Notes

Citizens of Shawshank

[1]. Right Management ManPower Group, “Survey Finds Continued Worker Discontent,” November 27, 2012, http://www.right.com/news-and-events/press-releases/2012-press-releases/item24318.aspx.

[2]. Ibid.

Do You Feel Trapped?

[1]. Dean Schabner, “Americans Work More Than Anyone,” ABC News, May 1, 2013, http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=93364&page=1#.UcRPUJUijFJ.

[2]. Ibid.

[3]. “Great Recession,” Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Recession, accessed June 25, 2013.

[4]. L. P. Jacks, Education through Recreation (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1932), 1.

Do You Feel Enslaved?

[1]. “Passive Income,” The Free Dictionary by Farlex, http://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/passive+income, accessed June 25, 2013.

[2]. Your Secret Name, http://www.yoursecretname.com.

[3]. “Your Secret Name,” YouTube video, 4:15, posted by Kary Oberbrunner on March 2, 2010, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-xavMhcZK8&feature=player_embedded.

[4]. To read their stories, visit “Secret Stories,” Your Secret Name, http://www.yoursecretname.com/category/secret-stories/.

[5]. See more information on team members Gill Scott at http://www.linkedin.com/in/gillscottmotiveleadership and Elias Kanaris at http://www.eliaskanaris.com.

[6]. See more information on Patrick Nsereko and Autumn Neighbors at Your Secret Name Team, http://www.yoursecretname.com/team/.

[7]. Seth Godin, “Fearlessness is not the same as the absence of fear,” Seth’s Blog, June 23, 2013, http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2013/06/fearlessness-is-not-the-same-as-the-absence-of-fear.html.

[8]. Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth (New York: Anchor, 1991), 4.

Do You Feel Dissatisfied?

[1]. Tim Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek (New York: Harmony, 2009), 75.

[2]. “Billionaires’ Advice for New College Grads,” Forbes, http://www.forbes.com/pictures/edek45fghe/steve-jobs-live-each-day-as-if-it-was-your-last/, accessed June 27, 2013.

Why The “When” Is “Now”

[1]. Darren Hardy, “The Vault is Open,” June 4, 2013, http://darrenhardy.success.com/2013/06/the-vault-door-is-open/.

[2]. Ibid.

[3]. Triin Linamagi, “10 Mind-Blowing Facts About Mobile Users,” TextMagic Blog, June 12, 2013, http://www.textmagic.com/blog/10-mind-blowing-facts-about-mobile-users/.

[4]. Several websites devoted to contacting celebrities are http://www.wikihow.com/Contact-Famous-Celebrities, http://www.thehandbook.com/celebrities, and http://www.celebrityendorsement.com.

[5]. Sam Costello, “How Many Apps Are in the iPhone App Store,” About. com, http://ipod.about.com/od/iphonesoftwareterms/qt/apps-in-app-store.htm, accessed June 28, 2013.

[6]. For more information on many different apps, I suggest Matt Hamilton, “25 Unusual and Inspiring Uses for Your iPhone,” AppStorm, April 8, 2010, http://iphone.appstorm.net/roundups/25-unusual-and-inspiring-uses-for-your-iphone/; and Peter May, “10 Off-the-wall iPhone Apps,” How Stuff Works, http://www.howstuffworks.com/cell-phone-apps/10-off-the-wall-iphone-apps.htm/printable, accessed June 29, 2013.

[7]. “Elven Gifts from Lothlorien,” Wikia, http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Elven_Gifts_from_Lothlorien, accessed June 29, 2013.

[8]. “John le Carré > Quotes > Quotable Quote,” Good Reads, http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/125728-a-desk-is-a-dangerous-place-from-which-to-view, accessed January 26, 2014.

[9]. Michael Myers, Talents Tutoring Service, http://www.magnifyingtalents.com, accessed June 29, 2013.

[10]. United States Department of Labor, “Bureau of Labor Statistics—Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey,” http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000, accessed April 22, 2013.

[11]. United States Department of Labor, “News Release—Number of jobs held, labor market activity, and earnings growth among the youngest baby boomers: results from a longitudinal survey,” July 25, 2012, http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/nlsoy.pdf.

[12]. Carl Bialik, “Seven Careers in a Lifetime? Think Twice, Researchers Say,” The Wall Street Journal, September 4, 2010, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704206804575468162805877990.html.

[13]. United States Department of Labor, “Bureau of Labor Statistics—Employee Tenure Summary,” September 18, 2012, http://www.bls.gov/news.release/tenure.nr0.htm.

