Creative Slump or Need Another Ham Sandwich?
b'Questions this week: Dan, I want to give your listeners\\xa0\\u201d5 Things Your Wife Wants You To Know (but probably hasn\\u2019t told you)\\u201d\\n Can I do outside sales on the side without telling my current employer?\\n I would like to have a full time ministry\\xa0serving our Lord and defending my Christian \\xa0faith.\\n I have been struggling as an online cartoonist for nearly 8 years now.\\n How can I narrow down my core message to the one thing I have to share with the world?\\n Good News\\n More questions\\n Cliff Feightner poem: When your creative well seems dryOne thing you need to tryA good look insideShows you\\u2019ve not driedThere\\u2019s so much more that you can apply\\n Quotation: \\u201cA lot of what we think of as neurosis in this country is simply people who are unhappy because they are not using their creative resources.\\u201d\\xa0\\xa0\\u2014\\xa0\\xa0Julia Cameron \\xa0 Tweet This\\n The podcast timestamps are now clickable.\\xa0 Just go to any\\xa048 Days Podcast\\xa0and click on the timestamp of your interest.\\xa0 You will instantly be taken to that portion of the audio podcast.\\n Show Notes: Title: Creative Slump or Need Another Ham SandwichEpisode \\u2013 09-01-17 Subtitle: N/A\\n Summary: In this episode, Dan explains that even creative people need rigidity and structure within their schedule to achieve success in their chosen fields. He cites examples of various iconic figures of the past and details how they were militant about their daily regimen. Dan also points out what it means to have a free ministry\\u2014where you have the ability to help people no matter what you\\u2019re doing\\u2014and why finding the work you love begins with looking inward. You\\u2019ll also hear Dan respond to listener inquiries and share uplifting news stories around the world.\\n Sponsored By: Casper Mattresses \\u2013 Use the code SleepYouLove to get $50 off any purchase and free shipping\\n FreshBooks is offering a 30 day, unrestricted free trial to my listeners. To claim it, just go to https://www.freshbooks.com/48days\\n Time Stamped Show Notes: 1:19 \\u2013 Preview of Today\\u2019s Show: \\u201cCreative Slump or Need Another Ham Sandwich\\u201d\\n Dan, I want to give your listeners \\u201d5 Things Your Wife Wants You To Know (but probably hasn\\u2019t told you)\\u201d\\n Can I do outside sales on the side without telling my current employer?\\n I would like to have a full-time ministry\\xa0serving our Lord and defending my Christian\\xa0faith\\n I have been struggling as an online cartoonist for nearly 8 years now\\n How can I narrow down my core message to the one thing I have to share with the world?\\n Good News\\n More Questions\\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d02:07\\u2033] \\u2013 A poem from Cliff FeightnerWhen your creative wall seems dry One thing you need to try A good look inside Shows you\\u2019ve not dried There\\u2019s so much more you can apply\\n 02:47 \\u2013 \\u201cA lot of what we think of as neurosis in this country is simply people who are unhappy because they are not using their creative resources\\u201d \\u2013 Julia Cameron\\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d03:29\\u2033] \\u2013 Webinar on Thursday, September 14th. Start the last quarter of the year right.\\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d04:11\\u2033] \\u2013 In Houston, a brave doctor canoes to the hospital to perform surgery on a teen 04:23 \\u2013 Dr. Stephen Kimmel\\u2019s own home was in danger of flooding when he left for the surgery\\n 04:44 \\u2013 Two firefighters came to the doctor\\u2019s aid with their canoe\\n 04:52 \\u2013 Had to walk for a mile through waist deep water to reach the hospital\\n 05:25 \\u2013 Sandra Bullock donates a million dollars to American Red Cross to help out with disaster relief in Houston\\n 05:38 \\u2013 Country musicians Chris Young and Lady Antebellum are coming forth with generous donations; Chris Young donates $100,000\\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d05:47 \\u201c]\\u2013 Football team Houston Texans pledges a million dollars to help rebuild Houston. J.J. Watt\\u2014a Houston Texan started his own fundraising campaign\\n 06:44 \\u2013 Heartening to see people put aside political ideologies and spiritual denominations and rally forward to help\\n 06:55 \\u2013 Does God orchestrate these things to help us forget the petty differences that are dividing us?