We Are So Blind

A Very Wise Cab Driver Named Mohammed
A Very Wise Cab Driver Named Mohammed

He said, “The people who are born here and never leave to see other places have no idea what they have. They can not understand the freedoms and blessings they have”.

He went on, “Paved roads, schools everywhere, hospitals everywhere, freedom of speech, democracy”. (He contrasted these against the Blood Diamond culture he grew up with)

Mohammed is a very wise man. He is a Father, and a cab driver. He is from western Africa, Sierra Leone. And he came to America six years ago. Our 25 minutes together yesterday was eye-opening.

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Mid Life Insight

Do you know what insight really means?

Hurricane Cut On Florida State Tree
Hurricane Cut On Florida State Tree

We should have a ton of it by mid life.

Webster’s dictionary defines insight as: The ability to see and understand clearly the inner nature of things, especially by intuition.

The time to worry about a hurricane is when you don’t have to.

The best time to look for a job is when you don’t need to.

The best time to prepare for retirement, is when you don’t need to.

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A World-Class Thinker Thinks

Unintentionally Intimidating
Unintentionally Intimidating

A world-class thinker thinks deeper, broader and higher than those around her.

While world-class thinkers can frustrate and can be frustrated, they are indispensable, or as Seth Godin has coined, they are Linchpins.

These thinkers are typically most easily identified by the questions they ask – the ones everyone should have a clear, concise and compelling answer to, but don’t.

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Disney Vacation

Working Vacation At Mid Life Celebration?
Working Vacation At Mid Life Celebration?

Today is the first day of summer vacation.

What am I going to do to kick it off?

“I’m going to Disney World”.

Sitting here writing from the breezeway in Cinderella Castle.

No seriously. I’m on vacation. Sitting here in the breezeway. Yes, Disney’s Magic Kingdom.

The sun is not up yet.

I sure hope this isn’t some twisted fairy tale.

An Apple A Day

An Apple A Day?

An Apple A Day?

Technology for mid-lifers, and many others actually, is scary.  But it doesn’t need to be.

Heck, as we heard in Lorie Sheffer’s Guest post yesterday, Marriage can be scary.  Remember what her grandson said, “Doesn’t anyone stay together anymore?”

Maybe a good question for Baby Boomers is, “Doesn’t anyone keep up with technology anymore?”  How do you address this?Head in the sand” or “take the hill”?

Happy Mother's Day
Happy Mother's Day