We have three choices when we hear statements like this Bullcrap! As CEO, you can do whatever you see fit to blow the roof of conventional ‘wisdom’. We have three choices when we hear statements like the one in the above photo: 1. react 2. respond 3. initiate The challenge is time, and energy, and determination, and goals, and fear, and blah, blah, blah. Do something instead of killing time. Because time is killing you. – Paulo Coelho Figure it out. You’re are the CEO of You, Inc. PS. We all want each other to succeed. Next Blog
For starters, most social thinking is flawed Another brand new day. What is it going to be? You are in charge of that. Was reading yesterday and stumbled upon this statement: You can never expect to be someone else’s priority if you aren’t your own. What does this mean? For starters it is flawed thinking. Why? Because as a midlife adult, truth be told, no one will ever care more about you than you. Everything that happens to us is our responsibility. Running our life is like running a business, like it or not. And not paying attention to the business details will drive us to bankruptcy. And approaching each day in a balanced way, and with excellence, will keep our business in the black. Insight: Be the entrepreneur you have always dreamt of being, starting with your promotion to CEO of You, Inc. Next Blog
Getting old is not what throws us, it is the slow decline (to nearly zero) At the other end of negativity is a category known as opulence (notice the magazine date) Getting old is not what throws us, it is the slow decline (to nearly zero) in our investment to nourish and care for our positive attitude – against the never ending onslaught of negativity bombarding us in the news. Next Blog
Can midlife parenting become an art form? Yep, we only get to do so many things (a mammoth one is being a parent) (photo from random office cubicle) The job of a parent, no? (from an office cubicle) Can midlife parenting become an art form? Driving our son (13) to school yesterday, I told him the big picture is for him to look back and say: Growing up, I was the luckiest kid on the planet. The night before we talked about me no longer managing the how to do things, but to now facilitate his judgement and decision making skills. Next Blog
Midlife crisis is spending our life chasing our dreams and finally getting there, more or less rethink • reprioritize • recommit Sooner or later it becomes crystal clear. Life is not a dress rehearsal. There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. – Freya Stark Midlife crisis is spending our life chasing our dreams and finally getting there, more or less. But in looking around, we think, “This isn’t what I wanted!” Deep breath. Exhale… Remember all those things we promised ourselves when we were younger? We should do them. But when? Our biggest midlife challenge isn’t desire. It’s time. Finding time to… Pause. Time to simply breath in and, maybe, actually, to take back… Take back a little time to do something for ourselves that’s long overdue. To… well… quite literally… rethink • reprioritize • recommit To re-shuffle our deck so to speak. Next Blog