A series of devastaing midlife wakeup calls, guilt, and serendipity led to the realization that the author wasn’t going to live forever.
We all know what is self-evident, yet we live like we are completely unaware. Life is full of excuses and excuses lead to regret, regret leads to second chances, and second chances lead to opportunity.
But there’s a catch at this point. Second chances require someone’s permission.
Jeff Noel, 54, is an expert at all of these.
America’s unheralded work life balance expert, a servant, husband, dad, boomer, speaker, author, runner.
He believes work is only work if you’d rather be doing something else. Allergic to most pollens and mediocrity, he can’t wait for the alarm clock to go off every morning.
Since 1999, he has spoken to over one million people worldwide.
He lives behind Orlando’s most famous theme park and for the past 30 years has thrived in one of the world’s most admired companies.
Jeff enrolled in a 100-day writer’s boot camp on April Fool’s day 2009. The only requirement was to write five blog posts a day for 100 consecutive days. Not only did he miraculously accomplish the goal, he has yet to stop writing five daily, differently-themed blogs.
If you do the math, this is nearly five consecutive years and 9,000 posts (and counting).
Just between you and me, he suffers from writer’s flood.
Why?
Because he has an insatiable desire to help others think deeper, smile more, and feel grateful everyday, all day.
Playing around with Amazon Author Central and the ‘author biography’:
Sooner or later it becomes crystal clear, life is not a dress rehearsal. Live like you mean it.
Who: You. This book is all about you and your personal responsibility in life.
What: Excuses, regrets, second chances, permission.
Where: Every step you take.
When: All day. Every day.
Why: Because the clocks ticking.
How: rethink * reprioritize * recommit
The author shares what we already know, excuses lead to regret, regret leads to second chances, but there’s a catch at this point. Second chances require someone’s permission.
America’s unheralded work life balance expert, jeff noel, is a Servant, Husband, Dad, Boomer, speaker, author, runner. He believes work is only work if you’d rather be doing something else. Allergic to most pollens and mediocrity, he can’t wait for the alarm clock to go off every morning.
Since 1999, jeff has spoken to over one million people worldwide.
As long as this Baby Boomer is happy, playing small gigs is a dream come true…
Life’s a blur… the days are long but the years fly by…
Like many Baby Boomers, jeff noel spent most of his life chasing childhood dreams. Unfortunately, he “arrived” where he thought he wanted to be, looked around, and realized, “This is what I wanted”.
Known as The Internet’s Only Five-A-Day Blogger, every morning since 2009 jeff has written five short, pithy posts to help Baby Boomers, rethink, reprioritize, and recommit to making their second half extraordinary – helping aging Americans and organizations strengthen their determination for small, medium, and impossible goals.