Midlife Authenticity Is A Scary Proposition For Most Baby Boomers

Professional development class from April 2010

 

Who we are at work and who we are at home are often two souls in the same Baby Boomer body. Why? For starters, Boomers have been conditioned to believe they must act a certain way at work. For all intents and purposes, they’re right. They are professionally representing their organization. No disagreement here.

What many Boomers haven’t kept up with is the drastically changing social norms brought on by social media. What was once restricted to our closest friends and family is now public knowledge accessible by anyone in the world, anytime.

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Happy 40th Birthday Walt Disney World!

jeff noel in training

First of all for October, a Happy Birthday shout out to all the Cast Members at Walt Disney World. Today is Walt Disney World’s 40th birthday, 1971 -2011. Congratulations Mickey Mouse (and Minnie Mouse, and all the other beloved Disney Characters).

Boomers, can you remember your 40th birthday? Forty is the new 30. Fifty is the new 40. Whatever, right? Authenticity is the new currency, um, well, it’s nothing new – yet – because people are afraid of it. That’s where jeff noel comes in. He’s not.

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By The Time Family Arrived, We Both Had Jobs As Disney Cast Members

We drove from Washington State University to become Disney World Cast Members in 1984. Family quickly arrived in Kissimmee to visit.

Free Theme Park admission was a Cast Member perk we often took advantage of.

With only a couple hundred dollars to our name, most of it gone after paying deposits for rent & utilities, we began our corporate careers.

Where was your start in the “corporate world”?

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If You’re New Here A Word Of Caution…

Authenticity is the new currency, and it’s rare. You’ll find a gold mine here. But you’ll have to work very hard if you want to change something important in your life. I guarantee if you invest 30 days reading all 5 blogs jeff noel writes each morning, your life will begin to change. There is nothing random here. Nothing. Even if it seems so. Your move.

Most Of The jeff noel Midlife Tribe Gets This, But In Case You Don’t

jeff noel speaks to Churches and Schools for free…

Additional clarity. You get what I’m doing when using my name, jeff noel, right? For Google search engine results, basic steps get more success than other tactics:

  • Repeat keywords (like jeff noel, Midlife)
  • Use keywords in blog titles
  • Use keywords in the content
  • Use keywords in your tags

Do your best not to seem obnoxious, self-serving or boring. There’s risk either way. But not pushing the boundaries is worse than pushing hard.

Google jeffrey noel, not jeff noel, and see what happens.

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