and sprawling pastures with miles and miles of horse fences. And yet the new office buildings going up don’t seem to recognize the beauty of nature all…
If you’re angry you’re losing twice
[powerpress] 1. Am I not getting job offers because of my age – 58? 2. I’ve set aside 20-30 minutes each morning before work to myself but I don’t know what I should be doing during that time. 3. Is…