[14]. Dan Miller, 48 Days to the Work You Love, (Nashville: B & H Publishing Group, 2010), http://www.amazon.com/Days-Work-You-Love-Preparing/dp/1433669331.

[15]. The Deeper Path Cohort; visit http://www.deeperpathbook.com/cohort/.

[16]. The engagement levels in China, Singapore, and Germany are much worse than the United States. See http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/117376/employee-disengagement-plagues-germany.aspx; http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/22720/worker-disengagement-continues-cost-singapore.aspx; and http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/160406/china-workplace-problem.aspx.

[17]. Kelli Grant, “Americans hate their jobs and even perks don’t help,” Today CNBC, June 24, 2013, http://www.today.com/money/americans-hate-their-jobs-even-perks-dont-help-6C10423977.

[18]. Ibid.

[19]. Jerry Ruhl, “Lecture: The Unlived Life,” Oregon Friends of C.G. Jung, http://ofj.org/lecture/lecture-unlived-life, accessed January 26, 2014.

[20]. “High School Dropout Statistics,” Statistic Brain, http://www.statisticbrain.com/high-school-dropout-statistics/, accessed June 30, 2013.

[21]. Miller, 48 Days to the Work You Love, 22.

[22]. Jon Jeter, “Slavery 2010,” The Root, February 10, 2010, http://www.theroot.com/articles/politics/2010/02/black_history_month_are_we_still_slaves.html.

[23]. “The Shawshank Redemption,” IMDb, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111161/trivia, accessed July 1, 2013.

[24]. “AFI’s 100 Years . . . 100 Movies,” Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years...100_Movies, accessed July 1, 2013.

[25]. “The Shawshank Redemption,” Total Film, November 8, 2006, http://www.totalfilm.com/features/the-shawshank-redemption.

[26]. “IMDb Charts: IMDb Top 250,” IMDb, http://www.imdb.com/chart/top, accessed July 1, 2013.

[27]. Roger Ebert, “The Shawshank Redemption,” September 23, 1994, http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-shawshank-redemption-1994.

[28]. Frank Darabont, “The Shawshank Redemption,” IMSDb, http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Shawshank-Redemption,-The.html, accessed July 2, 2013.

[29]. Ibid.

[30]. Ibid.

[31] Ibid.

Step One: DESIGN Your Story

[1]. For example, see UNCO Industries, “Starting Your Own Worm Farming Business,” http://www.vermiculture.com/starting_a_business.html, accessed July 2, 2013.

[2]. “About Worms,” http://www.worms4earth.com/aboutworms.php, accessed July 2, 2013.

[3]. Berta Delgado, “Fruit of His Labors,” The Dallas Morning News, January 4, 2003, repr. “Howard G. Hendricks,” Dallas Theological Seminary, http://www.dts.edu/about/profiles/Howard_G_Hendricks, accessed July 2, 2013.

[4]. “The Matrix,” IMDb, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/quotes, accessed January 26, 2014.

[5]. “Maya Angelou,” Women Who Changed America, http://www.womenwhochangedamerica.org/profile/maya-angelou, accessed January 26, 2014.

[6]. Charles R. Cross, Heavier Than Heaven (New York: Hyperion, 2002), 351–52.

[7]. “Kurt Cobain,” Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Cobain, accessed July 3, 2013.

[8]. “Cobain’s Suicide Note,” DateJesus.com, http://www.datejesus.com/sermons/cobain/suicide.html, accessed July 3, 2013.

[9]. Ivan Klíma, Love and Garbage (New York: Knopf, 1991), 117.

[10]. “Guru,” Merriam-Webster, http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guru, accessed July 5, 2013.

[11]. “Never, Ever Give Up. Arthur’s Inspirational Transformation!,” YouTube video, 4:55, posted by Diamond Dallas on April 30, 2012, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX9FSZJu448.

[12]. Malcolm Gladwell, “The Tipping Point,” Gladwell.com, http://gladwell.com/the-tipping-point/, accessed July 6, 2013.

[13]. “About Dave,” DaveRamsey.com, http://www.daveramsey.com/company/about-dave/, accessed July 6, 2013.

[14]. “Dave Ramsey,” Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Ramsey, accessed July 7, 2013.

[15]. “About Dr. Sacks,” Oliver Sacks, M.D., http://www.oliversacks.com/about-the-author/about-dr-sacks/, accessed July 7, 2013.

[16]. Katie Moisse, Bob Woodruff, James Hill, and Lana Zak, “Gabby Giffords: Finding Voice through Music Therapy,” ABC News, November 14, 2011, http://abcnews.go.com/Health/w_MindBodyNews/gabby-giffords-finding-voice-music-therapy/story?id=14903987.

