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…
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Your Application Scares Us….
I’ve seen every shape, color and creative package of resumes and job applications possible – but never one that actually scared me. But recently, emergency crews at Eastern Illinois University evacuated a building after a campus postal carrier discovered a…
Don’t wish for this “misfortune”
Joanne just picked up a couple of Walden, by Henry David Thoreau, for me at a yard sale. It’s a massively big book so every night I’ve been reading through some of the short essays. Thoreau said this: “I see young men,…
I can’t afford to follow my dream – really??
Business Start-Up, Entrepreneur, Financial Freedom, Finding Passion, Just a Job, No More Mondays, Wisdom meets PassionBy Dan Miller14 Comments
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…
You could have lunch with Warren Buffet
The annual eBay auction for lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffet ended a few days ago with the top bid coming in from a man from Singapore named Andy Chua, at more than double last year’s bid of just over…
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…
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…
Oh Lord won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz…
This last week Joanne and I spent a few days at Whitestone Inn, one of our favorite get-aways. For some people, it would be too quiet, too remote and too unconnected. For us, it’s just right. We even chose the Mockingbird…
Nail the phone interview
As companies desperately try to screen through candidates in today’s work environment, we are seeing more and more telephone screening interviews prior to a face-to-face meeting. Here are some tips to maximize your success: A. Stand up when taking the…