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Mid Life Bankruptcy

Many midlife Baby Boomers and Generation X-ers are carrying out their career sentences by being a good dobie and simply going through the motions.

And some are captains of their own ship, industry leaders, game changers and change agents.

Other midlife Baby Boomers and Gen-Xer’s are already forging ahead with their once dormant plans to become small business entrepreneurs.

What ambitious, aging entrepreneurs are finding is that marketing is the bottom line. They are also discovering that they are not very good marketers.

And the Internet and it’s wealth of Social Media, most of it free, are the keys to marketing.

There Is Power Here

There’s awesome (magical) power in not giving up.

Most people never experience this anymore (now), even though they did experience it all the time (then).

Huh? What? Exactly.

When you were a child, you didn’t know the meaning of “give up”. And, very rarely, did you ever cave in. But then you became an adult, and you were taught – right, wrong, consciously, subconsciously – to worry about what others think.

And this is a critical lesson to learn, because it is important, but only to a point.

And we never learn where that point is.

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PSA

Wheels Up, It's a Brand New Day!

PSA, public service announcement.

Just wanted to remind everyone that most of my daily posts will resonate with the target audience (which is everyone).

Some days, of course, will be better than others and some days may seem to miss the mark.

But the one thing that will remain constant is that not a single day will go by that doesn’t begin with purposeful thought about the glorious opportunity to seize the day.

To do work that matters.

The clock is ticking.

Impossible is nothing.

And don’t forget about “balance“.

Hurricane Season Is Like Midlife

Stormy weather. Most of the time we get advanced notice. Earthquakes, tornadoes and flash floods are exceptions.

Every year in Florida and all along the southern region, we are advised to check our hurricane preparedness.

There really is no excuse for not being prepared.

Well there are a ton of excuses. I get that.

Same with midlife.

It’s stormy weather for many people.

We should see it coming, and maybe we do. But, so predictably, we ignore it.

Looking forward to the tree service coming this morning to provide a “hurricane cut” for 30 palm trees.

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Do You Even Have A Choice?

The most basic of life’s questions, “Do you have a choice?”

We all have dreams, as grand as ending hunger, or getting a GED.

Or as simple as paying off our mortgage, retiring and watching our grandchildren grow up.

To make these grand or simple dreams come true, we must fight the good fight.

Every day.

And every day we are faced with the choice.

Keep going, or quit.

Never get bored with the basics, even in midlife.

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