This morning I was listening to Joe Polish on his I Love Marketing podcast. He and Dan Sullivan were talking about what it means to “decide.” I was blown away to hear Dan point out that the Latin word from which we get “decide” is the same root word from which we get homicide, suicide,…
DetailsWilliam McKinley, the 25th U.S. President, once had to choose between two equally qualified men for a key job. He puzzled over the choice until he remembered a long-ago incident. On a rainy night, McKinley had boarded a crowded streetcar. One of the men he was now considering had also been aboard, though he didn’t…
DetailsThere were tearful hallelujahs and shouts of victory in Seattle recently when the city voted to raise the minimum wage there to $15 an hour. Fast food workers are dreaming of getting nicer apartments, buying newer cars and going back to school. The law will benefit over 100,000 Seattle workers. Or will it? If a…
DetailsI love the rich and picturesque questions submitted by 48 Days Podcast listeners. Here’s one: “Dan, I believe I am at a crossroads. I am a product designer and I have finally achieved a life long dream of designing a product that will soon be released. One would think I would be at the top of…
DetailsFour years ago Steve told me he was writing a small e-book on creative ways to buy a car. I saw him last week at a seminar and asked him about that book. He very excitedly told me he was still working on it but hoped to have it out this year. This Year??? …
DetailsHere’s a question from a reader – an engineer. (We’ll call him Bill) “I’m at a job that I hate mainly because I feel like every day I’m set up to fail. There’s no job satisfaction. I go to work and try my best but the bosses and organization demand excellence in everything that we…
DetailsIn the first few moments of the movie Collateral, the taxi driver, played by Jamie Foxx, tells Tom Cruise’s character: “I’m not in this for the long haul. This is just filling in—I’m putting some things together—I’m going to open my own limo service.” Cruise asks him, “How long you been doing this?” To which…
DetailsAccording to the latest research from Salary.com, 83% of people polled said they are planning to look for a different job this year. At the same time, only 46% said they were unhappy in their jobs. So what’s up – people are “happy” but still looking for a different job. And it not just about…
DetailsThis morning I read Michael Hyatt’s blog on Why People Who Sleep Longer Achieve More and then Andy Traub sent me a link to Saturday’s New York Times piece on Why You Hate Work. Both pieces talk about us being too tired to do our best work. It seems we’ve become so enamored with “doing”…
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Here’s a recent reader question: “Dan, I have your 48 Days book and have started the process of sending out resumes. In your book it suggests calling after a few days to see if they may have questions but a couple of the employers have sent back automated responses saying that they have received my…
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