Company Of One With Dale Callahan

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Engineering career success growing income and taking control of career

Episodes

  • 085: How to Keep Someone from Stealing Your Idea [Podcast]

    27/01/2015 Duration: 27min

    How do you keep someone from stealing your idea? This is one of the most frequent questions I get from budding entrepreneurs. Here is my common sense advice that will help you move past being frozen without totally abandoning common sense. "Creative Commons" by Grégoire Hervé-Bazin is licensed under CC BY 2.0[/featured-image]Click to ListenDale’s Rule of Thumb:  "People who will steal ideas cannot execute them."]Corollary:  "People who can execute ideas do not need yours."] Five Things You Can Do to Protect Your IdeaMake sure your ideas is really unique. Most people think their idea is new, but often it is not. So before you get too worried about protecting something that someone else owns, search and find if it has already been done. Beware of the red jeep rule. (Do a quick patent search)Document your idea. Use photos, notes, emails to trusted people or even to yourself. Common sense stuff.  (Engineering Notebooks)File a provisional patent. (See provisional patent forms)Sign

  • 084: My Most Popular Shows of 2014 [Podcast]

    13/01/2015 Duration: 21min

    In my annual review, I wanted to find my most popular shows of 2014. Why would you care? First, many of you are content creators and I wanted to show you how I find new ideas. Second, it is just fun to learn what others are thinking. So here is a quick review of my most popular shows of 2014. "Creative Commons " by Rula Sibai is licensed under CC BY 2.0[/featured-image]Click to Listen Looking Back to 2014I hope by now that all of you have had a chance to look back at some things that worked in 2014. Looking back to my most visited pages tells me what people are thinking and what matters most to them.Live Webinar – How to Create Your First Information ProductOn January 20, 2015 I am going to do a live webinar on How to Create Your First Information Product in 30 Days. I’m getting ready for the next release of Product Creation Academy so I’m going to cover some steps about how you can create information products.Most Popular Pages of 2014:My homepage5 Ways to Create Productive Thinking TimesReverse I

  • 083: Is it OK to Want a New Job While Others are Unemployed? [Podcast]

    06/01/2015 Duration: 23min

    Is it OK to want a new job that has more meaning to you when so many other people are unemployed?  Should you not just be content with your work and live the blessing you have been given? Most of my clients do NOT like their job. There - I said it - most do not like their job. For most, they work for a good company and have good people around them, but something is missing. They are unfulfilled. They do not care about the mission of the company. They are bored. So, should they just grin and make the best of it or should they go after something that matters? "Creative Commons Hope" by pol sifter is licensed under CC BY 2.0[/featured-image]Click to ListenHow Can I help You in 2015? Click here to tell me!Survey SaysIf you have not taken my reader/listener survey - please do! But, looking at the data as it stands now, here are the top issues:I feel trapped in my jobI need or would like more incomeKey Indicators You Need a ChangePersonal reasonsNo Passion - You just do not feel it.Morning Blues - You dr

  • 082: Developing Clarity in Your Questions [Podcast]

    30/12/2014 Duration: 24min

    Want answers and solutions to your problems? Then FIRST you must get clarity in your questions. As I sit here reviewing my interactions with you and others from last year, I realize that most people are very unclear in their questions when they approach me. Instead of asking what they really want to know, they come with statements, which are often statements of hopelessness. "I cannot get more time because I have a job and kids," instead of, "How do you find time with a job and kids?" In this podcast, I will provide you a tool to help you develop clarity in your questions and in turn find hope and inspiration for the future! Finding Clarity in Your Questions  - "Creative Commons Fog Ocean Sunset" by Mike Behnken is licensed under CC BY 2.0[/featured-image]Click to ListenHelp! Take My Reader/Listener Survey How To Get Clarity on the QuestionsGoals: List the things you are trying to accomplish, goals if you will. (For more details on goal setting see Setting Goals of Next Year and

  • 081:Getting Better (or some) Ideas [Podcast]

    23/12/2014 Duration: 24min

    Ever get stuck needing ideas, or perhaps just needing better ideas or more ideas? We often find ourselves stuck in not knowing what to do over even seemingly simple decisions. Just the other day I was meeting two friends, one being Jonathan, a musician who has started blogging. Jonathan was stuck trying to find what to write about on his blog and had few ideas. As two of us listened and heard about his vision, we helped him generate over 20 ideas (I bet it was a lot more than that - but I am being conservative) for very interesting blog posts. Not because the other two of us are brilliant, but because we had another perspective. What are you stuck on? What area of your life needs new and fresh ideas? Below I have outlined an approach for creating a one time mastermind session. "Creative Commons Good Idea" by Celestine Chua is licensed under CC BY 2.0[/featured-image]Click to ListenTake My SurveyHelp! I need YOUR feedback. Fill out the survey and then shoot me an email telling me you did and I will

