July 3rd, 2009
Mid-Life Reverence?
“Associate reverently, and as much as you can, with your loftiest thoughts”. — Henry David Thoreau
There’s an old saying, “Garbage in, garbage out”. And another, “You are what you eat”.
We are what we repeatedly do.
Mid-life excellence is a habit. Not having mid life excellence is also a habit.
Chose wisely.
And remember, this is the hardest work you will ever undertake. So, if you’re looking for an easy way, I personally don’t think you’ll ever find it.
But please know, finding it is my greatest wish for you.
Carpe diem, jeff noel :)
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July 2nd, 2009
Mid-Life Health.
What a gift.
My wife’s 94-year old Grammy would always say, “Health is wealth”!
Only 29 days until I fly to Finland to stay healthy. Visit www.Lane8.org to follow this David versus Goliath story inspired by a bad cholesterol report over a decade ago.
Staying alive and healthy to see our son grow is an enormous motivation for me to remain focused and disciplined.
Wishing you enormous motivation to get and stay healthy. Carpe diem, jeff noel
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June 30th, 2009
Satisfied Needs Do Not Motivate.
Do they?
This is a tricky mid-life crisis question, I think.
How do we come to mid-life, most of us anyway, and wake up one day, look in the mirror and ask, “How did I get here? Where am I? Who am I? Where did all my childhood dreams go?”
Maybe our “needs” shifted. Maybe our desire to satisfy our needs took a turn when we had so many, we couldn’t decide what to focus on, so we focused on what society was throwing in our face.
I’m not wise enough to know the answer.
All I know is that I feel like I still have valuable time left on this planet, and I want to make a difference.
Mother Theresa said, “If you can’t do great things, do small things with great love”.
At mid-life, I’ll take solace in that.
Carpe diem, jeff noel 
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June 29th, 2009
Mid-Life Crisis Character Builder, by Helen Keller:
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quite. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, and success achieved”.
In everything, give thanks. Even our infirmities.
Carpe diem, jeff noel
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June 28th, 2009
Is it worth all the hard work?
I submit to you it is worth all the hard work.
The challenge is, for most of us, we quit before we realize this.
We get so close.
So close in fact, that just a little more effort, time, patience, sweat, fear, worry, or creativity, would have led us around the corner to amazing results.
Take this past Friday for example. A friend, colleague, partner, leader, boss, wise person, mentor, mentee, fellow human, etc., made the following comments to my new boss:
And I’m paraphrasing the best I can remember:
“No one on our team applies more of what we teach”.
And then he added:
“I’ve said this before, and it’s as true now as it was then, that at Disney Institute, no one works harder, cares more, thinks deeper, or reaches higher than Jeff Noel”.
One word, “WOW”!
There have been times, as I’m sure there have been for you, that I’ve felt absolutely insignificant.
Self-doubt creeps in.
My advice to myself, which may or may not work for you, is: “Stay the course”!
That brief, but significant moment on Friday has to be the highlight of my career.
Those who really know the humility I attempt to bring into daily living, will not be surprised by the boldness of today’s post.
Sometimes, in order to “prove” a point, you must put yourself out there as an example. This time the example looks like an Olympic Gold medal.
And I humbly bow my head, as our National Anthem plays in the background, to accept the lifetime achievement award.
Carpe diem and stay the course, jeff noel
PS. You may have to change course, to stay the course. This is difficult, but critical to your success.
We are all metaphorically heading north and there are many ways to get there, but “north” always remains the goal.
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June 27th, 2009
Mid-Life Peace.
“There is no peace without forgiveness. No happiness without peace”. — unknown
Profoundly simple. Simply profound.
Carpe diem, jeff noel 
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June 26th, 2009
Pinch is a relative. He lives in New Hampshire.
He’s 50-something. A little older than me, and I turned 50 on June 8.
He visited us March 31, 2009. Here’s what I wrote as he spoke. (BTW, I normally don’t write notes when I speak with family)
He’s smart. He makes a lot of money.
He has a brilliant mind. He’s not physically fit.
He has had more varied work experiences than most, including internationally.
He’s an ENTJ.
He speaks C-Suite.
Move.
Add.
Change.
EBIT - Earnings before interest and tax
TCO - Total cost of ownership
Goals versus needs - find out what needs to be done to reach the goals
People Types & Tiger Stripes
Lead generation for the organizational sale
Proactazyme? Huh?
What does all this mean?
Pinch speaks a different language than me.
That’s OK with me.
Carpe diem, jeff noel 
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June 25th, 2009
Mid-Life Marriage.
Today marks my 26th wedding anniversary with my wife.
I believe I’m the luckiest man in the Universe. Seriously.
We met 30 years ago in a job interview.
She interviewed me for a Resident Assistant position at our Alma mater, West Chester University.
I got the job.
The story is so much more interesting than what’s contained here; however, it’s a tale for another time.
Until death do us part. Words to live by.
Carpe diem, jeff noel 
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June 24th, 2009
Mid-Life Crisis Bridges
“The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn”. – David Russell
One of the best ways to figure this out is simply to make choices, learn, and try again.
And many times, the choice we make is to not make a choice.
It’s no wonder learning takes so long.
I’d rather try and fail, than not try at all.
Carpe diem, jeff noel
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June 23rd, 2009
Mid-Life revenge?
“Revenge has no more quenching effect on emotions than salt water has on thirst”. – Walter Weckler
Peace, jeff noel 
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June 22nd, 2009
Mid-Life Value of Courage.
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage”. — Anais Nin
Courage. Vision. Passion. Commitment. Patience. Hope. Faith. And, ultimately, Love.
These are key mid-life crisis values.
But hey, who am I to tell anyone what to value. It’s your choice.
All I challenge you to do is make one.
Carpe diem, jeff noel
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June 21st, 2009
Happy Father’s Day.
Happy Summer Solstice, too.
“To escape criticism - do nothing, say nothing, be nothing”. — Elbert Hubbard
At the risk of criticism……
John 3:16
Carpe diem, jeff noel
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June 20th, 2009
Baby Boomers to the economic rescue?
This Business Week writer, Nick Leiber, thinks so in his June 18 article, Entrepreneurship: The New Mid-Life Crisis
At age 50 - just made it on June 8 - I’ve already spent several years visioning what retirement might look and feel like.
For the past 18 months, I’ve been taking small steps, as time allows in my very busy mid-life schedule, to be proactive.
What does that mean?
It means basically what the Business Week Small Business Blog article says.
Baby Boomers are, and will continue to be, tremendous entrepreneurs.
Carpe diem, jeff noel
PS. JFK once said, “The time to fix the roof is when the sun is shining”.
I say the time to think about retirement is a decade before it happens.
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June 19th, 2009
Love at Mid-Life.
“Love is all that matters”. – jeff noel
Happy Friday everyone.
PS. Ever Google the phrase Mid Life? Eighty million Google results. No wonder it’s a crisis. Carpe diem, jeff :)
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June 18th, 2009
“Life is a grindstone. But whether it grinds us down or polishes us up, depends on us”. — L. Thomas Holdcroft
It’s always our choice, isn’t it?
That’s what I’ve come to believe.
Some choices are extremely difficult. Some very easy.
Mountains and valleys, eh?
Make today a GREAT day, because if you don’t, who will? If not today, when? Carpe diem, jeff noel 
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