![159: 15 Minute Business Plan for Your Startup [Podcast]](https://dalecallahan.com/wp-content/uploads/office-594132_1280.jpg)
Write your 15 minute business plan and then get moving providing goods and services for other people. After all, the only person who reads most business plans is the person who wrote it - the business owner. But unlike all those people who spend months writing a...
![158: Quit Believing Stupid Lies about Money and Wealth [Podcast]](https://dalecallahan.com/wp-content/uploads/coins-1523383_1280.jpg)
Stupid lies about money are certainly prevalent. Like weight loss, everyone has advice about how to make money and grow wealth. The problem is - most of that advice comes from people who do not have any money. Kinda like taking weight loss advice from a fat person. ...
![157: Finding Joy on the Job – Even When You Work for an Idiot [Podcast]](https://dalecallahan.com/wp-content/uploads/body-of-water-3362742_1280.jpg)
Is finding joy on the job - even when you work for an idiot - even possible? No, I am not asking is working for an idiot possible - we all know that it is. Painfully! But finding joy on the job is an important part. Can it be done if you work for that idiot? I...
![156: How to Lead at Work When There is a Leadership Void [Podcast]](https://dalecallahan.com/wp-content/uploads/leader-73333.jpg)
Leadership void is much more common than we want to admit. In fact, I think it is the norm. Some voids are caused by poor leaders who provide little vision or direction. Others are caused by transitions in roles (esp for your leaders) and the inability for overall...
![155: Five Ways to Grow Your Income Without Leaving Your Day Job [Podcast]](https://dalecallahan.com/wp-content/uploads/sharon-mccutcheon-rItGZ4vquWk-unsplash-scaled.jpg)
Looking to grow your income without leaving your day job? Growing our income is one of the most common goals we all have - but we rarely talk about it like growth. Instead, I hear others tell me “I want to make more money” But what does that mean? Usually a new job or...
![154: The First 5 Steps to Starting Your Own Business or Side Hustle [Podcast]](https://dalecallahan.com/wp-content/uploads/business-plan-2061634_1280.jpg)
What are the first 5 steps to starting your own business or side hustle? You could do what most people do when they start a business. Write a business plan. Yes, get bogged down in the nasty details that really will not matter nor be read by anyone. Go find funding —...
![153: The Big Career Fears [Podcast]](https://dalecallahan.com/wp-content/uploads/little-boy-1635065_1280.jpg)
Career fears are those silly things that keep us from making wise career decisions we want to make. So many of us look in the mirror and know that we are CONTROLLED BY OUR FEAR. The Big Career Fears (Podcast Outline) Here are the primary fears holding us back in our...
![152: How to Recognize and Overcome Fear [Podcast]](https://dalecallahan.com/wp-content/uploads/boards-2040575_1280.jpg)
How do you recognize and overcome fear? Fear plays a dominate part of most lives. But success often is found on the other side of fear. How to Recognize and Overcome Fear (Podcast Outline) What fear really looks like Excuses Procrastination Perfectionism - Seth Godin...
![151: You Don’t Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Podcast]](https://dalecallahan.com/wp-content/uploads/no-1532840_1280.jpg)
It's OK If You Don't Want to Be an Entrepreneur. Really! You see the message everywhere that you should quit your day job, take the risk, and make money. You might be hearing statements like: You are busy making someone else rich. You are selling out. Entrepreneurs...
![150: How to Continue to Grow Your Career as an Engineer [Podcast]](https://dalecallahan.com/wp-content/uploads/sean-mcgee-HX1X74w6a-I-unsplash-scaled.jpg)
You should want to grow your career. Right? It just makes sense? But wanting to grow your career is not enough - you have to work at it. Once we start our engineering career (or any career for that matter), we get busy. Work and life take over, and we are so tied up...
![149: Why You Need to Continue to Grow as an Engineer [Podcast]](https://dalecallahan.com/wp-content/uploads/hands-1838658_1280.jpg)
Do you grow as an engineer or technology professional? You know the saying "If you are not growing, you are dying" It is true for your career - a lot more than you think. You see, many of us engineers think "We've got this." The technology changes going on around us...
![148: Can You Become an Engineer (or anything else) without a College Degree [Podcast]](https://dalecallahan.com/wp-content/uploads/artificial-intelligence-3382507_1280.jpg)
Do you really need a college degree to become an engineer? This subject is an often debated topic - especially in the hallowed halls of higher education. Many of my peers hotly disagree with me on this subject. They think I am committing blasphemy to bring up the...
![147: Where Do You See Yourself in Five Years? [Podcast]](https://dalecallahan.com/wp-content/uploads/binoculars-1209011_1280.jpg)
“Where do you see yourself in five years?” is one of the most frequently asked questions in an interview. Yet, I often wonder if your answer matters much. After all, many interviewers are just following a script. But forget the interview and think about it for...
![146: How to Develop Confidence and Composure – Even When You are Scared to Death [Podcast]](https://dalecallahan.com/wp-content/uploads/workplace-1245776_1280.jpg)
Develop confidence. That is the challenge. The desire to develop more confidence and composure under pressure is a common theme we see in our professional graduate students. Even those who seem like they are highly confident will confess one-on-one that they are...
![145: Does it Matter Where You Go to School? [Podcast]](https://dalecallahan.com/wp-content/uploads/hammerton-college-1751689_1280.jpg)
Where you go to school matters - right? With all the attention to college acceptance bribery cases involving actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, we might think that it really matters where you go to school. After all, why would they pay a ton of money if...
![144: Should I Get a Masters in Engineering Management or MBA [Podcast]](https://dalecallahan.com/wp-content/uploads/arrows-1834859_1280.jpg)
Engineering Management (EM) vs MBA? That is a question I have talked about a lot in the last few years. I have both a masters in engineering and an MBA. And since joining the university, I have been running an engineering management program (Information Engineering...
![143: Hidden Engineering Jobs – How to Find Jobs that Have Not Been Advertised [Podcast]](https://dalecallahan.com/wp-content/uploads/jan-schulz-webdesigner-stuttgart-iE9k36TlRmI-unsplash-scaled.jpg)
Ever heard of hidden engineering jobs? Estimates indicate that over 80% of jobs filled each year are hidden jobs. What is a hidden job? Many will define hidden jobs as jobs that never get formally posted to job boards. But it goes further than that since many jobs...
![142: Finding Hidden Jobs Everywhere You Look [Podcast]](https://dalecallahan.com/wp-content/uploads/james-mcgill-pCKhrmnxrRk-unsplash-scaled.jpg)
Finding hidden jobs is like finding a rare coin in your spare change - easy to go unnoticed but fun when you find it. And sometimes, valuable. Clients and students often tell me how there are so few jobs available. But when others look, they see jobs everywhere. In...