  • 080: Avoiding Overwhelm [Podcast]

    16/12/2014 Duration: 26min

    Do you feel overwhelmed? Just a few days ago I was sitting ready to get to work, looking at a list of things to do. But the list was huge and some of the individual items seemed overwhelming on their own. I sat for some time staring at them and wondering what to do first. I finally shook out of it and went to get coffee. But, when I came back, the list was still there. I needed a better way to deal with all I needed to do. Hours later, Lea was telling me the same thing - she was overwhelmed. What about you? Do you have more to do than you can handle? When you look at things do you ever feel stuck, wondering what to do first?[featured-image single_newwindow="false" title="Stress level: Midnight"]"Creative Commons Stress Level: Midnight" by Sara V. is licensed under CC BY 2.0[/featured-image]Click to Listen**Would love your feedback. Take my reader interest survey. Shoot me an email that you have taken it and I will provide you my list of tools for creating audio and video for the

  • 079: 5 Ways to Create Productive Thinking Times [Podcast]

    17/11/2014 Duration: 15min

    The most successful people I know spend time to think. Like us, they are busy, have families and responsibilities, so they have to find ways to force thinking time into their schedule. Why? They know success is tied to thinking and action. Action can be easy, but thinking about what action to take, now that is the key. As one person suggested to me on thinking time, if you are not thinking you are not leading, you are only following. And followers are average. My son David in his "thinking time"[/featured-image]Click to ListenWhy You Need a Thinking Time"Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in." -- Alan AldaWith all the inputs coming at you on a daily basis, you need time to process the information and do something active. Your ability to think and reason is what makes you different from a robot. Robots just respond to commands and stimuli.  Don't be a robot - THINK."Any man who reads too much and uses his

  • 078: Employee to Entrepreneur: Preparing to Make the Transition [Podcast]

    10/11/2014 Duration: 28min

    Are you thinking about moving from employee to entrepreneur? Over 50% of Americans want to start a business. And when you get to those in their 20’s and 30’s, that number increases to about 65%. Other countries have similar statistics. So if you are thinking about becoming an entrepreneur, you are in good company. But, how do you prepare to move from employee to entrepreneur? I am currently helping one of my clients, Bob (not his real name), who is preparing to make this transition from employee to entrepreneur. Here is a quick snapshot of the process we have been taking.[featured-image single_newwindow="false"]"Another Gorgeous Outer Banks Sunrise" by Michael Bentley licensed by CC 2.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/  Edited with text. [/featured-image]Click to ListenEmployee to Entrepreneur TransitionA few years ago, my wife Lea and I felt like God was leading us to go into missions work. So, we began to seek counsel, starting with our pastor. He asked us how much we had be

  • 077: What Kind of Entrepreneur do You Want to Be? [Podcast]

    03/11/2014 Duration: 31min

    Everyone is an entrepreneur - technically speaking. The question is, what kind of entrepreneur are you? And perhaps more important, what kind do you want to be. You make money to live, and depending on who you are and what you want, how you make money and who you serve is the key question. This is a quick look at some pros and cons of where you are that I hope will help you think a bit about where you would like to be. Click to ListenThree Entrepreneurship Models - What Kind of Entrepreneur are You?The Employee ModelMost people do not think about this model as being an entrepreneur. This might explain why so many corporate workers are miserable and lacking in growth. But the reality is, if you are serving others and getting paid for it, you are in business. (The definition of business is the exchange of money for goods and/or services.)Here are some characteristics of the employee model of entrepreneurship.Stability - Perceived to be stable. The reality is that working for a corporate job, especially in a la

  • 076: Leading with What You’ve Got [Podcast]

    27/10/2014 Duration: 39min

    A few years ago I took a leadership position at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Not in so many words I was told, “You have no money, no people, and no resources, but congratulations, you are in charge.” When I speak to leaders at all levels, I get the impression they have the same problem. Recently I was speaking to a group of school system CIOs who are all working with limited resources having to lead with what they have got. If you find yourself in that situation, here are three things I have learned about getting control and leading with limited resources. [/featured-image]Click to ListenFive Ways to Start a Business for Less than $10001. Get PerspectiveAs a leader, you have to step back and see the landscape of what you are doing and how you are doing it. Some of the best tools I have found to do this are:Networking - When I have a problem to solve, I tend to start searching google and try to figure it out on my own. But that rarely works. Instead, I have learned to find the person who has alrea

