Creative Slump or Need Another Ham Sandwich?

Questions this week: Dan, I want to give your listeners ”5 Things Your Wife Wants You To Know (but probably hasn’t told you)” Can I do outside sales on the side without telling my current employer? I would like to have a full time ministry serving our Lord and defending my Christian  faith. I have been struggling as an online cartoonist for nearly 8 years now. How can I narrow down my core message to the one thing I have to share with the world? Good News More questions Cliff Feightner poem: When your creative well seems dryOne thing you need to tryA good look insideShows you’ve not driedThere’s so much more that you can apply Quotation: “A 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.”  —  Julia Cameron   Tweet This The podcast timestamps are now clickable.  Just go to any 48 Days Podcast and click on the timestamp of your interest.  You will instantly be taken to that portion of the audio podcast. Show Notes: Title: Creative Slump or Need Another Ham SandwichEpisode – 09-01-17 Subtitle: N/A 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—where you have the ability to help people no matter what you’re doing—and why finding the work you love begins with looking inward. You’ll also hear Dan respond to listener inquiries and share uplifting news stories around the world. Sponsored By: Casper Mattresses – Use the code SleepYouLove to get $50 off any purchase and free shipping FreshBooks is offering a 30 day, unrestricted free trial to my listeners. To claim it, just go to https://www.freshbooks.com/48days Time Stamped Show Notes: 1:19 – Preview of Today’s Show: “Creative Slump or Need Another Ham Sandwich” Dan, I want to give your listeners ”5 Things Your Wife Wants You To Know (but probably hasn’t told you)” Can I do outside sales on the side without telling my current employer? I would like to have a full-time ministry serving our Lord and defending my Christian faith I have been struggling as an online cartoonist for nearly 8 years now How can I narrow down my core message to the one thing I have to share with the world? Good News More Questions [spp-timestamp time=”02:07″] – A poem from Cliff FeightnerWhen your creative wall seems dry One thing you need to try A good look inside Shows you’ve not dried There’s so much more you can apply 02:47 – “A 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” – Julia Cameron [spp-timestamp time=”03:29″] – Webinar on Thursday, September 14th. Start the last quarter of the year right. [spp-timestamp time=”04:11″] – In Houston, a brave doctor canoes to the hospital to perform surgery on a teen 04:23 – Dr. Stephen Kimmel’s own home was in danger of flooding when he left for the surgery 04:44 – Two firefighters came to the doctor’s aid with their canoe 04:52 – Had to walk for a mile through waist deep water to reach the hospital 05:25 – Sandra Bullock donates a million dollars to American Red Cross to help out with disaster relief in Houston 05:38 – Country musicians Chris Young and Lady Antebellum are coming forth with generous donations; Chris Young donates $100,000 [spp-timestamp time=”05:47 “]– Football team Houston Texans pledges a million dollars to help rebuild Houston. J.J. Watt—a Houston Texan started his own fundraising campaign 06:44 – Heartening to see people put aside political ideologies and spiritual denominations and rally forward to help 06:55 – Does God orchestrate these things to help us forget the petty differences that are dividing us? [spp-timestamp time=”07:18″] – 35 years ago from today, Paul Newman introduced the first bottle of dressing 07:26 – Bottled a bottle of olive oil and vinegar because of his friends cajoling him 07:38 – Paul passed away in 2008, but the Newman line has endured 07:50 – $500 million dollars has been donated to charity 08:21 – A Washington businessman donates a $4 million facility to shelter young mothers and kids 08:34 – Based in Edmonds, Washington, Rick started investing in real estate a few years back 08:42 – He reduces his profits to buy apartments for the homeless 08:57 – Sometimes when you give, it seems to come in faster than you can give it away 09:07 – Just handed over a $4 million, 24 unit apartment complex to the YMCA; the facility will provide shelter to young moms with kids [spp-timestamp time=”09:46″] – A Chinese man celebrates the recovery of his $45,000 engagement ring by feeding 5,000 people! 10:07 – A man forgot his $45,000 engagement ring at a restaurant in the Southern province of China 10:20 – A little girl discovered the bag with the ring in it and gave it to the restaurant manager 10:44 – On recovering the ring, the man proposed to his girlfriend and she said yes 10:50 – Delighted by these turn of events, he celebrated by feeding 5,000 people at the restaurant [spp-timestamp time=”11:40″] – Tony Robbins saves a 100-year old homeless woman 11:50 – Unable to pay rent, a woman was evicted from her apartment in Palm Desert, California [spp-timestamp time=”12:07 “]– On hearing about this, Tony Robbins generously offered to pay $24,000 which covered rent for two years 12:16 – Heartwarming to see an act of generosity solving a need of one specific person 12:33 – Joanne and Dan have mutually decided that tax savings have no bearing on where they are donating 12:50 – Giving to nonprofits such as churches, Red-Cross and YMCA is tax deductible. However, helping out specific individuals is not 13:38 – Charity decisions should be based on where you want to give and how you want to give—tax savings should have no bearing on your decision [spp-timestamp time=”13:55″] – Tony Robbins helps out nuns providing meals for the homeless 13:55 – Nuns being forced to leave a building since the landlord increased rent by 60% 14:14 – Tony helped out with $25,000 and saw to it that these kind nuns were not evicted for at least another year 14:27 – Helped out with an additional $25,000 to find a new place for next year 14:45 – Dan loves to share good news which helps dispel some of the negativity 15:07 – Human nature is such that we are captivated by negative news; TV stations play on this trait and stream content accordingly 16:08 – Five things that your wife wants you to know (but probably hasn’t told you) 16:08 – Phil is an old client and friend of Dan’s 16:20 – Bob reads out an excerpt from a letter that Phil has written for all 48 Day fans 16:36 – Dan persuaded Phil to leave his optometry practice of 20 years and become a men’s marriage coach 16:43 – Has found fulfillment and joy in his two years as a marriage coach [spp-timestamp time=”17:00″] – Free PDF: “Five things that your wife wants you to know (but probably hasn’t told you)” [spp-timestamp time=”17:53″] – The podcast timestamps are now clickable.  