48 Days to the Work You Love Internet Radio Show

We can change how we see the world by changing who we are. I share my experience in rejecting my diagnoses of fibromyalgia, Hashimoto's disease and Epstein-bar. I've got 7 things I used to come back from extreme fatigue and burnout to vibrant energy and creativity. Questions: 1. How can I increase my productivity? 2. What if I'm experiencing burn-out? 3. Should I just decrease the amount of time I sleep to work on my side business? 4. Here are the 7 things I use to maintain optimal health - so then I have a shot at being maximally productive. Get direct links to the resources mentioned on this podcast, including my upcoming webinar, Finding Your Sweet Spot as well as a link to the functional medicine doctor who helped me out of a horrendous physical issue and where to find more on the Wimhof method, in the podcast show notes at https://www.48days.com/be-more-productive/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Questions: 1. Over 1,000,000 podcasts - thanks for keeping us in the top 1%. 2. What are Ten Characteristics of People who end up Rich? 3. Where will I find the time to accomplish my goals? 4. Join us for Think and Grow Rich Get direct links to the resources mentioned in this podcast in the show notes at https://www.48days.com/demand-the-best-for-yourself/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Fear is the cheapest room in the house - I'd like to see……" It's not unreasonable to experience fear in our lives. It can protect us in many ways. But we don't want it to be our dominant mindset. Keep fear in a very small basement room in your house and in the backseat of your car you're driving. Let's look at how to set your mind so fear is reduced and controlled. Questions: 1. How can I reduce fear in my life? 2. I wish the people around me were kinder. 3. I'm exhausted and lonely - what should I do? 4. How can I stop worrying about the pandemic? 5. What are Ten Characteristics of People who end up Rich? Get direct links to the resources mentioned in this podcast, including my recommended reading list in the show notes at https://www.48days.com/reduce-fear/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is often true that we teach best what we've experienced ourselves. Dave Ramsey went broke - now he teaches other people how to avoid making the financial mistakes he made. I went through a major business crash - and now I help others figure out how to navigate unexpected career and business changes. A listener shares his story of overcoming problematic drinking and now others are asking him to help them. Questions: 1. "Why is it so hard to figure out the "what" in choosing a small business to start?" 2. I'm at an impasse and don't know where to take my skills. 3. I have had NUMEROUS interviews that they seemed excited and then all of a sudden, it flops. 4. I want to strike it on my own but I have this fear of not getting any business. 5. I am retiring from the government after 31 years and have started a leadership consulting business. It just so happens that I retire "48 days" from today. I am looking for some simple checklist items to follow to cover the bases to get this going in the right direction. To get direct links to the resources mentioned on this podcast, including a list of 5 books that impacted me the most in 2020, go to the podcast show notes at https://www.48days.com/sorrow-unmasked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many people assume they will be generous as soon as they get wealthy with all their bills paid, retirement funded and the kids' college funds in place. But giving first may in fact be the door opener to wealth. Our potential for wealth is not shown in our bank account as much as it is in the attitude of our heart. Questions: 1. How are you giving in creative ways this Christmas? 2. How can you be generous even if you're not rich? 3. Who is someone who has been generous to you? 4. Are you as good at receiving as you are at giving? Get direct links to the resources mentioned on the podcast, including the Goal Setting Workbook and the Life Alignment Quiz in the show notes at https://www.48days.com/be-generous-first/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I know what your life will be like 3 years from now! All I need to do is spend a day with you and: Listen to what you say Watch what you do Your words and your actions will tell me exactly where you are going to be three years from now Questions: 1. What are your thoughts on using a Book/Writer Coach? 2. I have pursued my passion and it hasn't amounted to anything sustainable. (Should I pursue a career even if I don't have a passion for it?) 3. This year with Covid and all the challenges that have come with it made me realize that it was time to make a change. (I'm going to give you a question that will determine what your life will be like three years from today.) Get direct links to the resources mentioned in the podcast, including the Life Alignment Quiz and the link to the free webinar, Unwrap Your Dream of Becoming a Best-Selling Author in the show notes at https://www.48days.com/predict-your-future/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I recently had an experience that rocked my thinking. I thought I had left an inspiring office at our old house and that I'd have to settle for just a functional room at our new house. And then I experienced something that made me question - in what other areas of my life have I assumed this is as good as it gets? Questions: 1. Are you looking for security - or freedom? 2. Are you thinking like a turkey or an eagle? 