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 and provides them with a job for one year. They have a 52-week training program…
DetailsThis 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 question from a listener who said she had been reading all the right books, going…
DetailsYou 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 best window of opportunity. Finding the 87% — the never advertised positions, requires more creativity…
DetailsJoanne 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 with the choices available, and having to make rapid decisions under extreme pressure. (This is…
DetailsShifting 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 blame. Just keep in mind no individual can achieve worthy goals without accepting personal accountability. …
DetailsAre 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. Marc Detampel, senior manager with Arthur Anderson, says “For those being laid off, there are…
DetailsI 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 around us. The newest development started with a parking garage, then a high rise office…
DetailsI just joined an 8-week study group on Living the Principles of Think & Grow Rich. So I’m re-reading that classic book written back in 1937. In reading through Step Six I was struck by the process Hill describes for getting the job you want – and how similar it is to what I recommend…
DetailsNote: The webinar is over, but you can listen to the replay here I’ve noticed a pattern. People, who are called to create something significant, often encounter significant Resistance. Some call it spiritual warfare or Murphy’s Law. Bestselling author Steven Pressfield identified it as the “Resistance.” His predecessor Freud referred to it as the Death Wish—the…
DetailsThis is a guest post by Dr. David Powers who is a Cultural Architect, combining the worlds of futurist, informationist, and counselor into one. Considered a human puzzlemaster, he has a penchant for assembling random bits and bytes into workable solutions. He’s a best-selling author in the areas of cognitive psychology, experimental education theory, and…
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