  • 075: Is “Follow Your Passion” Bad Advice? [Podcast]

    07/10/2014 Duration: 24min

    Should you follow your passion or not? In my talks I often state two things: 1) the most successful people have passion for what they do and  2) to find the best work for you find ways to connect the work you love to money. After the talk, some will mention authors that argue against the “find your passion” mantra. For example, Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs tells people that “finding your passion is terrible advice." Another who talk against finding passion is Scott Adams, author of the Dilbert Cartoon Series. And of course my own friends and clients often challenge these ideas. Recently Rusty Hyde of Hyde Engineering challenged the "follow your passion" thinking. With so many smart people challenging this thinking, I thought perhaps it was time to look into my message.[featured-image single_newwindow="false"]Click to ListenDid I Say That?I was trying to find out where I tell people to follow their passion. While I am sure I have used those words, what I usually do is tell them to find thei

  • 074: Why Does Everyone Want to Start a Nonprofit? [Podcast]

    23/09/2014 Duration: 31min

    It is an epidemic. Everyone seems to want to start a nonprofit. They want to serve the inner city, the poor, the boys without fathers, those who cannot read, and many other causes. Yet, when I hear nonprofit, my heart sinks. It is not that nonprofits are bad, but something about our society is being said when we all want to be a nonprofit. If you are thinking a nonprofit works for you, here I will challenge some of your assumptions.[featured-image single_newwindow="false"]Click to ListenReasons to Rethink Your Plan to Start a NonprofitAll business serves people. It seems as a society we have been taught that being a for-profit business is evil. We begin to believe that businesses which are about making a profit do not serve people. Nothing is further from the truth. Business is all about service. Look around and see all the positive impacts that have come from for-profit business ventures.Disconnecting the customers from the person served. This is one of the greatest challenges nonprofits have. They

  • 073: Growing Your Influence through Managing Your Contacts [Podcast]

    09/09/2014 Duration: 37min

    Building a network is one thing, managing your contacts is quite another. With so many platforms (Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook, email, etc) to keep up with, it is hard to reminder the last time I checked in with the key people in my network, much less what we said. But worse than that, I noticed that I would meet some great contact, and by the time I got back with them a year or more had past. The initial meeting and relationship had gone cold. Now I was working to rebuild the relationship. I was searching for some simple solution to keep up with it all. Then my mastermind group showed me Contactually. Contactually Devices | Courtesy of Contactually[/featured-image]Click to Listen "Pull together contacts from LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and email!"]Contactually is a powerful tool that helps me do some of the things I continually teach others to do. (For example in Networking for Introverts)Develop key contacts that I want to grow and stay in touch with them.Find ways to periodically add value to t

  • 072: I Work My Day Job to Fund My Dream Job [Podcast]

    02/09/2014 Duration: 26min

    If I asked you what you were working toward, could you tell me? A recent conversation startled me. A very bright and well educated man I was coaching told me of his dream to start a non-profit to help stamp out illiteracy. He had a true heart for those who were held back because they could not read. But, his short term goal was to move up in his company. Sensing that I was not hearing him right, I asked why he had two opposing career goals. Both would take energy and commitment. In reality, he could not do both. He told me, “I work my day job to fund my dream.” Dream - Courtesy of flicker/CreativeCommons | greg westfall [/featured-image]Click to Listen  "I work my day job to fund my dream."]Question the DreamHis statement led me into some obvious questions:How much money do you need to start?He did not know.Are you serving this group now on a volunteer basis?He wished he could more, but his job is too busy.Why don’t you start now?All people who run non-profits seem to be broke themselves. He did n

  • 071: Do You Really HAVE to Do Anything? [Podcast]

    26/08/2014 Duration: 27min

    Are you running yourself to death? The typical family with careers and kids spend most of their time running and working. They run to get their kids to school. They run to work, which is running all day. Then they run home to get their kids and take them to their endless array of sports and activities. All in the name of providing for our kids and "living the dream". Hurry, Hurry (Courtesy Flicker/Creative Commons - abbilder)[/featured-image]Click to ListenThe end result is exhaustion, burnout, poor eating, lack of exercise, and shallow relationships. Most parents do not even really know their kids. They are not spending time with them, they are spending their time serving them. Why? We have to, or course. We have to do it all and do it well.As I meet with and speak to people all over the world, I see the same challenges. They are the have-tos of life, which are rarely challenged.You have tosGo to college to be successful. (or send my kids so they will be successful)Get a loan to go to college.Go t

  • 070: 5 Ways to Get Clarity and Get Moving [Podcast]