3. Which of these 10 traits describe you? 4. How my prized bronze eagle came to life. Get direct links to the resources mentioned on this podcast, including a video on the making of the bronze Eagle, Athena, as well as the list of 10 traits of an Eagle in the podcast show notes here: https://www.48days.com/security-or-freedom/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of my pet peeves is seeing people who want to get a new job or start a new business who are buying programs, going to expensive conferences, paying for software and web design, joining expensive masterminds for an extended period of time - and not making money. Always getting ready. "Getting cooked in the squat" as Zig Ziglar told in his story. Questions: 1. How can we keep our traditional education establishments from choking out our youth's creativity and innovation? 2. How can we learn to love uncertainty? 3. What do you recommend for a guy that likes his job but realizes there is no future in the company? 4. What do you predict in terms of changing work models for this brave new world? 5. Why can't I listen to my wife and just be content with what is successful. Get direct links to the resources mentioned on the podcast, including the 18 questions to ask yourself to determine if you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur, in the show notes at https://www.48days.com/cooked-in-the-squat/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is a concept called "confirmation bias" which means we tend to find information that supports what we already believe. While we'd like to think our opinions are based on rational analysis, the truth is our opinions are more likely the result of years of paying attention to information that supports our current beliefs. I tell a story that made me question my own ability to recognize "truth". Questions: 1. Here are my suggestions for brands to be associated with 48 Days 2. But I don't have 15 hours a week with everything I'm doing now. 3. How would you choose life vs career? Find the show notes at https://www.48days.com/truth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you crawl out of bed, grab a cup of coffee, jump in your car, and scream at drivers holding you up - you've set the stage for the kind of day you will have. Fortunately, there is an alternative. Follow the steps I lay out here to guarantee a positive, productive day. Questions: 1. What I enjoy most is playing board games like Ticket to Ride. Can I get a job doing this? 2. Why are you not endorsing products on your podcast anymore? 3. Could you share your morning routine and how you plan your day? 4. Do you have any suggestions on how to stand out from others during an interview that is in a virtual setting? 5. How do you see the Covid-19 Pandemic affecting the way jobs are for the long-term? 6. How would you choose life vs career? Get direct links to the resources mentioned on the podcast, including the sign up for next week's masterclass, 7 Ways To Get Your Life Back in 2021, in the podcast show notes at https://www.48days.com/productive-day/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A listener asks if an average person with average abilities can really make a difference. You should be able to identify five people who have made a big difference in your life. Are you on anyone else's list? You really can make a dent in the universe today? We unpacked just one question in this episode - because it has such massive implications. PLUS: My recommendation for president Get direct links to the resources mentioned on this podcast, including the Free 2021 Goal Setting Workbook and the upcoming webinar: 7 Ways To Get Your Life Back In 2021 in the show notes at https://www.48days.com/make-a-difference/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People approach me every day with what could be the next greatest Hula Hoop, self-directing Frisbee, time management system, dog training trick, or best-selling book. Often these people brag about having so many great ideas that they have not been able to narrow down and develop even one. And therein lies the challenge. If you have lots of great ideas and you've been doing research for the last five years – I'll guarantee you nothing has been added to your bank account. Ideas are plentiful and don't put money in anyone's pocket. But the idea that's combined with a clear plan of action can change your life. Questions: I have wanted to share a business idea with you and your team to get some assistance and advice but I'm afraid once it's public someone with funding will grab my idea and run with it. I want my wife to turn her hobby into a business but she's resisting. What should I do? Should I get a business loan? Should I help my adult son with special needs start his own business? Get direct links to the resources mentioned on the podcast, including the link to join Dan's 48 Days Eagles Monday Mentor Call on Car Hacking, in the podcast show notes at: https://www.48days.com/business-idea/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Crystal and Mark Victor Hansen show us why asking for help make you appear smarter and more likable. I share my story about asking Mark for help years ago - and how that opened the door to millions of dollars for me. Questions: Are you trying to be self-sufficient? Are you depriving yourself of resources that could transform your success? Have you seen how freely children ask for help? What do you think you "deserve"? What are the roadblocks that are keeping you from asking? What is your responsibility when you ask God for help? Get the direct link to get the free ebook, How To Be Up In Down Times in the show notes at https://www.48days.com/asking-for-help/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maybe you don't deserve a better life? If you've ever thought that, you