\\n \\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d07:18\\u2033] \\u2013 35 years ago from today, Paul Newman introduced the first bottle of dressing 07:26 \\u2013 Bottled a bottle of olive oil and vinegar because of his friends cajoling him\\n 07:38 \\u2013 Paul passed away in 2008, but the Newman line has endured\\n 07:50 \\u2013 $500 million dollars has been donated to charity\\n \\n 08:21 \\u2013 A Washington businessman donates a $4 million facility to shelter young mothers and kids 08:34 \\u2013 Based in Edmonds, Washington, Rick started investing in real estate a few years back\\n 08:42 \\u2013 He reduces his profits to buy apartments for the homeless\\n 08:57 \\u2013 Sometimes when you give, it seems to come in faster than you can give it away\\n 09:07 \\u2013 Just handed over a $4 million, 24 unit apartment complex to the YMCA; the facility will provide shelter to young moms with kids\\n \\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d09:46\\u2033] \\u2013 A Chinese man celebrates the recovery of his $45,000 engagement ring by feeding 5,000 people! 10:07 \\u2013 A man forgot his $45,000 engagement ring at a restaurant in the Southern province of China\\n 10:20 \\u2013 A little girl discovered the bag with the ring in it and gave it to the restaurant manager\\n 10:44 \\u2013 On recovering the ring, the man proposed to his girlfriend and she said yes\\n 10:50 \\u2013 Delighted by these turn of events, he celebrated by feeding 5,000 people at the restaurant\\n \\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d11:40\\u2033] \\u2013 Tony Robbins saves a 100-year old homeless woman 11:50 \\u2013 Unable to pay rent, a woman was evicted from her apartment in Palm Desert, California\\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d12:07 \\u201c]\\u2013 On hearing about this, Tony Robbins generously offered to pay $24,000 which covered rent for two years\\n 12:16 \\u2013 Heartwarming to see an act of generosity solving a need of one specific person\\n \\n 12:33 \\u2013 Joanne and Dan have mutually decided that tax savings have no bearing on where they are donating 12:50 \\u2013 Giving to nonprofits such as churches, Red-Cross and YMCA is tax deductible. However, helping out specific individuals is not\\n 13:38 \\u2013 Charity decisions should be based on where you want to give and how you want to give\\u2014tax savings should have no bearing on your decision\\n \\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d13:55\\u2033] \\u2013 Tony Robbins helps out nuns providing meals for the homeless 13:55 \\u2013 Nuns being forced to leave a building since the landlord increased rent by 60%\\n 14:14 \\u2013 Tony helped out with $25,000 and saw to it that these kind nuns were not evicted for at least another year\\n 14:27 \\u2013 Helped out with an additional $25,000 to find a new place for next year\\n \\n 14:45 \\u2013 Dan loves to share good news which helps dispel some of the negativity 15:07 \\u2013 Human nature is such that we are captivated by negative news; TV stations play on this trait and stream content accordingly\\n \\n 16:08 \\u2013 Five things that your wife wants you to know (but probably hasn\\u2019t told you) 16:08 \\u2013 Phil is an old client and friend of Dan\\u2019s\\n 16:20 \\u2013 Bob reads out an excerpt from a letter that Phil has written for all 48 Day fans\\n 16:36 \\u2013 Dan persuaded Phil to leave his optometry practice of 20 years and become a men\\u2019s marriage coach\\n 16:43 \\u2013 Has found fulfillment and joy in his two years as a marriage coach\\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d17:00\\u2033] \\u2013 Free PDF: \\u201cFive things that your wife wants you to know (but probably hasn\\u2019t told you)\\u201d\\n\\n \\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d17:53\\u2033] \\u2013 The podcast timestamps are now clickable.\\xa0 Just go to any\\xa048 Days Podcastand click on the timestamp of your interest\\u2014you will instantly be taken to that portion of the audio podcast\\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d18:52\\u2033] \\u2013 To submit a question for the Podcast, send your note to\\xa0askdan@48Days.com\\n\\n 19:00 \\u2013 Nathan says, Can I do outside sales without telling my current employer? 21:04 \\u2013 Everybody is hustling and has a side-business going on\\n 21:29 \\u2013 Devoting a huge amount of time to another business puts question marks on your commitment to your primary employer\\n 21:40 \\u2013 Important to make good use of your spare time and raise and extra source of income. However, dabbling in services that are closely tied in with your current employer raises a red flag\\n 22:28 \\u2013 Start a side-business that does not harm the interests of your employer\\n 23:07 \\u2013 Better to end current employment and move on if the new opportunity is really lucrative\\n \\n 23:42 \\u2013 Paul says, I would like to have a full-time ministry\\xa0serving our Lord and defending my Christian faith 24:06 \\u2013 Jesus\\u2019s disciples never asked people for donations; they were all earning an honest living\\n 24:38 \\u2013 Being dependent on the people you want to teach and train robs you of your freedom\\n 25:36 \\u2013 Can