    19/08/2014 Duration: 30min

    I spend a lot of time coaching others. I tend to start the conversation with some basic questions. Where do you want to be in a few years? Where are you now? What are the obstacles in your way from getting to where you want to be? What is the major obstacle? After doing this for years, I can conclusively say that most of us have no idea what we want, where we are going, or how we are going to get there. We lack clarity.  clarity breaks through the clutter…(Courtesy of flickr.com/creativecommons | Robert Meeks) [/featured-image]Click to ListenClarity is an odd thing. Most of the people I coach are paid for clarity. They help to make plans and implement them for their employers. Yet, most have no personal clarity or plan.Five Ways to Get Clarity and Get Moving1. Take Responsibility for Your Own Clarity. It is not anyone else’s fault that you do not have clarity, it is yours. Clarity is a decision. If you do not have it, then I suggest you get it, else you are working toward the wrong goal. " Clarity is a

  • 069: Four Reasons to Grow Your Personal Brand [Podcast]

    12/08/2014 Duration: 20min

    I am the kind of person you likes to hide. I would rather not have myself out there to be seen by all. I would rather do my job and go home. (Or at least that is how I was.) The idea of developing a personal brand has always felt like me selling myself, and a little slimy. But, I am now discovering that it is not slimy, but many of those who are preaching the need for a personal brand make it slimy. So, I want to take some time over the next few weeks to talk about your personal brand - why you need it and how to develop it. But first, why should you care. Branding Irons - Courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons - Tracey Adams[/featured-image]Click to ListenBeing Off the Grid (web) is RidiculousMany people, especially IT types, tell me they are ”off the grid,” meaning that I will not learn anything about them by searching on the web for their name. While that sounds like a good idea, the truth is they have limited their opportunities. Unless I am hiring certain kinds of work, I would not want to hire someone who

  • 068: Day Job to Dream Job | Interview with Kary Oberbrunner [Podcast]

    05/08/2014 Duration: 38min

    I remember getting up on Monday morning with a sense of dread. I was going to work and hated every minute of it. I was stuck in a day job. I would wonder, “How had I gotten here?” After my great education from a top engineering school, I was suddenly stuck in a mundane, boring, and yet very stressful day job. How could I get from my day job to my dream job? What was my dream job? To help YOU answer those question, today, I bring you Kary Oberbrunner, the author of the new book Day Job to Dream Job. Click to ListenDay Job to Dream JobIn this discussion with Kary, we talk about his journey from day job to dream job. Kary shares his passion for the problem and the solution.For instance, if you feel in prison at your job (like I did) you are not alone. Over 80% of the people in the industrialized world feel that way. Kary shares my passion for wanting to provide a help to those living a lifeless corporate existence and are ready and willing to make a change.In his new book Day Job to Dream Job, Kary shares his 9

  • 067: How to be Happy at Work (even if you hate your job) [Podcast]

    29/07/2014 Duration: 23min

    If you are not loving your job, you can always quit and find another. But, for some of us that option is either a hard choice or something that will happen over time, not tomorrow. So, whether you are working on a new job or waiting for an event like retirement, the trick is to find out how to be happy at work - today.   Courtesy Flickr/Creative Commons | DVIDSHUB [/featured-image]Click to Listen According to a recent Gallup poll, Americans are “disconnected” at work. This means more people lack any sense of fulfillment - or they are a “cog-in-the-wheel.” This lack of purpose and meaning will quickly drive one to be unhappy at work. We feel it is meaningless drudgery because no one really cares about what we do.Be Happy at Work  - Starting NOWIn this podcast we explore a few things that can turn the page and make work fun.Make a choice. First you make a choice to be happy. Be conscious that you have control over your own emotions. No matter what others do or do not do, they do not have control over how you

  • 066: Preparing for a Change | Interview with Eric Roberge [Podcast]

    22/07/2014 Duration: 33min

    Are you preparing for a change? A change in career? Perhaps even an entrepreneurial venture? Are you preparing to make the change successfully? Do you even know how to prepare? Today we talk to Eric Roberge with Beyond Your Hammock. Eric focuses on helping people create new possibilities by showing them how to prepare before they make the leap. And, his specialty is working with professional entrepreneurs. Today, Eric shares with us three things you need to do to prepare before you make the change.  Eric Roberge with Beyond Your Hammock[/featured-image]Click to ListenThree Things to Do When Preparing for a Change (Especially if you are starting a new venture!)When you are planning to make a change in career, that means you are impacting your stream of cash. So today, we talk to Eric about three key things to think about as you are planning to make your move.1. Know why you are making the move.Do not just run from something, but define what you are running to. What do you want? Freedom? Money? What is the rea

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