[17]. Kurt Badenhausen, “How Michael Jordan Still Earns $80 Million a Year,” Forbes, February 14, 2013, http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2013/02/14/how-michael-jordan-still-earns-80-million-a-year/.

[18]. Ibid.

[19]. “What Is GPS?” Garmin, http://www8.garmin.com/aboutGPS/, accessed July 8, 2013.

[20]. Ferriss, 4-Hour Workweek, 167.

[21]. The New Man Project, http://www.thenewmanproject.com, accessed July 8, 2013.

[22]. Guy Chmieleski “Catalyst/Andy Stanley/Be Present,” FaithOnCampus, October 6, 2011, http://faithoncampus.com/catalyst-andy-stanley-be-present/.

[23]. Brendon Burchard, The Millionaire Messenger, (New York: Morgan James, 2011), 44.

[24]. Ferriss, 4-Hour Workweek, 168.

[25]. Ryan Deiss, “How to Create Your First Kindle Book This Weekend,” 2012, http://www.long-distance-lover.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/HowToCreateYourFirstKindleBookInaWeekend.pdf, accessed July 9, 2013.

[26]. “About Alltop,” Alltop.com, http://alltop.com/about/, accessed July 10, 2013.

[27]. Ecclesiastes 1:9.

[28]. U2, “The Fly,” MP3 Lyrics, http://www.mp3lyrics.org/u/u2/the-fly/, accessed August 4, 2013.

[29]. “Synthesis,” The Free Dictionary by Farlex, http://www.thefreedictionary.com/synthesis, accessed July 10, 2013.

[30]. A picture of a “synthesized” book: http://bit.ly/sythesizerpic., accessed December 18, 2013.

[31]. “Apple Steve Jobs The Crazy Ones - NEVER BEFORE AIRED 1997,” YouTube video, 1:01, posted by S Jackson on February 1, 2009, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rwsuXHA7RA.

[32]. Napoleon Hill, “Chapter Five: Specialized Knowledge,” Think and Grow Rich (orig. pub. Meriden, CT: Ralston Society, 1937), http://www.sacred-texts.com/nth/tgr/tgr10.htm, accessed July 10, 2013.

Step Two: DESIGN Your Space

[1]. I loved the food, the one time I went. Rodizio Grill, http://www.rodiziogrill.com/columbus, accessed July 12, 2013.

[2]. Thanks to Jon Acuff for the inspiration behind this thought.

[3]. “The Eureka! Ranch,” http://www.eurekaranch.com/the-ranch-facility.html, accessed July 13, 2013.

[4]. Sparkspace, http://www.sparkspace.com/public-events/, accessed July 13, 2013.

Step Three: DESIGN Your Service

[1]. Eric Hoffer, Ordeal of Change, (Cutchogue, NY: Buccaneer Books, 1976), 171.

[2]. Fast Company Staff, “A Dislike for Change,” January 12, 2006, http://www.fastcompany.com/930982/dislike-change.

[3]. Tom Peters, “The Brand Called You,” Fast Company, http://www.fastcompany.com/28905/brand-called-you, accessed January 27, 2014.

[4]. Ibid.

[5]. Ibid.

[6]. Dan Schawbel, “How Recruiters Use Social Networks to Make Hiring Decisions Now,” Time, July 9, 2012, http://business.time.com/2012/07/09/how-recruiters-use-social-networks-to-make-hiring-decisions-now/.

[7]. Ibid.

[8]. Career Builder, “Thirty-seven percent of companies use social networks to research potential job candidates, according to new CareerBuilder Survey,” April 18, 2012, http://www.careerbuilder.com/share/aboutus/pressreleasesdetail.aspx?id=pr691&sd=4%2F18%2F2012&ed=4%2F18%2F2099.

[9]. Catharine Smith and Craig Kanalley, “Fired Over Facebook: 13 Posts That Got People CANNED,” Huffington Post, July 26, 2010, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/26/fired-over-facebook-posts_n_659170.html#slide=115650.

[10]. Catharine Smith and Bianca Bosker, “Fired Over Twitter: 13 Tweets That Got People CANNED,” Huffington Post, July 14, 2010, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/15/fired-over-twitter-tweets_n_645884.html#s112801title=Cisco_Fatty_Loses.

[11]. Thanks to Wayne Dyer for the indirect quote.

[12]. Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning (Boston: Beacon Press, 2006), http://books.google.com/books/about/Man_s_Search_for_Meaning.html?id=F-Q_xGjWBi8C.

[13]. Grant, “Americans hate their jobs and even perks don’t help.”

