Is this a “successful failure?”
Dan, I would like to hear more of your thoughts on failure. Since most of us who are trying to live a life with “No More Mondays” are probably going to fail several times, what does a “successful failure” look…
So you think you can coach……..
No this is not like So You Think You Can Dance. We’re not going to have you come up on stage and perform for 3 minutes. But we can help you walk through those first 48 hours of actual paid…
I believe other people are out to help me!
My academic background is in clinical psychology. But I always wondered, why do we focus exclusively on human pathology and dysfunction? What about the positive side, the moments when human beings are at their absolute best? It seems we can…
Will you give this guy two dollars?
There is a story of a little boy who was admiring a shiny, brand-new sports car parked on a quiet street. He slowly walked around the amazing vehicle, savoring every angle. As he pushed his nose up against the window…
Stop being so successful
I just checked to see how much money the top 10 NBA players are being paid for the 2016-2017 season. The total is a whopping $263 million. Thus the average pay for this one season for each of those 10…
15 Hours a Week + 10% Entrepreneur = A Sigh of Relief
This is a guest post by Rachel Eubanks. She is a beginner, a struggler, a wannabe, a hard worker, but most of all a truth teller. She writes about the beauty and the ugliness of starting your own business as…
I’ve drifted away from my “Why”
When I started 48 Days I was teaching a Sunday School class on finding your purpose and calling. My Why was that I knew then as now that over 80% of Americans say they do not have their dream job. …
Quick get outta the pot
Be careful who you allow to influence your thinking and actions! In the book Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki tells the story of the Hawaiian Black Crabs. If you go down to the beach early in the morning you can…
Why profits are better than wages
This is a tough issue. We are in a culture that has taught us to expect wages for our time. The person who makes $10/hr wants $12 and so on. The attorney who makes $100/hr wants to work his/her way up…
What a Dad!
When Jorg Sprave was 9, his dad took him into the woods for the occasion that should be part of every boy’s growing up experience – making a slingshot. “We searched and found a perfectly forked hazelwook stick,” Sprave says. …