48 Days to the Work You Love Internet Radio Show

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 c...

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 mean...

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 fo...

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 lac...

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 inc...

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 Po...

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 a...

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 carr...

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...

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...

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...

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. Q...

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...

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 v...

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 current...

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. M...

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...

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 gl...

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 coac...

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...

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...

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...

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 intention...

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-ol...

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 websit...