Just go to any 48 Days Podcastand click on the timestamp of your interest—you will instantly be taken to that portion of the audio podcast [spp-timestamp time=”18:52″] – To submit a question for the Podcast, send your note to [email protected] 19:00 – Nathan says, Can I do outside sales without telling my current employer? 21:04 – Everybody is hustling and has a side-business going on 21:29 – Devoting a huge amount of time to another business puts question marks on your commitment to your primary employer 21:40 – 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 22:28 – Start a side-business that does not harm the interests of your employer 23:07 – Better to end current employment and move on if the new opportunity is really lucrative 23:42 – Paul says, I would like to have a full-time ministry serving our Lord and defending my Christian faith 24:06 – Jesus’s disciples never asked people for donations; they were all earning an honest living 24:38 – Being dependent on the people you want to teach and train robs you of your freedom 25:36 – Can choose to help people via your profession as well 26:42 – Find your talent, create the work that you love and in doing so, the world will see your faith in action 27:05 – Practice faith by doing something of value to the people and community around you 27:58 – Robert says, I have been struggling as an online cartoonist for nearly 8 years now 29:07 – Should not highlight the fact that he is a stay-at-home dad; this will find no takers in the professional world 29:50 – Identify new areas of competence 30:00 – Avoid providing a chronological resume; highlighting a 12 year absence from the professional world will hurt chances of getting employment 30:16 – Break out subgroups of hospitality management and zero in on an area of interest and expertise [spp-timestamp time=”31:06″] – Webinar on Thursday, September 14th will be helpful to address such issues 31:18 – Dan will be talking on “How to write a skill summary”; preparing a right skill summary is what the caller needs to do 32:00 – Recognize your creativity and create an environment to nurture that creativity 35:53 – People who are creative create schedules that are extremely rigid and in doing so, have their creativity enhanced 37:02 – Dean says, as a podiatrist, how do I develop an additional source of income? 38:14 – Can be paid for intellectual expertise as well as podiatric skills [spp-timestamp time=”39:54″] – Resource: Coaching Mastery Program – A form that will help you to figure out if coaching is for you 40:00 – Getting into the staffing referrals industry or coaching industry are sound alternatives [spp-timestamp time=”42:37″] – Authoring a book can also be considered—Running from the law: Why Good Lawyers are Getting out of the Legal Profession is about transitioning from the legal profession 42:45 – Conducting seminars, workshops or affiliate linking are some more options 42:56 – Start with your area of expertise and build around that 43:33 – Aaron says, how can I narrow down my core message to the one thing that I want to share with the world? 44:11 – 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 44:56 – Leave behind some of the things that you know you do well. Realize that if you attempt to do everything, you will not succeed 45:41 – Knowing yourself gives you the framework to make good decisions about which career opportunity is a good fit [spp-timestamp time=”46:05″] – Resource: 48 Days to the Work you Love: Preparing for the New Normal [spp-timestamp time=”47:35″] – Resource: 5 Things that Your Wife Wants You to Know (But probably hasn’t told you) [spp-timestamp time=”48:13″] – Resource: Finding Work You Love in 48 Days! On Thursday, September 14th – Get immediate results and quick wins [spp-timestamp time=”48:45″] – Share your success stories with Dan 49:17 – Dan closes today’s podcast 3 Key Points: You can minister and help people no matter what you are doing. At the very start, 85% of the process of having finding your true career comes from looking inward, 15% is the application. As a professional in any area, you can leverage your knowledge and skills to expand on your work opportunities. Resources Mentioned: To ask Dan a question for the podcast – AskDan The new 48 Days Eagles site – This is the best place for moving your career forward FreshBooks is offering a 30 day, unrestricted free trial to my listeners. To claim it, just go to https://www.freshbooks.com/48days CES Conference with Jim Cockrum – for all online biz (I’ll be there!) Tribe Conference with Jeff Goins – Sept 15-17 Coaching Mastery Program – A form that will help you to figure out if coaching is for you 5 Things that Your Wife Wants You to Know (But probably hasn’t told you) 48 Days to the Work you Love: Preparing for the New Normal – Dan Miller Running from the law: Why Good Lawyers are Getting out of the Legal Profession – Deborrah Aaron Credits: Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives The post Creative Slump or Need Another Ham Sandwich? appeared first on Official Site Dan Miller.