Maybe that was just meant to wake you up
Joanne and I were in Ohio over the weekend, reminiscing with family, and I was told them this story about our Dad – and about life. About 4 years ago I had the opportunity to meet (Apple) Dan Miller, an…
Failure
Broke and hungry – please help!
Artist Willie Baronet is on a 24-city, 31 day journey across the country this month, buying handmade signs from homeless people. He says it’s changed the way he sees the homeless. Willie is working on an art project he calls…
Discouraged Yes – Down and out No
I’m reviewing the June Employment Summary from the Bureau of Labor Statistics this morning. Overall, the report sounds pretty positive. “Payroll employment increases by 288,000 in June; unemployment rate declines to 6.1%.” But there’s one statistic I always look for…
33 years old and nothing to show for it
Here’s a painful note from one of my podcast listeners: “Dan, I am 33 years old and have nothing to show for it. Nine years after college, I have no job, no career. Just a couple of useless degrees .…
Want to get ahead – get fired first
Stanley Mason died in December of 2006 at the age of 84. In his last 50 years he invented over 100 inventions and 55 patents include the squeezable ketchup bottle, granola bars, heated pizza boxes, heatproof plastic microwave cookware, dental…
Imagine this….
Over the weekend Joanne was flipping channels and happened on to the beginning of the 1998 movie, You’ve Got Mail with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. In the movie Joe (Tom) opens one of his big bookstores right across the…
You aren’t good enough
This is a guest post by Zechariah Newman. Zechariah is a Figaro’s Pizza franchisee, writer, and speaker. You can follow him on Twitter or Facebook. If you’d like to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. You aren’t good enough. You…