48 Days To The Work You Love Internet Radio Show

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?

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

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 http

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 1