http://danmiller.212connection.com/blog/?id=danmiller A blog from 212connection.com en-us Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:36:37 GMT Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:36:37 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 212 Connection Blogs eagle5747@gmail.com (Dan Miller) kevin@212connection.com (Kevin Miller) 5 http://danmiller.212connection.com/blog/?id=danmiller&eid=2880 Here's a story from ThinkerToys by Michael Michalko. Imagine a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage there is a banana on a string. Before long a monkey walks over and reaches for the banana. As soon as he touches the banana, all the monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://danmiller.212connection.com/blog/?id=danmiller&eid=2880 http://danmiller.212connection.com/blog/?id=danmiller&eid=2869 Joanne and I were in Chicago this last week. On a bitter cold morning we planned to have breakfast at the famous Lou Mitchell's restaurant. After walking several blocks, fighting the cold, we finally found this place, started as a family restaurant in 1923. One day in 1958, someone decided Sat, 27 Dec 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://danmiller.212connection.com/blog/?id=danmiller&eid=2869 http://danmiller.212connection.com/blog/?id=danmiller&eid=2851 This gentleman has been taking a 90-minute train ride into New York each day, where he walks the streets wearing this sandwich board sign. It reads, "Almost homeless; looking for employment. Very experienced operations and administration manager." 

 He says he's beyond the point of being humiliated -- he just Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://danmiller.212connection.com/blog/?id=danmiller&eid=2851 http://danmiller.212connection.com/blog/?id=danmiller&eid=2841 I hear from so many people who regret decisions they have made, whether that is in choosing a career, buying a house they could not afford or investing in GM stock. But what should we do with our "mistakes." Is there really any other way to learn how to do Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://danmiller.212connection.com/blog/?id=danmiller&eid=2841 http://danmiller.212connection.com/blog/?id=danmiller&eid=2766 A reader recently asked, "Dan, what do you think of the concept of network marketing if the product is great and the training is exceptional?" Well let me ask you this. If I told you the new Ferrari 612 Scaglietti has exceptional safety features, rollover ratings, great re-sale value, above Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://danmiller.212connection.com/blog/?id=danmiller&eid=2766 http://danmiller.212connection.com/blog/?id=danmiller&eid=2573 This week a reader asked: How do you identify PASSION when that word seems so intense? You've addressed this before & I'm reading 48 Days but the word "passion" itself seems too intense for me. I have a hard time saying that there is anything other than my loved ones Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://danmiller.212connection.com/blog/?id=danmiller&eid=2573 http://danmiller.212connection.com/blog/?id=danmiller&eid=2453 This morning I opened a new pack of undershorts that Joanne picked up for me. Wow -- seven pairs of new Fruit of the Loom shorts. Out of curiosity I asked her what she paid for these. She said it was $5.99 for the pack of seven. Okay that's $.85 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://danmiller.212connection.com/blog/?id=danmiller&eid=2453 http://danmiller.212connection.com/blog/?id=danmiller&eid=2430 Many of you have asked to hear more about "social entrepreneurship." I have mentioned this frequently over the last couple of years as a growing example of being able to "do good" while "doing well." What I mean by that is that you can change the world, address pollution, poverty, Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://danmiller.212connection.com/blog/?id=danmiller&eid=2430 http://danmiller.212connection.com/blog/?id=danmiller&eid=2382 Think You Can? This week in an interview the host asked me what where the three things I wanted listeners to remember. This is what I gave her: 1. Expect Change. The workplace is going to remain volatile and unpredictable. Our only choice is to decide how we will respond. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://danmiller.212connection.com/blog/?id=danmiller&eid=2382 http://danmiller.212connection.com/blog/?id=danmiller&eid=2294 I'm in Chicago this morning, having completed two days of recording a new program in the studios of Nightingale Conant. As a young farm kid I was greatly impacted by Earl Nightingale's original product "The Strangest Secret." That one recording launched this company that has produced inspirational material from our Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://danmiller.212connection.com/blog/?id=danmiller&eid=2294