My life is not inspiring

Published: April 28, 2017, 1 p.m.

b'You know you\\u2019re good \\u2013 but it doesn\\u2019t seem that anyone cares.\\xa0 Apparently excellence is not enough.\\xa0 How can you inspire others so they rally to your cause and see you as a leader? \\xa0These seven traits can transform your success.\\n This week\\u2019s questions:\\n I surpassed my goal for 2016, we shot for $300K but did somewhere in the neighborhood of $550k in total sales.\\n I\\u2019m a campus minister at a top 10 university, and it is not going well.\\n I make very little yearly income by picking up 10 cent cans and have large gaps between traditional employment.\\xa0 How should I handle this on a job\\xa0application and/or resume\\n I want to leave my job but don\\u2019t want to be selfish in anyway, my conscience tells me to not let people down.\\n What makes a person inspiring and what can those of us who are not naturally inspiring do to grow in this area?\\n \\u201cHold fast to dreams, For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly.\\u201d\\u2015 Langston Hughes\\xa0\\u2014 Tweet This\\n Show Notes: Episode \\u2013 04-28-17 Title: N/A\\n Subtitle: N/A\\n Summary:\\n In this episode, Dan Miller opens with this week\\u2019s theme of \\u201cMy life is not inspiring.\\u201d More often than not, people think they aren\\u2019t impacting others by what they do \\u2013 they believe the monotonous tasks they do on a daily basis are not inspiring. However, Dan quickly debunks this myth, and we\\u2019re reminded by this podcast that each of us do, in fact, all contribute something significant to the world in one way or another. Listen as Dan shares success stories and answers questions regarding life, passion, and career.\\n Sponsored By:\\n FreshBooks is offering a 30 day, unrestricted free trial to my listeners. To claim it, just go to https://www.freshbooks.com/48days\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\n Time Stamped Show Notes:\\n 00:35 \\u2013 Preview of Today\\u2019s Show on \\u201cMy life is not inspiring\\u201d \\u2013 You know you\\u2019re good \\u2013 but it doesn\\u2019t seem that anyone cares. Apparently excellence is not enough. How can you inspire others so they rally to your cause and see you as a leader. These seven traits can transform your success. I surpassed my goal for 2016, we shot for $300K but did somewhere in the neighborhood of $550k in total sales.\\n I\\u2019m a campus minister at a top 10 university, and it is not going well.\\n I make very little yearly income by picking up 10 cent cans and have a large gaps between traditional employment. How should I handle this on a job application and/or resume?\\n I want to leave my job but don\\u2019t want to be selfish in anyway, my conscience tells me to not let people down.\\n What makes a person inspiring and what can those of us who are not naturally inspiring do to grow in this area?\\n \\u201cHold fast to dreams, For if dreams die,\\xa0Life is like a broken-winged bird,\\xa0That cannot fly.\\u201d \\u2013 Langston Hughes\\n\\n \\n 02:51 \\u2013 Innovate \\u2013 May 11-12, 2017\\n 03:26 \\u2013 Chad Jeffers, guitarist for Carrie Underwood will be attending Innovate\\n 03:31 \\u2013 Bob Baker of The Empowered Artist will be there\\n 03:51 \\u2013 Coaching with Excellence \\u2013 May 25-26, August 31-Sept 1, 2017\\n 04:13 \\u2013 Todd\\u2019s message in last week\\u2019s podcast, another Todd was mentioned who was selling BMW and Land Rover parts. Do you have any contact information or website for him? 04:40 \\u2013 Dan already connected both Todds\\n 04:45 \\u2013 One Todd had software developed for selling his car parts\\n 04:58 \\u2013 Dan is happy to connect people\\n \\n 05:17 \\u2013 Dan shares another