may be creating our own reality. But be sure you're living your own life, not the life you think others expect of you. Embrace what you know about yourself to find that authentic path. Questions: How can a person get past self sabotaging everything they try to do? When the pandemic started and all our business shut down. What should we do now? Dan: wondering on what you would call retirement How do I go about finding out about the market/need of specific leather items I can make? Why don't I hear more about a franchise opportunity being a good Idea from folks like you? I know that it would be virtually impossible to replace my current salary of over $200k if I followed my passion. Plus a little commentary about the new movie The Social Dilemma Get direct links to the resources mentioned in the podcast, including my 11-page workbook Who Are You and Why Are You Here in the podcast show notes at https://www.48days.com/self-sabotage/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I love this question and the answer comes from looking inward first. Knowing yourself well is the key to knowing if your current job has the potential to be meaningful, productive and profitable work. Changing yourself does hold more potential than most people realize. Questions: 1. Should I change myself or change my job? What are 3 actions to fast-tracking my new business? What is the best way to own a domain so I don't have to pay annual fees? I have daughter who currently attends college but seems uncertain about what subject she is studying and what direction she is going. What advice can you offer? I want to switch to real estate but don't know how to sell. How can I learn that? For direct links to the resources mentioned on this podcast, including 8 questions to help you mine your own acres of diamonds, check out the show notes here: https://www.48days.com/change-myself/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I heard a story recently about a dog, straining at his leash, barking ferociously at a cat about 15 feet away. All of his actions just screamed, "Turn me loose, and I'm gonna make things happen." All of a sudden, in the midst of a powerful lunge, the leash snapped and the dog was free to go attack the cat. But he looked astonished, frightened, actually terrified. He quickly grabbed the leash, ran back to the torn section and whipped it together in a triple knot. Then he could again safely scream, "If only you turned me loose you'd see what I am capable of." A whole lot of you have discovered a "broken leash" this year. What are you doing with that freedom? Questions: 1. When will your Sabbath Musings be available? 2. If only I was unemployed! 3. What advice do you have regarding health insurance for the self-employed? 4. If I'm good at presenting can I find opportunities to make money? Get direct links to the resources mentioned on the podcast in the show notes at https://www.48days.com/leash-and-obstacles/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a rare time when I have an outside guest - actually two today. Mark Timm and Kevin Harrington share their experiences of seeing opportunities that others miss. And even more importantly how to be rich in your family as well as your business. You'll find clues like how to have more "aggressive curiosity" and how to spot "blue ocean" possibilities. Interview with Mark Timm and Kevin Harrington on their new book: Mentor to Millions: Secrets of Success in Business, Relationships, and Beyond Key Points: Determine if your next business opportunity has potential, while virtually eliminating fear from the decision, using four of Kevin's processes. Deals must be fair for everyone - not a win/lose Develop a strong mentor-mentee relationship with your children––plus, the lessons Mark passed on to help his children launch, plan, and fulfill their own dreams and purposes. Find the right mentor to guide you Increase your success in your business and at home Get direct links to the resources and bonuses mentioned in this podcast in the show notes at https://www.48days.com/mentor-to-millions/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well this is a new one. I don't recall ever getting a note that talking about losing a job in 48 Days. From the tone of the note I doubt it was work she loved. But if that happens to you, now you have a fresh experience of having gotten that job, and the added insights about why it didn't work out. See this as a new opportunity to find - or create - work that blends your talent, passion and money. Questions: 1. The idea of a 3 am list of friends is great, but it's so far removed from my reality. 2. How can I sell my course when my audience is kids? 3. I've written 3 children's books - My prayer and desire is to be able to work from home without having to just go to a job. 4. Today 48 days into my new job I was fired. Feeling helpless right now. Get direct links to the resources mentioned in this podcast, include the classic Acres of Diamonds in the podcast show notes at https://www.48days.com/fired-and-helpless/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No it's really not. In this episode I contrast the theories outlined in Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell and Range by David Epstein. It seems that people who are extraordinarily successful often experiment with a whole lot of things before they find their best fit. The old theory that you have to start when you're three years old and put in your 10,000 hours may not be true. So it's not too late if you're in your 30s, 40s or 50s to find what you're that sweet spot where your talent, passion and money come together. Questions: 1. I'm in my 30s and am just finding my passion. Is it too late to become known as an expert in my area? 2. My workplace has stopped taking temperatures of employees every day. How can I feel safe? 3. Did you personally ever struggle with a bad attitude that needed correcting, that stinking thinking? 