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Maybe Everyone Else Is Wrong

jeff noel — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:56:02 +0000

Lane 8, Impossible?

“When everybody tells you that you are being idealistic or impractical, consider the possibility that everybody could be wrong about what is right for you.” — Gilbert Kaplan

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Mid Life Change Eh?

jeff noel — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:00:53 +0000

“To be human is to change. To be perfect is to change often.” — Henry Newman

Heard this last Sunday at Church. It resonated. I immediately wrote it down, because it reminds me what I’m trying to say at Mid Life Celebration.

Mid Life Celebration, or as some say, mid life crisis, is a time to:

Rethink
Reprioritize
Recommit

The above three also happen to be the tag line here at Mid Life Celebration, which is two years old now.

That’s all it is. Do those three. And then start the process over again.

PS. The domain name is two years old, but I’ve been using the phrase in a variety of ways for 11 years, since my mid life crisis celebration began.

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Mid Life Errors?

jeff noel — Fri, 08 May 2009 10:37:59 +0000

Mid Life Errors?

“Rather an error of the intellect, than an error of the heart”. – jeff noel

There have been times in my life when I’ve made “stupid mistakes“. And I’m certain there are more to be made as long as I’m alive. Ya with me?

However, there have been very few that I’ve intentionally gone out of my way to be hurtful.

It’s my intention to never do that again, ever!

While I’ll never be labeled a genius, there’s still a chance to be labeled “a good man with a good heart“.

Carpe diem, jeff noel

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More Goodness?

jeff noel — Sat, 02 May 2009 16:06:59 +0000

More? Goodness? More Goodness?

Mid Life Goodness? Indeed.

At mid-life, shouldn’t we be on our way to making the world a better place?

Look, I’m an optimist. That doesn’t make me a bad person, anymore than someone who’s not an optimist. Different strokes for different folks. Fair enough?

How does one acquire mid-life wisdom in order to want to think about mid-life goodness all the time?

I don’t know exactly. We might at least agree that we will all do this, or not do this, in our own unique way, on our own time schedules.

Here’s a tactic I use to practice courage. And, I believe courage is a critical success factor.

“He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask the question remains a fool forever“. — Chinese Proverb

I love how quotes like this make me think at a different, and perhaps obvious, level. Hope your day is filled with courage and great thinking. Carpe diem, jeff

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