“Hi, Dan. I’m almost 34. For over a year, I’ve been a stay-at-home dad (four kids 6 and younger). I worked as a marketing copywriter for almost a decade with little success, even being let go from my last two positions. My last employer said he thinks I don’t like marketing. He was right, but…
DetailsI saw a gentleman one time who brought in several of his many business ideas. He showed me a letter he received from “retired attorney, Phillip A. Brown.” Mr. Brown carefully explained how he had been shown this wonderful system for success. All he did was mail out 200 copies of this same coffee-stained crooked…
DetailsJoe from Pittsburg writes: “My wife and I were married a year ago and we’re now expecting our first child! She would like to stay at home when the baby comes, but she’d like to do some part time work. We had a blast creating creative touches for our wedding and were wondering if there was…
DetailsGive us a great name and you could be the proud owner of this bronze eagle replica. Read on…. Do we serve best from a full cup or an empty cup? People often spiritualize having nothing – that somehow living in poverty is more Godly than having plenty. And yet we know a pure…
Details“Law school sucked all the life and creativity out of me.” “I’ve never been happy practicing law.” “I have never had a sense of purpose.” “I feel destined to do something great, but have no idea why or what.” “I work only for the money.” These are statements from a young attorney – who in…
DetailsA member of 48Days.net recently asked this question: “Is it really okay to make money from a ministry or Christian based website? For some reason I feel I need confirmation that it’s okay to profit from the things of God.” Shawn – you raise a question that has been an elephant in the room for…
DetailsThis is a guest post by Dr Carol Peters-Tanksley, an author, speaker, OB-Gyn physician, and ordained Christian minister. You can get Dr Carol’s new book Dr Carol’s Guide to Women’s Health, and find out more and connect with her on her website. If you’d like to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here.…
DetailsThis is a guest post from Troy Stoneking. In his own words, “I’m a very happily married man who writes, speaks, coaches and consults for individuals and organizations. By combining decades of experience in both the corporate world and entrepreneurship I help others find what they love to do in life whether at a job…
DetailsYesterday a listener of my podcast sent me a quotation he thought I’d enjoy. The quotation comes from Bertie Charles Forbes (May 14, 1880 – May 6, 1954), a Scottish financial journalist and author who founded Forbes Magazine. “Tell me how a young man spends his evenings and I will tell you how far he…
DetailsThere’s a concept in criminal thinking known as the broken window theory. Introduced in 1982 by social scientists James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling in an article titled “Broken Windows” it included the following example: “Consider a building with a few broken windows. If the windows are not repaired, the tendency is for vandals…
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