4. I've been looking for a new direction but have now discovered I love what I do.What should I do now? 5. I'm planning to launch some courses about investing for women and I need to grow an email list first. Would love some ideas/thoughts/tips etc? Get direct links to the resources mentioned on this podcast, including the workbook to develop your own mission statement, Pat Flynn's podcasting tutorial and the 48 Marketing Tips in the show notes at https://www.48days.com/too-late-to-be-successful/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you have a list of friends you could call at 3:00 AM who would be willing to help you out if you really needed it? Would your Facebook friends, Twitter followers or LinkedIn connections be willing to help you? Listen in as we discuss the time tested process for increasing your impact, influence and opportunities for success. Questions: 1. How can I increase my influence, impact and opportunities for success? 2. How can I build a brand that other people will recognize? 3. How can I build a 3:00 AM list? Get direct links to the resources mentioned on this podcast, including the 8 Questions To Ask Yourself to Mine Your Own Acres of Diamonds and Unearth the Opportunities that Exist In Your Life in the podcast show notes at https://www.48days.com/increase-your-influence/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some people feel trapped in the current unexpected circumstances of this crazy year. Others are finding opportunities in what most people see as a "crisis." Listen in to stories about people like Savannah Bananas owner Jesse Cole who asked, "Why is baseball a seasonal sport? Why can't we play baseball 365 days a year?" Challenging old traditions may uncover your new opportunity as well. Finding unexpected opportunities in what most people see as a "crisis" Questions: 1. "I just hate Mondays so much. I always feel a bit off when I have to start my work by coming in to my job, because I just hate it so much" 2. I was wondering if you think your book would have value for a retired person who is feeling "at loose ends" and wants to be more anchored and focussed? 3. My husband and I have been trying to figure out how to find success. So many things have failed and now we're in our mid 40's 4. Dan, am I guilty of "overreading?" 5. What is the ethical way to leave my current company and take clients with me? Get direct links to the resources mentioned on the podcast, including the Entrepreneur Readiness Quiz and 48 Low Cost Business Ideas in the show notes at https://www.48days.com/unexpected-opportunities/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nearly everyone who has accomplished something great was told that along the way. Often people who have had unusual challenges or disadvantages end up doing big things. Is it possible that your greatest opportunity is right next to your greatest obstacle? Listen to what some big Dreamers had to overcome to bring their dreams to life and then ask yourself if you are on the path to accomplishing your big dream? Questions: 1. Why am I struggling so much? 2. Why was I cursed with having ADD? 3. I just got fired - what am I supposed to do now? 4. People are laughing at my dream - should I just give up? Get direct links to the resources mentioned in this podcast, including the How To Guide To Create Your Own Mission Statement and Build Your Dream in the show notes at https://www.48days.com/bring-your-dream-to-life/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kim thinks maybe God is using her as an example of having to be totally dependent on Him. I'm pretty confident our mindset and expectation are more powerful factors than God's desire to micromanage us. Questions: 1. Why is God keeping me poor?. 2. How can I use public domain books in my business? 3. What is the best way to get on podcast shows? 4. Do you need to spend money to make money? Plus responses to the Stages of Life and an invitation to The Dreamer Documentary. Get direct links to the resources mentioned in this podcast in the podcast show notes at https://www.48days.com/mindset-or-god/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some listeners are discouraged based on the Stages of Life we discussed last week, feeling like they are behind the game and may never catch up. I remind you I was thrilled to get back up to zero net worth at age 53. It was then I started doing the things I'm known for today. Questions: 1. What if you have multiple business ideas?. 2. How should I proceed with my invention related to guitars? 3. What is the biggest advantage in today's market place to help us make money? 4. I'm trying to figure out what I can offer that people would pay for. 5. I already work 2 jobs, how do I work on other aspects of my business when my time is so limited? Get direct links to the resources mentioned on this podcast, including the Dreamer Documentary in the show notes at https://www.48days.com/stages-of-life/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A lady's question recently make me pause and think? With a little research, I discovered some traits we all want to display that could in fact make us be seen as "pastors." Questions: 1. I'm in my mid-50s and a lifelong photographer. Unfortunately, photography is now a super saturated field and very low paying. 2. Where can I get training on becoming a bookkeeper? 3. What's the best way to market my "how to" process on paying for college by only using scholarships? 