1. Have you ever known someone whose pessimism was so bad it required counseling? 2. What I am looking for is someone with the right size shoe to kick me out of my nest of complacency. 3. Is there a special strategy to find or start a mastermind group that is worth sticking with from absolute scratch? 4. What if I receive job offers for out-of-state positions when I really want to stay here? 5. I made out a list of 30-40 business ideas, what’s the process for narrowing those down and ultimately landing on one to pursue? Quotation “Poverty is not as much a lack of money as it is a lack of choice. But then that lack of choice is often only an illusion – the choice was there all along.” Dan Miller

1. Should I “dumb down” my resume in order to get a JOB? 2. I have ADD so I’ll always be poor. 3. What are the basic components of running a mastermind group? 4. Please share your definition and thoughts about taking a leap of faith. 5. Should I agree to train others what I do and ultimately lose my job? Quotation “Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy. For if you bake bread with indifference, you bake a bitter bread that feeds but half man’s hunger. And if you grudge the crushing of the grapes, your grudge distills a poison in the wine. And if you sing though as angels, and love not the singing, you muffle man’s ears to the voices of the day and the voices of the night.” Kahil Gibran, from “The Prophet”

1. Can I move from employee to independent contractor at my same company? 2. I am desperately trying to make a career change to escape the banking industry. 3. I am 26 years old who works at a factory and I can’t stand it anymore. 4. Can I have a real business with a “Life’s Beachy” theme?   Quotation “Without the rocks, the stream would lose its song.”  –Proverb 

1. I long to do work that matters, engages my whole being, and profits those around me. 2. I have been inspired to get out of a job that keeps me in an almost constant state of anxiety. 3. I fear my current friends and family will see my business as a joke or begging. 4. Will the 48 days process work just as well for seeking a part-time job as it will for full-time? 5. What is Success? Quotation In May of 1985 Jobs was effectively fired by John Sculley, who’d joined Apple from Pepsi as CEO. Steve Jobs was free to do his own thing. “The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.” — Steve Jobs, 2005

1. I got fired from my job in August 2013 and know it was the best thing that happened to me. 2. How do you go about handling your speaking fees and taxes? 3. I’ve been working for a company for over 20 years & need a change. 4. I’ve just come to terms that I don’t like sales. 5. I’ve always wanted to have start my own business, but the risk to my family scares my wife and me.

I won’t be doing that.  Here’s how I allocate my time to maintain high performance. Dans Weekly Schedule Monday  9:00 – 11:30  Blogs and guest posts, blog comments 1:00 – 3:30  Major manuscripts and product creation 3:30 – 6:30  Book forewords and endorsements Tuesday 9:00 – 10:00 48Days.net updates and member highlights 10:00 – 11:30 Coaching Mastery updates 11:30 – 1:00 Lunch Appointment 1:00 – 6:30  Coaching sessions Wednesday 9:00 – 11:30 Podcast recording 1:00 – 6:30  Radio and Podcast Interviews Thursday  9:00 – 10:00 Newsletter preparation 10:00 – 11:30  Staff meetings 11:30 – 1:00 Lunch Appointment 1:00 – 6:30 Misc apts, meetings, business catch up Friday 9:00 – 4:00  Major manuscripts and product creation 4:00 Massage – end of work week   Allocation of time (Based on 50 hour week) CREATING   50% — Research and Writing              (25 hrs)                  Guest Articles, magazines, websites, books, ebooks, manifestos New products, promotions, attending seminars and workshops SHARING   20% — Speaking, Teaching & Coaching             (10 hrs)                  Live Events, Paid speaking engagements, Civic presentations Lunch apts, Interviews – Radio, TV COMMUNICATING   15% — Email responses       (7.5 hrs)                 48Days.net comments and notes PLANNING   15% — Business Meetings                 (7.5 hrs)                     Bill Paying, Strategy, Making it Work