choose to help people via your profession as well\\n 26:42 \\u2013 Find your talent, create the work that you love and in doing so, the world will see your faith in action\\n 27:05 \\u2013 Practice faith by doing something of value to the people and community around you\\n \\n 27:58 \\u2013 Robert says, I have been struggling as an online cartoonist for nearly 8 years now 29:07 \\u2013 Should not highlight the fact that he is a stay-at-home dad; this will find no takers in the professional world\\n 29:50 \\u2013 Identify new areas of competence\\n 30:00 \\u2013 Avoid providing a chronological resume; highlighting a 12 year absence from the professional world will hurt chances of getting employment\\n 30:16 \\u2013 Break out subgroups of hospitality management and zero in on an area of interest and expertise\\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d31:06\\u2033] \\u2013 Webinar on Thursday, September 14th will be helpful to address such issues\\n 31:18 \\u2013 Dan will be talking on \\u201cHow to write a skill summary\\u201d; preparing a right skill summary is what the caller needs to do\\n 32:00 \\u2013 Recognize your creativity and create an environment to nurture that creativity\\n 35:53 \\u2013 People who are creative create schedules that are extremely rigid and in doing so, have their creativity enhanced\\n \\n 37:02 \\u2013 Dean says, as a podiatrist, how do I develop an additional source of income? 38:14 \\u2013 Can be paid for intellectual expertise as well as podiatric skills\\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d39:54\\u2033] \\u2013 Resource: Coaching Mastery Program \\u2013 A form that will help you to figure out if coaching is for you\\n 40:00 \\u2013 Getting into the staffing referrals industry or coaching industry are sound alternatives\\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d42:37\\u2033] \\u2013 Authoring a book can also be considered\\u2014Running from the law: Why Good Lawyers are Getting out of the Legal Profession is about transitioning from the legal profession\\n 42:45 \\u2013 Conducting seminars, workshops or affiliate linking are some more options\\n 42:56 \\u2013 Start with your area of expertise and build around that\\n \\n 43:33 \\u2013 Aaron says, how can I narrow down my core message to the one thing that I want to share with the world? 44:11 \\u2013 Make a list of twenty things that you love to do. Then, create a filter with your dreams, abilities, skills, passions etc. Using those filters narrow down to one skill\\n 44:56 \\u2013 Leave behind some of the things that you know you do well. Realize that if you attempt to do everything, you will not succeed\\n 45:41 \\u2013 Knowing yourself gives you the framework to make good decisions about which career opportunity is a good fit\\n \\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d46:05\\u2033] \\u2013 Resource: 48 Days to the Work you Love: Preparing for the New Normal\\n\\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d47:35\\u2033] \\u2013 Resource: 5 Things that Your Wife Wants You to Know (But probably hasn\\u2019t told you)\\n\\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d48:13\\u2033] \\u2013 Resource: Finding Work You Love in 48 Days! On Thursday, September 14th \\u2013 Get immediate results and quick wins\\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d48:45\\u2033] \\u2013 Share your success stories with Dan\\n\\n 49:17 \\u2013 Dan closes today\\u2019s podcast\\n 3 Key Points: You can minister and help people no matter what you are doing.\\n At the very start, 85% of the process of having finding your true career comes from looking inward, 15% is the application.\\n As a professional in any area, you can leverage your knowledge and skills to expand on your work opportunities.\\n Resources Mentioned: To ask Dan a question for the podcast \\u2013\\xa0AskDan\\n\\n \\nThe new 48 Days Eagles site \\u2013 This is the best place for moving your career forward\\n \\nFreshBooks is offering a 30 day, unrestricted free trial to my listeners. To claim it, just go to https://www.freshbooks.com/48days\\n\\n CES Conference with Jim Cockrum \\u2013 for all online biz (I\\u2019ll be there!)\\n \\nTribe Conference with Jeff Goins \\u2013 Sept 15-17\\n \\nCoaching Mastery Program \\u2013 A form that will help you to figure out if coaching is for you\\n 5 Things that Your Wife Wants You to Know (But probably hasn\\u2019t told you)\\n \\n 48 Days to the Work you Love: Preparing for the New Normal \\u2013 Dan Miller\\n \\n Running from the law: Why Good Lawyers are Getting out of the Legal Profession \\u2013 Deborrah Aaron\\n Credits: Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives\\n The post Creative Slump or Need Another Ham Sandwich? appeared first on Official Site Dan Miller.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'