4. How to become a "pastor" to everyone you meet. Get direct links to the resources mentioned on this podcast, including the Entrepreneur Readiness Quiz at https://www.48days.com/are-you-a-pastor/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you looking over your shoulder longing for the good ole days? Do you think you've had your biggest accomplishments? Let's look at the dangers of having a bigger past than future - no matter what your age. Get direct links to the resources mentioned on this podcast, including the free masterclass registration, in the show notes at https://www.48days.com/bigger-future/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week I received the most amazing testimonial story I've ever received. A teenage girl who has been in a wheelchair for four years, read 48 Days to the Work You Love, got inspired, hopeful and began walking with the aid of only a walker. The power of belief opens our eyes, ears, minds and spirits to a bigger future. Questions: 1. Can I buy and sell cars to make money? 2. I'm looking for a meaningful career after COVID-19 3. Now at 47 Im ready for a new challenge but not sure how to start again. 4. I'm a pharmacist but now making money in new ways. Get direct links to the resources mentioned on this podcast, including the link to claim your bonuses after purchasing the 20th Anniversary Edition of 48 Days To the Work (and Life) You Love in the podcast show notes at https://www.48days.com/can-your-belief-take-you-this-far/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Seven Pillars of Wisdom, T.E. Lawrence says, "There are dreamers, but not all human beings dream equally. Some are dreamers of the night, who in the dusty recesses of their mind dream and wake in the morning to find it was just vanity. But the Dreamers of the Day are dangerous people because they act their dreams into reality with open eyes." Questions: 1. What if we offered an Eagle's Nest for "Entrepreneurial Pastors"? 2. Should I just go back to being a worker and employee somewhere? 3. How can I sell more financial advice books to teenagers? 4. Long story short: I work at a job I hate. Get direct links to the resources mentioned in the podcast, including the Life You Love Quiz in the show notes at https://www.48days.com/dreamer/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A listener says she's been waiting for over two years for that lightbulb moment that "makes you light up or feels like sunshine on your face every day." Here are some steps for moving from "hoping" to that clarity. Questions: 1. Should I wait out my miserable job until my business is profitable? 2. Any advice for the desperately hopeful? 3. My biggest problem in working for myself has been the lack of structure and loneliness. 4. I'm a career counselor at a university and make $39,000 a year. I enjoy my work but my wife is not happy. 5. How can I evaluate personal development programs as being right for me? Get direct links to the resources mentioned on this podcast, including the quiz to determine if you're ready to be a coach, in the podcast show notes at https://www.48days.com/finding-clarity/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A pastor wants to know if he should just "stomach" the church to keep from jeopardizing his income. The challenge is - you cannot do good work if you don't enjoy the work you're doing. So nobody wins. Everyone is being cheated on the joy that comes from doing work you love. Questions: 1. I'm starting a business providing training and consulting to other companies. How important is it for me to incorporate vs. just operating as a sole proprietor? 2. What do you do when you have more work and clients than you want? 3. I'm a new loan officer and the job is 100% commission. Should I just go out and get a job so that I have regular income even though that means I will have little time to put into the loan position? Or, is there some trick to making 100% commission work faster? 4. How can I monetizing reading to kids? 5. I'm a 55-year-old pastor and have lost my passion for this position. Should I stay and just stomach the church because of the significant income? Get direct links to the resources mentioned on this podcast, including the "Work You Love Quiz" in the show notes at https://www.48days.com/passion-is-gone Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Too many people look at their life through the rear view mirror - simply looking back at what has already happened. You can create the future you want by developing a clear vision, and a plan of action. Today's episode is filled with tools to help you do just that. 3 parts to this podcast episode: Announcing the 20th Anniversary Edition of 48 Days Good News Vision - interview with Michael Hyatt Points Covered with Michael: What is Vision? Isn't Vision just optimism? How does creating Vision compliment dreaming? Why do distractions often look like opportunities? How does Vision give you an edge? Get direct links to the resources mentioned in this podcast, including the bonus resources for the new 48 Days To the Work (and Life) You Love and Michael Hyatt's Vision Drive Leader resources, in the podcast show notes at https://www.48days.com/clear-vision Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A listener says he's been living a lie. He knows what to do, but is afraid of failing, so he does nothing. I've got a radical recommendation for him. Points Covered: 1. Can I teach another company's principles? 2. I've lived a lie for most of my life. 3. How would you advise my 23 year old son to launch himself out into the world and look for opportunities rather than dwell on the doom and gloom and admittedly real limitations…? 4. I don't know what I'm good at other than being a classroom teacher. 