Is This Is Why You Keep Working?
CBN.com – In September of 2005, Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, the two richest men in America, sat down with students and faculty at the University of Nebraska. There they fielded questions from the students, showing their shared sense of responsibility to aggressively use their wealth to improve the world.
Joanne was gone this weekend and I used it as a rare occasion to watch TV while I ate dinner one night. I caught a replay of this program and was struck by their energy, intelligence, openness, and grounding in character and integrity. While they could easily use their immense wealth to embrace extravagant, consumptive lifestyles, they seem to be examples of what should happen when money is no longer the primary motivator.
Rather than “retiring” and doing nothing, these two extraordinary guys are actively pursuing work that they feel is important. When 77-year-old Warren Buffet was asked what he would be doing 10 years from now, he replied, “I’ll be doing exactly the same thing I’m doing today because I’m doing exactly what I love doing now.” Bill Gates spends two weeks a year off by himself just thinking and reading “idea papers” that people send him. He’s concerned about getting rusty and missing seeing new opportunities. One young coed asked Mr. Buffet what he considered success. He replied that he thought success was having lots of people love you as you grow older. He went on to say that he has seen people make lots of money and end up with no one loving them.
These guys seem to think differently than most Americans. If you really find the work you love, retirement loses it appeal. If you find purpose in your work, money is a byproduct.
No-Cost Marketing
One of the consistent questions I get from new business owners is how to market effectively without spending a lot of money. Well, I happen to have massive exposure in print, newsletters, magazines, and the Internet on my monthly marketing budget of $ZERO. Last year I did about 85 radio interviews. They are quick and easy to do while I’m walking around my property.
For years I have discovered ways to promote 48 Days by being creative, rather than by writing big checks. If you ’ve got a business, product, or service that you want to promote, there are ways to do that with “guerilla” or no-cost marketing.
I just created a list of 48 tips for our 48 Days Coaches – and I’m passing it on to all of you as well.
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Have You Always Been This Fat?
A London travel agency wanted to set up a coffee bar for his staff. He wrote a Help Wanted ad which read: “We require a friendly person with a flair for preparing fresh sandwiches and making soups for a team that deserves simple but special lunches.”
The local job center refused to run the ad as written. The travel agency owner was informed that he couldn’t advertise for a “friendly” catering manager, because “that would discriminate against applicants not lucky enough to have that sort of personality.”
We know that 85% of a person’s success in the workplace is due to “personal skills” and only 15% is due to “technical skills.” Interviewers do look at personal traits, even if they resist asking some of the questions they’d like to. Here are some tricky ones that may surprise you.
When was the last time you used illegal drugs?
An employer may ask applicants about current and prior illegal use of drugs. An individual who is currently using illegal drugs is not protected under the ADA. For example, an employer may ask the following of an applicant: "Do you currently use illegal drugs? Have you ever used illegal drugs? What illegal drugs have you used in the last six months?"
"How old are you?" This is an illegal question. However, it is lawful to ask: "What year did you graduate from high school?" A little simple math ought to provide any desired information regarding the age issue.
"What are your family plans?" Here’s another illegal question. But you can ask: Where do you see yourself five years from now?"
What church do you go to? What religion are you?
There are no job-related considerations that would justify asking about religious beliefs or convictions unless your organization is a religious institution, in which case you may give preference to individuals of your own religion.
What is your height? What is your weight?
The EEOC and the courts have ruled minimum height and weight requirements to be illegal if they screen out a disproportionate number of minority group individuals or women, and the employer cannot show that these standards are essential to the safe performance of a job in question.
Source: www.workforce.com This is a primary source for me on legal workplace issues.
The number one concern I hear from employers is how to screen and hire great people. Our 48 Days Career Profile is one of the best inventories for identifying winners and keepers.
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It's Me, Myself, and I
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Chuck Rogers, a self employed marketing consultant, has won his company's 'Employee of the Month Award' for a record 23 months in a row. Said Rogers, "I began the award program nearly two years ago when my psychologist and business coach suggested that I needed to create a company plan for maintaining employee morale and building self-esteem."
Rogers, who works alone from his home office, has received 100% of the votes for the 'Employee of the Month Award' since its inception. Said Rogers, "It feels really good every time I win the award. I am always surprised and flattered when the winner is announced. But the best part is that I get to use the special parking spot set aside for the winner. It is right next to the house. You can't imagine what a benefit that has been!"
Quotes - Working Well
I long to accomplish great and noble tasks, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker. – Helen Keller
Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you. – Henri Frederic Amiel
The heights by great men reached and kept / Were not attained by sudden flight, / But they, while their companions slept, / Were toiling upward in the night. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water. – John W. Gardner
Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made By singing: -- "Oh, how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade. – Rudyard Kipling
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. – Winston Churchill
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter. – Saint Jerome
Dan Miller is the bestselling author of 48 Days To The Work You Love and a renowned Life Coach specializing in career fulfillment. His weekly newsletter reaches 70,000 subscribers. Dan’s articles are featured here at CBN every Tuesday, and you can find out more about Dan at www.48days.com.
