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American Idol Final Three Live (ok..Tape-Delayed) Analysis

I have made my stand in my pre-round rankings about who I think finishes where. I have held to a David vs David finale for a while now, but something about the emergence of Syesha combined with the redundancy of Archuleta has me thinking that DA is susceptible to the sucker punch. With [...]
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A $1000 Tip (Really)

I received this article this morning in an email. It inspired and challenged me. I hope it does the same for you.
Do You Wish You Could Get a Break?
Dan Miller

This last Friday night Joanne and I had dinner at one of our favorite restaurants. This restaurant opened last April — [...]
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I have made my stand in my pre-round rankings about who I think finishes where. I have held to a David vs David finale for a while now, but something about the emergence of Syesha combined with the redundancy of Archuleta has me thinking that DA is susceptible to the sucker punch. With three songs each tonight, Syesha has a chance to really show personality that DA clearly does not have. So without further ado… let’s go!

JUDGES PICKS

PERSONAL CHOICES

PRODUCER CHOICES

FINAL ANALYSIS

Archuleta did what he does best - he sang ballads well. But he also showed how limited he is with a very mediocre effort on the Chris Brown song.

Mercado displayed a lot of pizazz and spiciness along with some pretty good vocals. She is a far more interesting and entertaining performer than Archuleta, but she is swimming upstream against the judges. They are clearly in the camp of the Davids.

Cook had a misstep with the middle song by Switchfoot. Great choice, poor execution. But at least that was sandwiched between two other very good performances. He is by far the most versatile and marketable of the three. He should easily win.

The question for tomorrow night will be if the voters are swayed by the pronouncements of the judges or if they will elevate Mercado into the final against Cook. We’ll see.

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I have made my stand in my pre-round rankings about who I think finishes where. I have held to a David vs David finale for a while now, but something about the emergence of Syesha combined with the redundancy of Archuleta has me thinking that DA is susceptible to the sucker punch. With three songs each tonight, Syesha has a chance to really show personality that DA clearly does not have. So without further ado… let’s go!

JUDGES PICKS

PERSONAL CHOICES

PRODUCER CHOICES

FINAL ANALYSIS

Archuleta did what he does best - he sang ballads well. But he also showed how limited he is with a very mediocre effort on the Chris Brown song.

Mercado displayed a lot of pizazz and spiciness along with some pretty good vocals. She is a far more interesting and entertaining performer than Archuleta, but she is swimming upstream against the judges. They are clearly in the camp of the Davids.

Cook had a misstep with the middle song by Switchfoot. Great choice, poor execution. But at least that was sandwiched between two other very good performances. He is by far the most versatile and marketable of the three. He should easily win.

The question for tomorrow night will be if the voters are swayed by the pronouncements of the judges or if they will elevate Mercado into the final against Cook. We’ll see.

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I have made my stand in my pre-round rankings about who I think finishes where. I have held to a David vs David finale for a while now, but something about the emergence of Syesha combined with the redundancy of Archuleta has me thinking that DA is susceptible to the sucker punch. With [...]

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I received this article this morning in an email. It inspired and challenged me. I hope it does the same for you.

Do You Wish You Could Get a Break?
Dan Miller

This last Friday night Joanne and I had dinner at one of our favorite restaurants. This restaurant opened last April — in the same location as a previous failed venture. They need a staff of about 35 people. In the 10 months since they have been open they have hired in excess of 850 people. That means that some worked two weeks, some 30 days, and some left at their lunch break on the first day of work and never came back. (There is actually a name for that common phenomenon — it’s the Burger King in the sky — where someone goes to lunch and simply does not come back.) The server we request at this restaurant began there when they opened and has been there ever since. Now this is a guy who has a full time job at Saturn — but he enjoys the environment in the restaurant — makes friends with those he serves and builds relationships with many people like Joanne and me. I was asking him about all the new staff every time we come in and he told us a little of the history I’ve related above.

He also told us that at Christmastime he had the privilege of serving several company and family parties there. One in particular bears retelling here. A physician brought his staff in for their annual party. Of course he had made a reservation in advance and had requested Clay as their server. At the conclusion of the meal the physician left a generous $300 tip. On his way out after all details were completed he slipped Clay another $1000 for his exceptional service during the evening. So here’s a guy in the same environment as 850 others who came and went — confident that there was no real opportunity there. Some heard about a friend who made $100 in one night working at Chili’s. Others grew impatient with the demands of an unrealistic customer and walked off — not willing to be treated like that. But in the midst of that — one guy saw his own unique opportunity and has thrived in the same place.

That reminds me of another business story. A couple of years ago I talked to a guy after a seminar who had a landscape design and lawncare business. He complained bitterly about lack of access to working capital, the stupid customers who didn’t know what they wanted and then weren’t happy with the final plan, and their slowness in paying. A couple of weeks later he called me to tell me he had filed bankruptcy that morning and was closing his business. That same afternoon I happened to talk to my lawncare guy. He started his business with a sixth-grade education, bought his first truck for $600 and has grown his business carefully. He told me how he had just raised his prices 10% and did not lose even one customer — and how his customers give him great ideas. One had just offered to build a warehouse for him in exchange for future lawncare — and he wanted my advice on maybe having 4 apartments in the upper floor of that building that he could rent out to his own workers.