5. What are your thoughts for creating a YouTube channel as a means of doing that? Get direct links to the resources mentioned in the podcast, including Rejection Therapy and the Dave Ramsey listener video in the podcast show notes at https://www.48days.com/afraid Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I have a little trick to remind me of something multiple times a day. It lifts my spirit, makes me more active, improves my marriage, and adds to the love I have for my work. I hope you've got a little stone in your life. Points Covered: 1. Doing this will make you want to exercise more. 2. Want to feel better about your life - do this. 3. Here's a tip to get a promotion and a raise. 4. Why I carry a stone in my pocket. Get direct links to the resources mentioned in the podcast, including the Entrepreneur's Checklist in the show notes at https://www.48days.com/my-gratitude-stone/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a time of uncertainty - of people once again discovering they didn't have security in a job but only the illusion of that. And thus we'll see a whole lot of them become "accidental entrepreneurs." Do you have these six characteristics that would allow you to be an entrepreneur? Questions: 1. What are the six traits absolutely necessary to be successful as an entrepreneur? 2. How early can we see the clues of entrepreneurship in children? 3. What are the dangers of trying to follow in Mom or Dad's career paths? 4. How do I narrow down from having lots of ideas? 5. Is it still possible to find a good mentor? Get direct links to the resources mentioned on this podcast including the Free Entrepreneurial Assessment and 16-Day Challenge in the show notes at https://www.48days.com/have-what-it-takes-entrepreneur/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A recent Harvard Business School study asked the question, "What are the top characteristics of high achievers?" Of course, in the list were things like intelligence, education, and attitude. But at the very top of the list one thing stood out --- Speed Of Implementation-- having the ability to act quickly. 80% of decisions should be made immediately. Questions: 1. I need more income options. I am not looking for get-rich-quick, however, I have extra time, especially these days and I could make use of some extra money. 2. I have a brand new book that was just published. What tips do you have for getting the marketing word out there. 3. How can I be more decisive? Get the direct links to the resources mentioned in this podcast PLUS Dan's two-week process for being more decisive in the podcast show notes at https://www.48days.com/how-can-i-be-more-decisive/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The changes created by this current "crisis" have awakened a whole lot of people to new possibilities. Many are now wondering if they really could do something that embraces their real passions. In this episode, we explore what it takes to step out of the traditional work model. Questions: 1. I am a senior. I have not received my stimulus check. Please help??? 2. I want to act and speak but it's a constant hustle and I really want to make a decent living because I'm 53 and tired of living paycheck to paycheck. 3. I don't want a job. I want to produce my musical! We're honoring our ENTREPRENEURIAL MOMS this Mother's Day Week! Get direct links to the resources mentioned in this podcast, including the Creativity Guide, Free Webinar Sign Up and Questions To Ask Yourself To Determine If You Have What It Takes To Be an Entrepreneur, in the podcast show notes here: https://www.48days.com/traditional-job/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Building a business is very much like putting a puzzle together. We begin with a clear picture of the end goal, we work on little pieces while knowing they have to fit into the end result, we collaborate with others and compliment them, our brain releases dopamine with our little wins to encourage us on, and many more benefits occur. You might even find your great idea while working on a puzzle. Questions: 1. Coronavirus scams directed at work-at-home opportunities. 2. Why I enjoy jigsaw puzzles 3. I'm a physician with lots of credentials and feel it's time to transition to the vocation that is a match for my unique abilities, talents, and work-style. 4. I dread speaking but love speaking. What's wrong with me? 5. Can I use a quotation from a copywriter book in my own book? Get direct links to the resources mentioned in this podcast, including Ruth Soukup's Free Fear Assessment and the Linked In Learning courses available PLUS the Ten Characteristics of People Who End Up Rich, in the show notes at https://www.48days.com/feeling-stuck-jigsaw-puzzle/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It doesn't matter if you're a teacher, a stay-at-home Mom, a pastor, an artist, an author, an advocate for better schools, if you have your own cookie shop or manufacturing plant or if you have a job at Nissan - You have a message to share. Knowing how to communicate that message well can open doors of opportunity, and increase your income. Questions this week: 1. What's the best way to speak with confidence? 2. How do I make my message memorable? 3. How can I use my story as part of my message? 