What if I don’t want a Mercedes?
Am I thinking too small? Is the goal to always want more? If I’m content with what I have does it mean I have an “upper limit challenge?” No – success is defined by much more than how big our…
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Why did your life turn out this way?
Are We Products Of Our Environments or Products of Our Expectations? In this episode we have an astounding story of two brothers who turned out very differently. Both raised in the same environment but they made very different choices for…
Can I survive with a passion or mission-based business?
James wonders if he can take his mission-based business idea and make it work. My response is that any business you consider should be a passion-based/mission-based business!! The only way you can maintain a business is if it blends your…
I want to just serve – not make money …
A common statement from talented people is that they feel guilty charging for something they are passionate about and that comes so easily for them. So is it better to do something you don’t care about as a means of…
I make over $100,000 a year and I’m not happy…
How Do You Measure Success? A listener feels stuck. He’s making a lot of money but feels no sense of fulfillment in the work he’s doing. Guess what? With that success he’s not stuck. With the life experience he has…
Winning for God – losing at home?
God’s Work Vs. Family Responsibility – What if I’m doing something worthwhile in a non-profit organization but my wife resents it? Isn’t doing meaningful service always a good thing? No, our first responsibility is to our own family – not…
How can I stop feeling guilty about making easy money?
Should we feel guilty about making easy money? Heidi is feeling guilty because she’s still making money from writing she did four years ago. Somehow it just feels too easy to make money without doing any hard work. Let’s look…
10 Steps to an “education,” jobs and wealth
Do you need a college degree to get ahead today? That’s one of the hottest topics out there and a continuing question I am being asked. (I included a new chapter in the revision of 48 Days to the Work…
Aren’t goals that don’t produce income a waste of time?
A listener wonders why he should spend time on something he loves if it doesn’t move the needle financially. But yes, there are many worthy goals that are helping make our lives better – even if they aren’t changing our…
Your Success is Guaranteed – If You Do This
Invest In Yourself “Here is a rule that will guarantee your success – and possibly make you rich: Invest 3 percent of your income back into yourself.” That’s great advice from Brian Tracy. I’m going to show you the formula…