Here’s a recent question: “Dan, I’m seven months pregnant and trying to change careers. I am a petite person; therefore, I can easily hide my current condition. I have an interview later this week; it is with a company that I strongly desire to work for. I want to be honest and disclose my pregnancy,…
DetailsThis is still one of the most asked questions I get. Here’s a podcast listener question: Dan, Thanks for your 48Days podcast. My goal for 2015 is to go totally free lance, with the hope of writing more and selling my knowledge, possibly in the form of a book, and downloadable material through my own…
DetailsThis 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…
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