I 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…
Four 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…
Here’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…
In 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…
According 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 –…
This 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…
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…
Last week I got a note from a member of our 48Days.net community. She had described how she lived in a remote area, had lots of family responsibilities, some health issues, and just wanted some support and encouragement. Here’s…
As I talk with people who are growing in success I keep seeing essential components we can identify that will make us even more successful. It doesn’t matter if you’re a graphic designer, bookkeeper, artist, writer, speaker, computer programmer, web…
This morning I was listening to the latest EntrepreneurOnFire episode with John Lee Dumas. His guest, Ryan Holiday (The Obstacle is the Way) shared this success quotation: “Some lack the fickleness to live as they wish and just live as…