Author: jeff noel

Retired Disney Institute Keynote Speaker and Prolific Blogger. Five daily, differently-themed personal blogs (about life's 5 big choices) on five interconnected sites.

Who’s To Judge What’s Pure And Wise, And How Can We Be Certain?

Save the world? You can’t be serious.

All along society’s journey, pure and wise people have stepped up, with ideas that ultimately addressed basic human nature.

Common sense is the bedrock. But common sense rarely becomes common practice.

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Emerson Got It Wrong I Think, To Be Misunderstood Is To Be Lonely

Trying to help others transform the way they behave around life-work balance is a lonely space. The harvest is great, but the workers few.

Transforming yourself from a warning into an example will be the hardest thing you’ll ever do. Anyone who tells you differently is lying. I wrote this a year ago…

Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.  – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Yesterday’s Post Could Have Gone Longer Because I Wanted To Ask You This

Front cover…

Back cover…

Yesterday’s post could have gone longer. Wanted to add that I believe you think the same thoughts as me, but have no real intentions of doing the hard work to live easier, more balanced.

It was convincing to read or listen to Randy Pausch’s message. His imminent death added credibility and inspiration. I still cry when I see the picture on the back cover of his book.

Any chance at all you could find the will to go for it? You know, to live before you die.

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Perspective, By Heather Pinson, Guest Blogger

Photo: Heather Pinson.

Sometimes you just need to go for a walk with your daughter to get a little perspective. When we change the way we look at things, the things we look at change. If it works with a water bottle, how much more effective would it be if we believed it to be true for ourselves? Perspective: get some. Go! Make a difference.

Editors note: Look closely in photo: “Plant bottle, up to 30% made by plants. Impossible?