[14]. Miller, 48 Days to the Work You Love, http://www.amazon.com/Days-Work-You-Love-Preparing/dp/1433669331.

[15]. John Maxwell, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1997), 106.

[16]. “Luke Fickell,” Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Fickell, accessed July 16, 2013.

[17]. “Bob’s Red Mill,” Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob’s_Red_Mill, accessed July 16, 2013.

[18]. Chris Guillebeau, The $100 Startup (New York: Random House, 2012), 47.

[19]. Vishen Lakhiani, “How to Craft a Brilliant Guarantee with ‘Risk Reversal’ (Part 1),” Mind Valley Insights, www.mindvalleyinsights.com/choose-risk-reversal-guarantee-business-needs-part-1/, accessed July 17, 2013.

[20]. Best Buy, “Return and Exchange Policy,” http://www.bestbuy.com/site/help-topics/return-exchange-policy/pcmcat260800050014.c?id=pcmcat260800050014, accessed January 28, 2014.

[21]. Lowe’s, “Returns and Refunds Policy,” http://www.lowes.com/cd_Returns+and+Refunds+Policy_33243642_, accessed July 17, 2013.

[22]. Zappos, “Shipping and Returns,” http://www.zappos.com/shipping-and-returns, accessed July 18, 2013.

[23]. Peters, “Brand Called You.”

Step Four: CREATE Your Platform

[1]. Gene Weingarten, “Pearls Before Breakfast,” Washington Post, April 8, 2007, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html.

[2]. Ibid.

[3]. Ibid.

[4]. Michael Hyatt, “Why You Need a Platform to Succeed,” http://michaelhyatt.com/platform, accessed July 18, 2013.

[5]. “Seth Godin,” Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Godin, accessed July 18, 2013.

[6]. Seth Godin, “Permission Marketing,” Seth’s Blog, January 31, 2008, http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/01/permission-mark.html.

[7]. John C. Maxwell, “Connectors Do the Difficult Work of Keeping It Simple,” October 18, 2009, http://johnmaxwellonleadership.com/2009/10/18/connectors-do-the-difficult-work-of-keeping-it-simple/.

[8]. Thanks to Chris Brogan for starting my thinking in this direction. See Chris Brogan, “A Simple Presence Framework,” June 15, 2009, http://www.chrisbrogan.com/a-simple-presence-framework/. I also found value in his Master Class.

[9]. Google also offers a more robust, paid version. See http://www.google.com/alerts.

[10]. “Goethe,” To Inspire, http://www.toinspire.com/author.asp?author=Goethe, accessed January 28, 2014.

[11]. George Anders, The Rare Find (New York: Portfolio, 2012), 119–20.

[12]. Inception, directed by Christopher Nolan (Warner Bros., 2010), DVD.

[13]. Seth Godin, Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us (New York: Portfolio, 2008), http://www.amazon.com/Tribes-We-Need-You-Lead/dp/1591842336, accessed January 28, 2014.

[14]. Michael Hyatt, “What I Learned about Leadership from a Fight with My Wife,” August 18, 2011, http://michaelhyatt.com/what-i-learned-about-leadership-from-a-fight-with-my-wife.html.

[15]. You can access the video here: http://bit.ly/DPpurpose.

[16]. Hyatt, “Why You Need a Platform to Succeed.”

[17]. Godin, “Permission Marketing.”

Step Five: CREATE Your Product

[1]. Ann Oldenburg, “Jillian Michaels shows she once weighed 175 pounds,” USA TODAY, June 17, 2010, http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/06/jillian-michaels-shows-she-once-weighed-175-pounds/1#.Ue7CxhZ-MUU.

[2]. “Jillian Michaels Biography,” Biography, http://www.biography.com/people/jillian-michaels-5948?page=1, accessed July 20, 2013.

[3]. “Jillian’s Bio,” Jillian Michaels, http://www.jillianmichaels.com/fit/about-jillian/bio, accessed July 20, 2013.

[4]. Todd Eliason, “John Maxwell: A Life of Leadership and Inspiration,” SUCCESS, http://www.success.com/articles/606-a-life-of-leadership-and-inspiration, accessed July 20, 2013.

[5]. “Golden Gavel Award,” Toastmasters International, http://www.toastmasters.org/goldengavel, accessed July 20, 2013.

[6]. Eliason, “John Maxwell: A Life of Leadership and Inspiration.”

[7]. “What We Do,” Equip, http://www.iequip.org, accessed July 20, 2013.

[8]. “Brian Moran,” The Rise to the Top, http://www.therisetothetop.com/people/brian-moran/, accessed July 20, 2013.

