Should we do what we do as if our life depends on it?

iWork for iCloud Beta screenshot
Apple is better than anyone at making things – “it just works”.

 

Do we know what we do best? No, really, do we know deep down what lights our fire?

Watching this Ken Robinson TED talk, it hit me less than half way into his topic (education). The educational system is only as good as the teachers.

(Duh. But alas, knowing and doing are two polar opposites. And therein lies opportunity)

And the best teachers are not there to deliver content only, the best teachers:

  • stimulate, provoke, challenge
  • ask, facilitate, inspire
  • incite, encourage, excite

And what I’m adding, is that they teach as though their life depended on it.

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We, the ‘healthy’ living have no context to motivate us to live as if time is limited

Daisies
The ultimate sophistication is simplicity, nature, and living well.

 

Epiphany just now: We, the ‘healthy’ living have no context to motivate us to live as if time is limited.

Only those seriously ill or injured, terminally ill, or fighting for their life, can possibly know for real the measure of a day.

What prompted this was Helen Keller:

So much has been given to me, I have no time to ponder over that which has been denied.

Anyone else wanna live like that?

Life has something wonderful in store if we don’t quit.

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The risk of doing things with purpose versus conformity, is cloudy

Mid Life Celebration website header color is grey on purpose
Mid Life Celebration website header color is grey on purpose

 

The risk of doing things with purpose versus conformity, is cloudy. The header color here at Mid Life Celebration is grey, representing our brain’s grey matter.

The color of Lane 8’s header is also significant, and probably completely unknown to most.

Walt Disney trained his associates to pay attention to small details, even ones that might get overlooked.

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Who doesn’t want awesome wellness?

Indianapolis hotel room
A really nice hotel room beats a good one by a mile, but there’s still no wellness like home

 

Who doesn’t want awesome wellness? No one would turn it down if it was free.

No one would.

No.

One.

Isn’t that sick?

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Last things first

chain link fence
no trespassing

 

Like a bolt of lighting, striking without warning, a phrase pops into our head. And we think we’ve just been revealed a flash of brilliance…

Let’s pretend the category is “life’s priorities”. Ever thought about putting last things first instead of putting first things first?

And we think this is gonna be big. A breakthrough in the way we, and society, will frame up a chronic challenge.

Get home late, Google last things first, son-of-gun…. it’s already taken… as in this book on Amazon, and this website.

What do we do in these dead-end situations?

Keep moving forward.

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