I can’t afford to follow my dream – really??
I can’t afford to follow my dream…. “Dan, In a recent 48 Days Online Radio Show you said, “Choose the life you want first. Find the community where you’d like to live. As important as I think work is, I…
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Can I buy two cows please?
It’s interesting how we see different forms of working around the world: Socialism ……… If you have two cows, you’re expected to give your neighbor one. Communism…….. If you have two cows, you give them to the government and the government…
Maybe you just need to work on that little idea
George Washington Carver was a devoutly spiritual man who looked to God for new innovation and insight. During a boll weevil plague that consumed the farmer’s cotton crops, Mr. Carver encouraged the farmers to grow peanuts because the boll weevils…
Get it out the door now!
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…
The 4 Critical Elements of your Work
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…
What’s so special about events at the Sanctuary?
48Days.net member Jack Warren from Illinois posted a forum question, wondering what it is about attending events at the Sanctuary that make them so special. A reasonable question – isn’t it just one more time of sitting in a seat…
Continuous Partial Attention
We are now told that the average smartphone user checks his or her phone 150 times a day. As I’m sure you’ve experienced, that incoming text or tweet can crowd out the time and energy we have for real human…
Pity the person who has no one……
I’m at the Launch Conference in Orlando as I write this, hearing great information and more reminders about the necessity of being connected to others. With the growth of the entrepreneurial model I see lots of people who think they…
Fishing for minnows or whales?
I just returned from the Social Media Marketing World conference in San Diego. Over 80 workshops on using Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, StumbleUpon, podcasting, blogging, Google+ and YouTube for exploding any company’s growth. But now I’ve been pondering the…
The new 48 Days Eagle has landed
This last Thursday we unveiled our new 48 Days Eagle. We had a packed house for Innovate who got to share in the unveiling. When sculptor Scott Stearman and I first started talking about this piece we discussed the different…