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.

Dear Readers

How often do you think about improving things? Considering that the road to excellence has no finish line, this ought to be all day, everyday.

My “work pedigree” insists every employee aim for perfection and settle for excellence.

“Dear Readers” was a brainstormed theme for writing these 5 blogs, but “Dear Son” & “Authenticity” won out instead.

You know that there’s more to this at the Next Blog

Authenticity, Scene 1 of 5

Look closely, these planes, at 30k feet, are heading in opposite directions…from Thursday’s flight home…

Dear readers, had a revelation as readership grows, that I really don’t know most of you, and most of you really don’t know me.

Roughly 20,000 times Mid Life Celebration’s blogs have been bookmarked. That’s cool and also a bit freakish at the same time. That’s a lot of “strangers”.

I want to have a great attitude about this so here’s a little more…

…Authenticity at Next Blog

Dear Son, Part 1 of 5

Living in the land of Democracy and Dreams…

Dear Son, each day you wake up, you’ll have choices to make. First and foremost, plan to have a great day. You can train your mind for positive outlooks. I have.

And yes, you can plan for this, simply by refusing to allow yourself to wallow in self-pity. My trick? Whenever I think my situation is “bad”, I can easily think of millions who are starving, infected, lonely, unsafe, homeless…

If you have warm food, a clean shirt and clean drinking water, you have it better than more than half the world.

Read Part 2 of 5 at Next Blog