[9]. Yaro Starak, “From College Baseball Professional, to Facebook Advertising Expert, Brian Moran Shares How He Made a Million in His First Full Time Year Online,” Entrepreneurs-Journey, July 24, 2012, http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/11055/brian-moran/.

[10]. “Teleseminars,” Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleseminars, accessed July 20, 2013.

[11]. “Web Conferencing,” Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_conferencing, accessed July 20, 2013.

[12]. Sid Savara, “How to Start and Run a Mastermind Group,” Life Hack, http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/how-to-start-and-run-a-mastermind-group.html, accessed July 20, 2013.

[13]. Joel Falconer, “How to Use Parkinson’s Law to Your Advantage,” Life Hack, http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/how-to-use-parkinsons-law-to-your-advantage.html, accessed July 20, 2013.

[14]. “Parkinson’s Law in Time Management,” Process Policy, https://processpolicy.com/parkinsons-law.htm, accessed July 20, 2013.

Step Six: CREATE Your Promotion

[1]. More about my friend Chet and his business Built To Lead: http://www.builttolead.com.

[2]. “Four Rules Every Female Entrepreneur Should Follow,” Business 2 Community, http://www.business2community.com/leadership/four-rules-every-female-entrepreneur-follow-0635570#!tGqjS, accessed January 28, 2014.

[3]. You can access the video here: http://bit.ly/DPpurpose.

[4]. Seth Godin, “Polishing Perfect,” Seth’s Blog, June 11, 2013, http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2013/06/polishing-perfect.html.

[5]. Juliet Lapidos, “Why Did It Take Google So Long to Take Gmail Out of ‘Beta?’” Slate, July 7, 2009, http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/recycled/2009/07 why_did_it_take_google_so_long_to_take_gmail_out_of_beta.html.

Step Seven: MAINTAIN Your Community

[1]. For more information about Brandon, visit http://www.brandonclements.com.

[2]. “What Is Kickstarter?” Kickstarter, http://www.kickstarter.com/hello?ref=nav, accessed December 18, 2013.

[3]. Brandon Clements, Every Bush Is Burning, http://everybushisburning.com, accessed July 20, 2013.

[4]. For more information about Jeff, visit http://goinswriter.com.

[5]. For more information, visit Kindle Direct Publishing at https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/KDPSelect.

[6]. Darabont, “The Shawshank Redemption,” http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Shawshank-Redemption,-The.html.

[7]. Seth Godin, “Piracy? You wish,” The Domino Project, http://www.thedominoproject.com/2012/04/piracy-you-wish.html, accessed July 21, 2013.

Step Eight: MAINTAIN Your Clarity

[1]. Adam McCampbell, “Adam P. McCampbell: Opus,” http://bit.ly/adamopus, accessed July 21, 2013.

[2]. “Why VisionSpark?” VisionSpark, www.vision-spark.com, accessed July 21, 2013.

[3]. Built to Lead.com, http://www.builttolead.com, accessed July 22, 2013.

Step Nine: MAINTAIN Your Credibility

[1]. Olga Khazan, “How the Holstee manifesto became the new ‘Just Do It,’” Washington Post, November 17, 2011, http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/on-small-business/how-the-holstee-manifesto-became-the-new-just-do-it/2011/11/17/gIQA2AYyUN_story.html.

[2]. Mike Vardy, “10 Insanely Awesome Inspirational Manifestos,” Life Hack, http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/10-awesome-inspirational-manifestos.html, accessed July 24, 2013.

[3]. For more on Kindle Direct Publishing, visit https://kdp.amazon.com. For more on Amazon Author Central, visit “All About Amazon Author Central,” www.authorcentral.amazon.com, and “Amazon Author Central,” http://bit.ly/authorcent.

[4]. Get your free copy of my manifesto at DayJobToDreamJob.com.

Zihuatanejo

[1]. John Tierney, “The Advantages of Closing a Few Doors,” New York Times, February 26, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/science/26tier.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0.

[2]. Another helpful resource is Ron Edmondson, “When Is It Time to Quit? 10 Scenarios to Help Decide,” Church Leaders, http://www.churchleaders.com/pastors/pastor-articles/168300-ron-edmondson-it-time-to-quit-10-scenarios-to-help-decide.html, accessed July 25, 2013.

[3]. Darabont, “The Shawshank Redemption,” http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Shawshank-Redemption,-The.html.

[4]. Ibid.

Appendix A

[1]. Ruhl, “Lecture: The Unlived Life,” http://ofj.org/lecture/lecture-unlived-life.