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.

Only Those Willing To Try The Impossible, Will Actually Know How Close They Are

Cedar Rapids, Iowa airport last month.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. – T.S. Eliot

If you’re goal isn’t impossible, you’re not reaching high enough. – jeff noel

Scroll down to keep reading this blog, or, click Next Blog to move over to Lane 8. It’s a completely different blog about our body – the temple which houses everything that keeps us alive.

When You Think You Have Done All You Can Do, You Are Finally Ready To Begin

In St Louis last month I took a fun picture and an inspirational one.

Thomas Edison & jeff noel think impossible is for amateurs. Who said what?

  1. When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this — you haven’t.
  2. When you think you have done all you can do, you are finally ready to begin.

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Happy Independence Day From The Independent Man

Rhode Island’s Capital building….The Independent Man at dusk.

The Independent Man at daybreak.

Rhode Island’s Independent Man was once called Hope. When I took these photos three weeks ago, no clue why. Today we know. How independent do you feel each morning? Each evening?

Way too many people are slaves to their jobs, their declining health, poor attitudes, empty spirit and fundamental disorganization. Been there, done that. Never again. Ever!

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Since Cave Drawings, Mankind Has Been Keeping Records Of Important Things

Since first drawn on cave walls, mankind has kept records of important things. Yes, that’s 1832-33 (lower left corner), as in 179 years ago.

There is so much to document…

Three floors of books, records, laws. And Rhode Island is one of our smallest states.

Imagine the lectures given over hundreds of years. Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture was a lecture about living, as he was dying. jeff noel is writing a book about dying while living.

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