Both of these businessmen were operating right here in Williamson County — both had the same market conditions, the same customer pool and the same opportunity. Yet one was going bankrupt and one was thriving and expanding.

Did you get the sense that opportunity may not be an external thing? No, opportunity lies squarely between our own two ears. The apostle Paul told the Galatians: “Let every man prove his own work.” The Living Bible gives this passage a particularly colorful translation: “Let everyone be sure that he is doing his very best, for then he will have the personal satisfaction of work well done and won‘t need to compare himself with someone else.” (Gal. 6:3-4).

Dan Miller is President of The Business Source, founder of “48 Days” and author of 48 Days To The Work You Love, 48 Days To Creative Income and the recently released No More Mondays. He is the growing authority for creating effective life plans that are achieved by integrating natural gifts, unique personality traits and one’s own values and passions. His unique clarification of how God gifts us will introduce you to a new sense of freedom and fulfillment of your life’s calling. For more information, visit http://www.48days.com/ .
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I received this article this morning in an email. It inspired and challenged me. I hope it does the same for you.

Do You Wish You Could Get a Break?
Dan Miller

This last Friday night Joanne and I had dinner at one of our favorite restaurants. This restaurant opened last April — in the same location as a previous failed venture. They need a staff of about 35 people. In the 10 months since they have been open they have hired in excess of 850 people. That means that some worked two weeks, some 30 days, and some left at their lunch break on the first day of work and never came back. (There is actually a name for that common phenomenon — it’s the Burger King in the sky — where someone goes to lunch and simply does not come back.) The server we request at this restaurant began there when they opened and has been there ever since. Now this is a guy who has a full time job at Saturn — but he enjoys the environment in the restaurant — makes friends with those he serves and builds relationships with many people like Joanne and me. I was asking him about all the new staff every time we come in and he told us a little of the history I’ve related above.

He also told us that at Christmastime he had the privilege of serving several company and family parties there. One in particular bears retelling here. A physician brought his staff in for their annual party. Of course he had made a reservation in advance and had requested Clay as their server. At the conclusion of the meal the physician left a generous $300 tip. On his way out after all details were completed he slipped Clay another $1000 for his exceptional service during the evening. So here’s a guy in the same environment as 850 others who came and went — confident that there was no real opportunity there. Some heard about a friend who made $100 in one night working at Chili’s. Others grew impatient with the demands of an unrealistic customer and walked off — not willing to be treated like that. But in the midst of that — one guy saw his own unique opportunity and has thrived in the same place.

That reminds me of another business story. A couple of years ago I talked to a guy after a seminar who had a landscape design and lawncare business. He complained bitterly about lack of access to working capital, the stupid customers who didn’t know what they wanted and then weren’t happy with the final plan, and their slowness in paying. A couple of weeks later he called me to tell me he had filed bankruptcy that morning and was closing his business. That same afternoon I happened to talk to my lawncare guy. He started his business with a sixth-grade education, bought his first truck for $600 and has grown his business carefully. He told me how he had just raised his prices 10% and did not lose even one customer — and how his customers give him great ideas. One had just offered to build a warehouse for him in exchange for future lawncare — and he wanted my advice on maybe having 4 apartments in the upper floor of that building that he could rent out to his own workers.

Both of these businessmen were operating right here in Williamson County — both had the same market conditions, the same customer pool and the same opportunity. Yet one was going bankrupt and one was thriving and expanding.

Did you get the sense that opportunity may not be an external thing? No, opportunity lies squarely between our own two ears. The apostle Paul told the Galatians: “Let every man prove his own work.” The Living Bible gives this passage a particularly colorful translation: “Let everyone be sure that he is doing his very best, for then he will have the personal satisfaction of work well done and won‘t need to compare himself with someone else.” (Gal. 6:3-4).

Dan Miller is President of The Business Source, founder of “48 Days” and author of 48 Days To The Work You Love, 48 Days To Creative Income and the recently released No More Mondays. He is the growing authority for creating effective life plans that are achieved by integrating natural gifts, unique personality traits and one’s own values and passions. His unique clarification of how God gifts us will introduce you to a new sense of freedom and fulfillment of your life’s calling. For more information, visit http://www.48days.com/ .
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I received this article this morning in an email. It inspired and challenged me. I hope it does the same for you.
Do You Wish You Could Get a Break?
Dan Miller

This last Friday night Joanne and I had dinner at one of our favorite restaurants. This restaurant opened last April — [...]

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I received this article this morning in an email. It inspired and challenged me. I hope it does the same for you.
Do You Wish You Could Get a Break?
Dan Miller

This last Friday night Joanne and I had dinner at one of our favorite restaurants. This restaurant opened last April — [...]

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