Monthly Archives: August 2009

Mid Life Wishes?

Posted on August 15, 2009 by jeff noel

Mid Life Wishes? Heard the one, “Be careful what you wish for”? How about this one, “What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want”?  – Mignon McLaughlin Mid life is a wonderful … Continue reading →

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Two Hardest Things in Mid Life

Posted on August 14, 2009 by jeff noel

Mid Life – the two hardest things: “The two hardest things in life are failure and success”. — Unknown Wow!  In reading this quote last night, I was struck by it’s truth. I hate to fail. It scares the heck … Continue reading →

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Carl Jung Quote

Posted on August 13, 2009 by jeff noel

Carl Jung quote: “Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment, and especially on their children, than the unlived lives of their parents”. Mid Life can produce an awareness, for many of us, that we’ve become workaholics. In our … Continue reading →

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Mid Life Travels

Posted on August 12, 2009 by jeff noel

Mid Life Travels.  Whether we travel physically or mentally, we are always on a journey. In an hour, I’ll be heading west on I-70 to Indianapolis International Airport. As with many business travelers, speed is often the name of the … Continue reading →

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Mid Life World Class

Posted on August 11, 2009 by jeff noel

Mid Life is world class. It really is. But we have to work hard at it. How does a young child go from jumping off the kiddie ramp in the first photo, to jumping off the world class ramp? The … Continue reading →

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Dare to Dream

Posted on August 10, 2009 by jeff noel

Dare to Dream! “If you think you can, or you think you cannot, you are right”. — Henry Ford Life is hard. It’s full of fear and failure, especially at mid-life. At what point is it okay to simply give … Continue reading →

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Get Ready for This One

Posted on August 9, 2009 by jeff noel

“To do is to know.  To know and not do, is to not yet know”. My friend Dennis told me this a while back. I had to ask him to repeat it a few times. Finally, it made perfect sense. … Continue reading →

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Final Leg of Long Journey

Posted on August 8, 2009 by jeff noel

Somewhere past the Georgia – Florida border, at 32K feet on a Delta flight, less than an hour from Orlando and home. I was so crazy tired this morning while sitting at the Helsinki airport, it was challenging to stay … Continue reading →

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