Category: Rethink

Unbelievable

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Being helpful, being a leader, being creative – these traits are in my DNA. These traits were developed and honed less a mile from our home.

Unbelievable.

Four unbelievable growth mindset aha’s:

  1. Being a helpful neighborhood elder can make you seem nosey
  2. Being an avid photographer can make you seem suspicious
  3. Being a driven professional can make you seem pushy
  4. Being honest can make you seem naive

These four growth revelations are only possible from:

  1. Being present
  2. Being mindful
  3. Being motivated
  4. Writing like a beast

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Everyone is a reporter

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Since my first iPhone in 2008, i never leave the house without it. Never. As an avid lifelong photographer, it’s the coolest thing that the world’s library doubles as a camera and a DJ.

Everyone is a reporter.

Every phone is a news camera.

What is obvious and unstoppable to some is denied and feared by others.

Assume you are being recorded everywhere you go.

Such is life.

Preserve and protect your growth mindset.

Behave so that if the town gossip’s parrot started talking, you’ll be fine.

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Stop quoting others

three sandhill cranes walking on sidewalk
Taking the path less traveled (by Sandhill Cranes).

Quote others for as long as it serves you.

Be present, mindful, and motivated to recognize when it’s time to stop quoting others.

When you shift to being in charge of your life – CEO of You, Inc – you should only quote yourself. Why? Because you should be able to internalize life’s most important “quotes” in your own words.

When you change what you see, what you see changes.

dad

Every quote you see signed ”dad” is me. This is me writing to our Son. Any quote from my Dad will be signed ”Jack Noel”.

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Self-reflection harvest

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Our back porch is my most favorite place to visit in the world. Our front porch is second. Glacier, WDW, and Sanibel are a three-way tie for third favorite place to visit.

The harvest from the past few days’ self-reflection reminds me of several critical personal values and behaviors.

  • Patience – never lose it
  • Anger – never let it happen
  • Hate – never allow room for it in your heart
  • Surrender – habitually discern what’s outside your control
  • Forgiveness – God’s amazing Grace
  • Honesty – never have to look over your shoulder
  • Leadership – you are CEO of You, Inc
  • Role Model – your life is your message

After the writing yesterday’s posts, an aha-moment. The moment is driven by the Lakeside Church service i’m about to walk to.

How do i say something valuable and forward-thinking to Pastor Chuck and Pastor Russ?

Will encounter them both within the next 90 minutes.

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Over-scheduled 101

frozen water in birdbath
First Orlando freeze in four years. Birds will have to wait before bathing today.

Be under-scheduled.

Why?

Because, the opposite.

There’s no perfect balance. Name all the people you know who have a perfectly balanced calendar.

See the obvious now?

The goal is to have margin.

Margin is blank, uncommitted space.

Lots of it.

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