This is your last chance to make a good decision

Published: Sept. 15, 2017, 1 p.m.

b'Questions this week: Is there an audience for my cat blog?\\n If a 6-yr-old can do it, you can too.\\n How can I stay positive with negative family members all around me?\\n I\\u2019m a 28-year-old single mom, with one child.\\xa0\\xa0Are there ways of becoming successful even after filing bankruptcy?Plus Good News and more questions.\\n Cliff Feightner poem: You have to come up with a planIf you don\\u2019t want to just work for the man To upwardly moveYour life should improveStart with you and include your whole clan\\n Quotation: \\u201cAll I do is eat and sleep. Eat and sleep. Eat and sleep. There must be more to a cat\\u2019s life than that. But I hope not.\\u201d\\xa0\\xa0Garfield \\xa0 \\xa0Tweet This\\n \\xa0\\n Show Notes: Episode \\u2013 09-15-17 Title: N/A Subtitle: N/A\\n Summary: In this episode, Dan expresses the importance of saving your decision-making power for those decisions that truly deserve that energy\\u2014in other words, the life-changing, pivotal kinds of decisions. As Dan shares good news around the world and responds to listeners\\u2019 questions, we are reminded that every path we take in life and every opportunity that comes our way requires a decision. For instance, we can always choose to lend a kind hand to a fellow human being and we can choose to have boundaries with those negative family members that get us down. Dan encourages listeners\\u2019 to take a chance on the decisions that will truly be good for you and for your community at large.\\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: 01:06 \\u2013 Preview of Today\\u2019s Show on \\u201cThis is your last chance to make a good decision\\u201d Is there an audience for my cat blog?\\n If a 6-yr-old can do it, you can too.\\n How can I stay positive with negative family members all around me?\\n I\\u2019m a 28 year old single mom, with one child. Are there ways of becoming successful even after filing bankruptcy?\\n Good News\\n More Questions\\n \\u201cAll I do is eat and sleep. Eat and sleep. Eat and sleep. There must be more to a cat\\u2019s life than that. But I hope not.\\u201d Garfield\\n \\n 03:20 \\u2013 A poem from Cliff Feightner You have to come up with a plan If you don\\u2019t want to just work for the man To upwardly move Your life should improve Start with you and include your whole clan\\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d04:30\\u2033] \\u2013 Check out the inside of the 48 Days Eagles Community!\\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d05:28\\u2033] \\u2013 FreshBooks is offering a 30 day, unrestricted free trial to my listeners. To claim it, just go to https://www.freshbooks.com/48days\\n\\n 07:03 \\u2013 Last Saturday, Florida Governor, Rick Scott, told his people, \\u201cThis is your last chance to make a good decision\\u201d 07:30 \\u2013 Dr. Phil McGraw says, \\u201cWe can trace who we become in this life to 7 critical choices and 5 pivotal people\\u201d\\n 07:51 \\u2013 Dan shares that his decision to leave their farm for college was one huge thing that changed his life\\n 08:20 \\u2013 Over time, his dad validated the decisions he made\\n 09:07 \\u2013 People sometimes get overwhelmed with decisions, they get decision fatigue\\n 10:30 \\u2013 \\u201cSave your decision-making power\\u201d\\n \\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d10:54\\u2033] \\u2013 Good news! Karl Winsness, a plumber, started the Willy the Plumber Scholarship 11:49 \\u2013 He started it because he knew children with parents that are incarcerated need it\\n \\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d12:07 \\u201c]\\u2013 All 5 former living presidents teamed up to provide relief for the victims of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma\\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d12:42\\u2033] \\u2013 Pam Brekke traveled 30 miles to buy one generator in Florida but she was told that the final unit was sold to the person standing in front of her 13:11 \\u2013 She broke down in tears because her dad relies on an oxygen pump\\n 13:47 \\u2013 A total stranger, Ramon Santiago, walked to her and asked her why she was crying\\n 13:57 \\u2013 He gave her his generator\\n 14:22 \\u2013 Ramon could not speak English but he understood why she needed it\\n \\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d14:55\\u2033] \\u2013 36 lucky veterans got a new house from Tim McGraw\\n\\n 15:35 \\u2013 A blind woman in Henrico, Virginia had been worried for years that she would get hit by a car while getting her mail 15:52 \\u2013 Wesley Benton, owner of Benton Home Improvement in Richmond, saw the story on a tv station, and installed a new mailbox for her\\n \\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d16:46\\u2033] \\u2013 To ask Dan a question for the podcast \\u2013\\xa0AskDan or email askdan@48Days.com\\n\\n 16:59 \\u2013 Heidi says, Is there an audience for my cat blog? 18:40 \\u2013 Cat blogs as a Google search yields over 42M results\\n 20:02 \\u2013 Charles Schulz drew 17,897 Peanuts Comic Strips\\n 20:19 \\u2013 Garfield just tells a story of a ridiculous