4. Can I really get paid to speak? Get direct links to the resources mentioned in this podcast, including 9 Ways To Get Paid as a Speaker by Kent Julian in the show notes at https://www.48days.com/message/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many of our most valuable inventions and new business models came out of times of crisis. Don't just wait for this to be over. Use this time to examine your life and career. Decide now what parts of the old "normal" you want to continue. Questions: 1. I want to set some family goals with my wife about where we want our lives to go, but I feel like I can't have that conversation until this corona virus quarantine is over. How do I handle this? 2. I've had people tell me I should write a blog, and I miss writing but I dropped it when an unexpected teaching opportunity came up. 3. What more can I do to get this job? The 3 Things to Do Right Now as an Eagle 1. Examine your business or career 2. Create positive new habits 3. Learn new things Get direct links to all the side biz opportunities and Dan's recommended reading list in the show notes at https://www.48days.com/three-things-to-move-forward-now/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We didn't choose these circumstances. We didn't choose this time in history. We didn't choose our family tree. We didn't get to choose those - but we do get to choose HOW we live. We can choose to live well in spite of what's happening. People throughout history have lived through plagues, economic depressions, and weather disasters. They survived and thrived. We so can we. Questions: I am currently working a job that I very much do not like. It is very incongruent to what I believe are some of my giftings. But it is a job and it pays the bills. What way(s) have you found the most effective to kickstart a new business? I am 60 years old I have been working at a government job for over 25 years and very rarely have I got to use what I am really good at. I think I like the idea of my position more than I like do it, but I really want to know what I'm good at and what jobs fit better. Summary Points: Take the free course - The Science of Well-Being Listen to good music to reduce your stress Talk to 1000 people to kickstart your business Time and location freedom are byproducts of your WHY. Remember - "Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right."― Henry Ford Get direct links to the resources mentioned in this podcast, including Kent Sanders' 52 Ways To Unlock Your Creativity in the show notes at https://www.48days.com/choose/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joanne Miller joins me for this important conversation. Times of pain can also be our times of fastest growth - if we acknowledge it, own it, and use it. Create a plan of action for making your home stronger and better than ever before. Questions: 1. Are you in survival mode or reinvention mode? 2. Is it possible to have a peaceful home right now? 3. Do you really want to go back to "normal?" 4. Maybe the fear is just tuition for the learning you're getting. 5. What are five things we can do to strengthen our home in this crisis? Get the resources mentioned in this podcast, including the free download of how to Create a Sense of Peace in your home and the Scary Times Success Manual in the show notes here: https://www.48days.com/peace-at-home/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you can win the morning you win the day! How we spend the first 90 minutes of each day sets the stage for what that day will bring. Here's a process for Movement, Meditation and Mastery. Questions: 1. Has it ever been this bad before? 2. How do sea turtles survive or die? 3. What are three things to do every morning? 4. What's more important than your products or services right now? Key points this week: Focus on your relationships more than your products or services right now If you can win the morning, you can win the day A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor The person who can do the most to protect and improve your future is the person you see in the mirror each morning Get direct links to the resources mentioned on this podcast, including a free download of Acres of Diamonds in the show notes at https://www.48days.com/win-the-day/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nathaniel Hawthorne went home to tell his wife that he had just been fired from his job. "Good," she said. "Now you can write your book." Hawthorne used the time to write "The Scarlet Letter," one of the great masterpieces of American literature. Maybe your unexpected job loss is opening the door to a greater opportunity. Questions: 1. How can I start my day with confidence rather than doom and gloom? 2. Why is it that some people dream and their lives never change while others dream and walk into new successes every day? 3. What should I be doing while I'm unemployed? 4. I'm 60 years old and have been on SS disability - what can I do now? 5. How can I break out of a paycheck mentality and do something on my own? Get direct links to the resources mentioned in the podcast, including link to get 60 days of 48 Days Eagles Membership for $1.00 in the podcast show notes at https://www.48days.com/create-your-future/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you're providing the same product or service as 20 other competitors, how can you make yourself stand out? Here we look at ways to find a niche, how to be distinctive, and how to find an industry need. And above all - "Be so good they can't ignore you." Questions: 1. Now the door is open for me but I'm not sure how to market myself as a professional. 2. What is Dan Miller's definition of a coach? 3. I KNOW that entrepreneurship holds so much promise but I'm wondering if maybe it just doesn't matter how positive and passionate you are; people are determined to keep us in our little box and I can't find the way out. Is there really any hope for us? 4. How should I manage the relationship between being their pastor versus being a coach and charging them for my services? 