kind of car story, I surpassed my goal for 2016, we shot for $300K, but did somewhere in the neighborhood of $550k in total sales 05:35 \\u2013 This started at net \\u2013 posted by Tyler in Oct 2014\\n 05:43 \\u2013 He says they\\u2019ve just applied for their business license\\n 06:04 \\u2013 The business is a partnership with his friend\\n 06:16 \\u2013 Tyler thanks 48 Days to the Work You Love\\n\\n 06:52 \\u2013 In 3 months, they have almost \\xbd dozen clients for the body shop\\n 07:03 \\u2013 Bills were paid, but without a paycheck\\n 07:32 \\u2013 January 2016, after their first year in business, they made about $300K in total sales\\n 07:40 \\u2013 Competitors have become complacent\\n 07:55 \\u2013 \\u201cWe\\u2019re looking to break $500K this year (2016)\\u201d\\n 08:30 \\u2013 Tyler shared openly about what and how he\\u2019s doing\\n 08:30 \\u2013 After 2 years, they\\u2019ve surpassed their goal\\n 08:52 \\u2013 2017\\u2019s target is $700K\\n 10:02 \\u2013 When you do something unpredictable, you can possibly start off not making anything\\n 11:28 \\u2013 Check out Tyler\\u2019s business at ca\\n\\n \\n 11:44 \\u2013 Bryan asks, What are your thoughts about re-contacting a company that may or may not have responded to a previous 48 Days job inquiry 12:19 \\u2013 You\\u2019re right on track!\\n 12:44 \\u2013 Unless the company said \\u201cNo\\u201d, it\\u2019s perfectly alright to come back\\n 13:26 \\u2013 Go back if you don\\u2019t hear anything\\n 13:32 \\u2013 There are hiring managers who are looking for persistent people\\n 15:00 \\u2013 \\u201cBe consistently persistent\\u201d\\n \\n 15:14 \\u2013 Luke says, What if we could change the hyphen in our tombstone, representing the years in our life, to an exclamation point? 15:33 \\u2013 Dan likes the idea!\\n \\n 16:02 \\u2013 Bill says, I\\u2019m a campus minister at a top 10 university, and it is not going well 16:52 \\u2013 \\u201cI can finally admit to myself that I\\u2019m simply not a pastor and I don\\u2019t want to be\\u201d\\n 16:57 \\u2013 Bill struggles to create profit\\n 17:16 \\u2013 Dan believes you can earn profit even if you have a pastoral background\\n 18:13 \\u2013 Dan encourages you to view his interview with Michael Hyatt\\n\\n 18:44 \\u2013 Find your core message and find ways for people to experience that message\\n 19:20 \\u2013 Dan shares about his sunday school class and saturday workshop\\n 21:43 \\u2013 Dan created a $48 course on how to start a mastermind\\n 22:16 \\u2013 Create a model that shows how you can leverage the work you do\\n \\n 22:53 \\u2013 Question from David, I make very little yearly income by picking up 10 cent cans and have a large gaps between traditional employment. How should I handle this on a job application and/or resume? 23:40 \\u2013 \\u201cYou can do this!\\u201d\\n 23:49 \\u2013 Dan mentions about his son-in-law, Nathan, who has no employment\\n 24:29 \\u2013 Make a functional resume, not a chronological one\\n 25:03 \\u2013 Highlight areas of competence\\n 26:40 \\u2013 Describe how you were continuing your education\\n 27:03 \\u2013 Make your resume a sales brochure\\n \\n 27:19 \\u2013 Mary says, I want to leave my job but don\\u2019t want to be selfish in anyway, my conscience tells me to not let people down. 28:32 \\u2013 Dan loves your heart and sense of responsibility on this issue\\n 28:41 \\u2013 Dan totally doesn\\u2019t want you to stay at your job out of a sense of obligation\\n 28:50 \\u2013 Staying in the job may deteriorate your passion\\n 29:04 \\u2013 Dan shares about Dave, a man who worked for him\\n 29:44 \\u2013 Dan encouraged Dave to take the job offer he was given\\n 30:10 \\u2013 Dave went for that job\\n 30:22 \\u2013 Many years ago, Dan talked to a radio show host\\n 30:48 \\u2013 The host really wanted to move on, but the listeners had nobody else to give them the truth\\n 31:35 \\u2013 People will move on, it\\u2019s part of life\\n 32:15 \\u2013 It\\u2019s a perfect time to leave\\n 32:25 \\u2013 \\u201cFollow your heart, follow your passion\\u201d\\n 32:27 \\u2013 \\u201cDon\\u2019t let yourself be held back out of a sense of obligation for the people around you\\u201d\\n \\n 33:04 \\u2013 To ask Dan a question for the podcast \\u2013\\xa0AskDan\\n\\n 33:36 \\u2013 Mark says, How can one start doing something that he loves realizing it must not require his presence in order to be successful? 35:42 \\u2013 McDonald\\u2019s is successful not because of their hamburgers, but because of the the systems they have in place\\n 36:17 \\u2013 It takes a while to build your own systems\\n 36:45 \\u2013 You don\\u2019t start from the systems \\u2013 you do everything yourself, at first, and build as you go along the way\\n \\n 36:56 \\u2013 Brandon says, My father is great at what he does, but doesn\\u2019t have an exit strategy 37:50 \\u2013 \\u201cThere has to be a \\u2018why\\u2019 on what your father is doing\\u201d\\n 38:39 \\u2013 Dan\\u2019s father sold his dairy farm at 66 years old\\n 39:10 \\u2013 His father bought a van and started driving for the Amish\\n 39:27 \\u2013 He pastored in church\\n 39:45 \\u2013 Driving for the Amish allowed his dad to connect with people\\n 40:17 \\u2013 It was an extension of his heart for pastoring\\n 41:03 \\u2013 Every person knows what they do and how they do it \\u2013 but \\u201cwhy?\\u201d\\n 42:10 \\u2013 Help your dad figure it out\\n \\n 42:38 \\u2013 Van says, What makes a person inspiring and what can those of us who are not naturally inspiring do to grow in this area? 43:53 \\u2013 Your question reminded Dan of Holland\\u2019s Opus\\n\\n 44:45 \\u2013 Dan plays a clip from the movie\\n 45:11 \\u2013 Mr. Holland isn\\u2019t rich nor famous\\n 45:20 \\u2013 He might think of himself a failure\\n 45:25 \\u2013 He is wrong \\u2013 he has achieved success far beyond riches and fame\\n 45:43 \\u2013 \\u201cWe are your symphony\\u201d\\n 46:04 \\u2013 \\u201dYou may be touching lives in ways you can\\u2019t see now\\u201d\\n 46:24 \\u2013 Don\\u2019t underestimate what you\\u2019re doing\\n 46:38 \\u2013 Here are the 7 traits that will make you an inspiring person:\\n \\n Be passionate about what you do\\n Be grateful to your team\\n Have a crystal clear vision for the future\\n Listen well\\n Communicate clearly and often\\n Be trustworthy in everything you do\\n Express positivity, optimism, enthusiasm and boldness\\n 48:35 \\u2013 Dan closes today\\u2019s podcast\\n 3 Key Points:\\n Nothing beats being persistent\\u2014continue to ask for that certain job or chase after that particular goal.\\n Find out your core message FIRST, then begin branding and promoting yourself.\\n Know your why\\u2014this will ultimately define what success means for you.\\n Resources Mentioned:\\n \\n The new 48 Days Eagles membership site \\u2013 see this growing community for finding Work You Love\\n Make money and serve as a 48 Days Seminar Presenter\\n 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 Make money and serve as a 48 Days Seminar Presenter\\n\\n Go to com/48Days and get a free audio of Zig Ziglar\\u2019s See You at the Top!\\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 \\nCoaching with Excellence \\u2013 May 25-26, August 31-Sept 1, 2017\\n \\nInnovate \\u2013 May 11-12, 2017\\n Credits:\\n Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives\\n The post My life is not inspiring appeared first on Official Site Dan Miller.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'