cat character and his owner\\n 21:10 \\u2013 The key is writing content for your blog\\n 22:18 \\u2013 If you\\u2019re not that passionate about it, forget it\\n \\n 22:46 \\u2013 A note from one listener says that her mother met Dan at a Dave Ramsey conference 22:59 \\u2013 The mother asked Dan what to do with her 18-year old son who wanted nothing but to play the guitar\\n 23:05 \\u2013 Dan said, \\u201cLet him play the guitar\\u201d\\n 23:14 \\u2013 Today, the young man starts his classes at the Belmont University for Entertainment Studies\\n \\n 24:05 \\u2013 Dan got a note from Mac in Nigeria [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d24:34\\u2033] \\u2013 Mac is seeking permission for extracts of Dan\\u2019s book, 48 Days to the Work You Love and promises he will note that these products are Dan\\u2019s intellectual property\\n \\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d25:06\\u2033] \\u2013 John Tesh, host of Intelligence for Your Life, shares an introduction\\n 25:23 \\u2013 Robert, a listener, referred to an episode back in June where a gentleman named Adam talked about his jeep parts design business 26:00 \\u2013 Robert has a design that he\\u2019s done as well and he wants to connect with Adam\\n \\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d27:30\\u2033] \\u2013 The new 48 Days Eagles membership site \\u2013 see this growing community for finding Work You Love\\n 28:02 \\u2013 Dan has gotten approval to have an Amazon Merchant account 28:54 \\u2013 Dan will make this a 48 Day Eagles Amazon Merch account\\n 29:04 \\u2013 The profits will go in a nesting account for scholarships or helping somebody in need\\n 29:40 \\u2013 \\u201cThe thing that moves you forward is having a supportive community around you\\u201d\\n \\n 30:06 \\u2013 If a 6-yr-old can do it, you can too: A cute story: 6-year old applies for a Lego job 31:15 \\u2013 He sent a handwritten letter to apply for the job\\n 31:33 \\u2013 Legoland offered him to work at the Theme Park for a day\\n 32:17 \\u2013 Dan shares another particular story where a young guy presented how their company used technology to create extraordinary revenue\\n 33:04 \\u2013 They had 80 people in the room and the man invited them to come see how they use the technology in office\\n 33:20 \\u2013 Dan scheduled to have the man come the next day\\n 34:13 \\u2013 What Dan and his team learned from this young man was transformative\\n \\n 35:07 \\u2013 Nikka asks, How can I stay positive with negative family members all around me? 36:40 \\u2013 Your concern is merited\\n 37:13 \\u2013 You don\\u2019t want to end up like them\\n 38:24 \\u2013 Control what you allow to come into your mind\\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d38:28\\u2033] \\u2013 Read the Necessary Endings\\n\\n 38:45 \\u2013 Look for ways to get back up quickly and move out on your own\\n 39:39 \\u2013 Be careful to not expose yourself to negative people \\u2013 create boundaries\\n \\n 39:56 \\u2013 Ray says, I\\u2019m a 28 year old single mom, with one child. Are there ways of becoming successful even after filing bankruptcy? 40:41 \\u2013 Filing bankruptcy is a mark on your credit, especially in the accounting field\\n 41:26 \\u2013 Move on from that even if you want to pursue accounting\\n 41:54 \\u2013 Individual clients are unlikely to do their background checks\\n 42:12 \\u2013 Your history could have negative effects on you starting an accounting company\\n 42:28 \\u2013 If starting a company in another field or industry, your bankruptcy would not be an issue\\n 43:10 \\u2013 Bankruptcy doesn\\u2019t create much of an obstacle for you unless you want to do traditional work with traditional employers\\n \\n 44:31 \\u2013 Unemployment is so low, there are 6 million job openings companies are trying to get filled\\n [spp-timestamp time=\\u201d46:35\\u2033] \\u2013 The new 48 Days Eagles membership site \\u2013 see this growing community for finding Work You Love\\n 48:13 \\u2013 You can be successful in ANY role\\n 48:32 \\u2013 Dan closes today\\u2019s podcast\\n 3 Key Points: You do NOT need to be famous or rich to help people; you just need to be present to the needs around you and respond.\\n Save your power and energy for making important decisions.\\n Learn to take chances on the opportunities that come your way.\\n Resources Mentioned: To ask Dan a question for the podcast \\u2013\\xa0AskDan or email askdan@48Days.com\\n\\n \\n The new 48 Days Eagles membership site \\u2013 see this growing community for finding Work You Love\\n Free Guide \\u2013 Getting Started in Voiceover\\n\\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 Go to com/sleepyoulove AND use promo code \\u2013 sleepyoulove \\u2013 to save $50 off your purchase of the mattress Dan & Joanne love\\n \\nTribe Conference with Jeff Goins \\u2013 Sept 15-17\\n CES Conference with Jim Cockrum \\u2013 for all online biz Sept 21-23 (I\\u2019ll be there!)\\n Credits: Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives\\n\\n The post This is your last chance to make a good decision appeared first on Official Site Dan Miller.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'