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Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five interconnected sites.
Should we love our midlife wakeup call?
We all get at least one major, life-shattering wakeup call.
We learn our biggest lessons and have our greatest opportunity for growth when we experience deep pain.
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What is this notion of a for profit non-profit?
Preparing to establish Mid Life Celebration, LLC in 2008, retaining an accountant was a top recommendation from other established small business entrepreneurial friends.
My vision was to create something that would raise a lot money and then give it to the folks dedicated to finding a cure for Crohn’s disease.
Calling the accountant, an unusual discovery – he didn’t do non-profits.
Immediately (must be deep Disney creativity) the notion of a for profit non-profit entered my consciousness.
The 10-year plan included five years to create the platform, become a brand, and most importantly, make money.
Four point nine years have passed.
Can I do it within five?
Insight: Dreams come true when we are flexible, creative, and determined to only accept success.
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Thanks to double inguinal hernia repair surgery, a midlife revelation.
An important new direction and in many ways, the beginning
Mid Life Celebration began 30-something years ago simply as a dream of writing a book to my children about life’s important elements – to help save them time and heartache so they could move on to success, faster, and with more joy.
But then life happened.
Marriage.
Career.
Mortgage.
Disability.
The first or second worst economic crisis in the past 100 years.
…
We finally get to the place from which we long ago began, and now finally recognize it for the first time.
Without four days bed rest, and stillness, I would not be writing this this way.
And feel like I’m ready to begin, but this time with an ally I didn’t have: 4.5 years of entrepreneurial experience.
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Mid Life Celebration is a chip off of this old block – a man with a famous mouse.
Have intentionally avoided mentioning that on Mid Life Celebration’s posts that I work full time at one of the most admired companies in the world – and have for three decades.
Why remain silent?
Don’t really know why.
It surely isn’t a secret.
The Internet has ensured there are no secrets – about anything.
A man named Walt always felt the bar for excellence was never high enough, and nothing was impossible.
Insight: We should pay attention, there is always a lesson to be learned. And rarely are the lessons handed to us on a silver platter. And some lessons are game changers.
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The clock never stops ticking. Ever.
We get one shot at life (okay, maybe we are reincarnated as another life form, but I can’t say for sure).
We fear death.
We fear not living before we die.
In a busy world I can’t swear I read it first or I thought of it myself.
But I can tell you for sure it’s a fact in my head, my heart, and my actions.
Life is not a dress rehearsal has origins other than Mid Life Celebration.
The full disclosure is – as of today, thanks to the link – it felt natural to let you know that I now know.
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