5. Here's my latest product. Get direct links to the resources mentioned in this podcast, including 10 Side Biz Ideas in the show notes at https://www.48days.com/distinct-advantage/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My guest for this episode is Tommy Breedlove. We're talking about his personal transformation and the principles in his book Legendary. Yes, you can live a life that will be remembered. It's not what you have in the bank, but the person you are, starting today. Questions: 1. Do you want to live your life, or will you continue living your past story? 2. What are the three components of finding our purpose? 3. What is an "abundant mindset"? 4. How do we attract and develop relationships with the people we want in our Inner Circle? 5. Why is practicing gratitude so important? Get direct links to the resources mentioned in this podcast, including Tommy's free outline on how to map out your own legendary life in the show notes at https://www.48days.com/finding-your-purpose/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A listener asks: "Why can't I just be satisfied with what I have?" Some of us aren't cut out to do the same thing year after year. Embrace your desire for change, challenge and variety. Don't try to find the one thing you're going to do for the next 30 years. Yes, be clear about what you want your life to look like 10 years - 20 years from now. But just have a clear plan for the next 2-3 years in your work - that's likely to change. Questions: What's wrong with me! Why can't I just be satisfied with what I have? It began in elementary school, I didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up…now I'm 50 and I still don't. I have an IT certification but its been 5 months and I have only clinched one interview that didn't lead to an offer. Get direct links to the resources mentioned in the podcast, including the free webinar in the show notes at https://www.48days.com/be-satisfied/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You can have amazing success in creating your own "family" relationships with people where you don't share blood - but you share hearts and minds. If you're all alone - yes need to work on that family area. But don't feel that you have to limit great relationships to those with whom you do not share the same goals and dreams. Questions: 1. Is taking a sales position good preparation for eventually being an entrepreneur? 2. Is it ok to let go of some of my past friends? 3. What are your suggestions to find the right city, state & work for the life we want to have? 4. How can I be successful in "family" if I have no family relationships? Get direct links to the resources mentioned in the podcast, including my 10 Tips for Getting Maximum Value For a Conference in the show notes at https://www.48days.com/family-relationships/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A frustrated listener wants to know how to find his passion. I encourage him to pursue the things that touch his heart and to recognize that passion is more "developed" than "discovered." But without passion you won't engage the talents of people around you and ultimately, you'll burn out. Questions: 1. I can't find my passion and it frustrates me to keep hearing about it 2. How can I be intentional about cultivating an Abundance Mindset? 3. My wife thinks I have to have everything together in my life before I could be a coach. 4. Should I create a product for a big or small audience? Get direct links to the resources mentioned on the podcast, including the quiz to help you determine if you're ready to be a coach in the show notes at https://www.48days.com/find-my-passion/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I think we often create an artificial dichotomy in which we divide what is "spiritual" and what is "secular." We don't leave work to go do ministry. Our work is the best opportunity we have for living out our calling and for engaging in true ministry. What we're doing on Thursday tells much more about how we can serve others well than seeing how we spend a few minutes on Sunday morning. A 20-yr-old listener's question frames this episode. Questions: 1. Should I do what I want or what God wants me to do? 2. How can I build a name for myself without being egotistical? 3. I love selling real estate but feel like I should be doing more Godly work. 4. If God has a calling and purpose for me does that mean I have to be a pastor or missionary? 5. I feel guilty because the work I'm most passionate about is not Godly. Get direct links to the resources mentioned in this podcast as well as the three-part assignment to help you live out your calling in the show notes here https://www.48days.com/living-out-our-calling/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When we're feeling down it's easy to overlook our greatest assets. This gentleman has a long history of sales - until his wife's health issues caused a time gap. Now he's 63 with no income and is desperate to break the cycle. The bad news is, he's currently out of work. The good news is, there is no skill more powerful for quickly generating income than selling. Questions: 1. If the company website says No Calls - what should I do? 2. Are you familiar with Gretchen Rubin's 4 Tendencies? 3. Do think I could do a compilation of stories about the Amish? 4. I'm broke and broken - How does one find work that best aligns with their God-given skills with a short timetable? 5. How can we get more sales of our dog collars from our online store? Get direct links to the resources mentioned in the podcast, including a free download of 40 Ways To Make Money As A Musician By James Divine in the show notes at https://www.48days.com/how-do-i-move-forward/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices