Be sure to check out
the current 48 Days Success Story with Tina Tobin and her LuvemOrLeavem website. And right now Kimmie
Beasley from
Charleston
has her picture up on the Wanna
be Famous section of the 48Days.com site. Kimmie says
reading 48 Days helped her create her position as “virtual
spokesperson” for ViewThisHome.com.
If you want to bump one of these gals and have your picture on the
48Days.com site -- Tell us in 100 words or less how 48 Days or No More
Mondays has changed your life. We will feature one
success story each week!
Email it to: mysuccess@48Days.com
I’ll be speaking more in the next few weeks. I’d love
to meet you – just check the items in 48 Days Highlights
below to see if I’ll be in your area.
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“I
have the world’s best job. I get paid to hang out in my
imagination all day.” — Stephen King
Henry David Thoreau
once said: "A man had
better starve at once than lose his innocence in the process of
getting his bread."
Just doing a job cannot justify doing something unethical, immoral,
or dishonest. The guards in the German concentration camps, after
becoming friends with the prisoners, would often justify walking
them to the gas chambers with, "I'm
just doing my job."
I know we have all been inundated with the messy details of the
unraveling of Wall Street so I won’t bore you with more of
the same. However, hopefully we will learn the lessons from this
blatant example of what’s wrong with the common corporate
mentality. Greed, deceit, and a “culture of corporate
corruption” can never be justified.
Unfortunately, this is just one more historical example of moral
meltdown. When people at the top justify one little breach of
integrity and then compound it with another to cover the first,
there is no limit to what can be encouraged. Adolf Hitler, Jim
Jones and many others have served as models for leading
“normal” individuals to lose all ethical perspective
for the good of the cause. And the end result seems to be very
predictable --- devastation to thousands of innocent people.
Thomas Stanley, in his landmark book, “The Millionaire
Mind,” lists the top five factors most often displayed by
millionaires in explaining their economic success: (1) Integrity – being honest with
all people, (2) Discipline – applying self control, (3)
Social Skills – getting along with people, (4) A Supportive
Spouse, and (5) Hard Work. Notice the number one
characteristic – Integrity.
Without that, any “success” is likely to be
short-lived.
What is it
that you are justifying doing just because it's part of your job? Just
because you have the ability to do something is not enough reason
to continue doing it - if it violates your values and common sense.
If in the completion of your job or business, someone else is
ultimately made poorer or taken advantage of, you are in great
danger. (Prov 22:22-23) Stop immediately, no matter what it takes.
If your work doesn't express your true values, you're setting
yourself up for deceit in other areas of your life. And for the
invasion of ulcers, migraines, cancers as evidence of a less than
authentic life. In the movie Cool Hand Luke, a guard says, "I'm just doing my job. You gotta
appreciate that." And Paul Newman responds: "Nah, Calling it your job don't make
it right, boss." I agree.
(Incidentally, we all had to say goodbye to Paul Newman this week.
He appeared to be an actor with unusual integrity in real life as
well.)
The Hula Hoop turns 50
this year – at least as we know it. Actually, hoops were used
as toys, being pushed along with sticks over 3,000 years ago in
Egypt
.
Native Americans used hoops as a target for teaching accuracy in
hunting. But then in 1957 Richard Knerr and Arthur Melin of Wham-O
started marketing a lightweight plastic version of the Hula Hoop.
They sold over 100 million from January to October of 1958 at $1.98
each.
Knerr and Melin were not able to patent the Hula Hoop as it had
been around for many years. All they did was make it out of a new
material and then market it well. Which highlights a very important
point. I see people stuck in the “patenting” process
– wasting time and money on what may be an insignificant part
of their success.
Keep in
mind, most people put too much emphasis on developing their product
or idea, and not enough on Marketing. If you have a new invention:
2% of your challenge – Protecting your
Idea (Patent, Trademark, Copyright)
8% of your challenge – Is it a valid
idea or product?
90% of your challenge – What is your
Marketing Plan?
Most people spend too much initial time, energy
and money protecting their idea rather than selling or marketing
it.
Knerr and Melin did trademark the name Hula Hoop® and that became the recognized and requested name around the world.
What could you do with your idea – what could you do to tap
into the viral power of the masses? Remember the Pet Rock; the
Frisbee?
Each week I create a new online radio podcast
— that you can hear in iTunes or at the 48 Days Online Radio
Show link below.
Here's a sampling of the questions I tackled this week. One of my
pet peeves is hearing people discuss whether they should be in
"ministry" or a "secular" job. If those can't
go together I need to burn everything I've ever written. Question
#5 below gave me a chance to rant and rave once more.
1. I have a practical idea for a travel shower caddy, especially
useful for the camper, but I have absolutely no idea where to start
in having a prototype produced. Can you give me some advice?
2. Hi Dan - I have recently started my own business which provides
a very specialized service to a niche market. I have a list of
approximately 70 potential target companies in
Tennessee
. What is the best way
to approach these companies to introduce myself and the services I
provide?
3. What are the best ideas veteran teachers have come up with for
getting out of the classroom and still making a living? I am an
excellent teacher with on going resume building experiences in
education but I am tired of the "system" teachers have to
put up with.
4. There is a provision in my State's law that allows manicurists
to offer services to individuals in health facilities. I would like
to offer natural manicure/pedicure services to women recovering
from child birth in maternity wards at a few area hospitals using
nail polishes that are fume-free and safe for breast-feeding women.
Would love to hear your thoughts.
5. Hi Dan, I'm 48yrs. old, & approx. 1 yr ago, I left a good
job/benefits/salary in Corporate America to pursue something more
meaningful. I thought that I would pursue my calling into FT
Ministry or perhaps Seminary. 1 yr. later and I'm not in either.
I'm now considering teaching, but not sure. I'm running out of time
& $. Can you provide any insight?
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If you have a question, just click on the 48 Days Online Radio link
below and you can ask about
starting your own business, getting a better job, or finding your
purpose in life.
That’s the same place you can listen to this week’s
broadcast immediately – no downloading – no wait.
212ºConnection
If you’d like to be a group where you can get inspiration for
taking your ideas to a whole new level – check out our 212ºConnection. Every
day new people are becoming part of the exciting group –
sharing ideas and gaining momentum. You can read all about it here
– and see the growing number who are turning their ideas into
time freedom and income. 212ºConnection
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FishNet Live Concerts
On October 25th and November 1st I’ll be speaking at the FishNet Live concerts
along with Mandisa, Chantel Hobbs, Jeff Allen, Mary Mary and the
David Crowder Band. I’d be delighted to have you join us for
those events in
Woodbridge
and
Hampton
,
VA.
Just check the link here -- FishNet Live
Hold Fast to Dreams
Also, I’ll be speaking on “Hold Fast to Dreams” at
DiscoveryChurch
in
Orlando
,
FL
on October 6th at 7:00. You can get all the details for this event
that kicks off the next series of 48 Days to
the Work You Love Seminar at three
Orlando
locations in October.
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Personal coaching
Many of you are asking about my personal coaching. Yes, I still
work with 2-3 people a month. And yes, we get a lot of requests. I
screen each request and either contact you myself – or refer
you to a matching coach in our network. I take seriously the
confidence shown by the requests and make sure each one is given
personal attention. If you want to review the options and give me
some basic information I’ll be honored to evaluate it and
give you some feedback. Just go to Personal Coaching and
get started.
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”The
Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without
conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality,
Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics
without principles.” --
Mohandas Gandhi
”Good people do not need
laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a
way around the laws.” -- Plato
“Ours is a world of
nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we
know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. We
have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the
Mount.” -- General Omar Bradley
”Ethics, too, are nothing
but reverence for life. This is what gives me the fundamental
principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining,
promoting, and enhancing life, and that destroying, injuring, and
limiting life are evil.” – In Civilization and Ethics,
1949 -- Albert Schweitzer
”I have learned two lessons in my life: first, there are no
sufficient literary, psychological, or historical answers to human
tragedy, only moral ones. Second, just as despair can come to one
another only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to
one only by other human beings.” -- Elie Wiesel
”Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all
the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you
can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.” --
John Wesley
"Need to do
better (maybe a lot better?) with your personal finances? Is your
business as profitable, or enjoyable, as you'd like it to be?
Contact Chuck Bowen Coaching. If you want to transform your life
permanently for the better, he's your guy. Chuck serves as
President of our 212 Connection and oversees the business side of
that part of our business. 
