Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five interconnected sites.
“Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good“. — Ann Landers
Ann Landers’s quote should come as no surprise to anyone who’s reached mid-life wisdom.
At Disney, they define VIP as, “Very Individual Person“.
It may be safe to say that when we treat someone as an individual, we treat them as a VIP – Very Important Person.
Make it a GREAT day! Because if you don’t, who will? If not now, when? Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂
“It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself“. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There isn’t much more a person can say after that, except maybe, “Please read it again“.
Make today a great mid-life day to help someone. Carpe diem, jeff 🙂
What is Mid Life Repetition?
My guess? It’s taking something important, and doing it over and over again.
It could also apply to unimportant things.
Either way, repetition is what creates habits. There may be exceptions, of course.
So here’s a repeat of a quote I posted awhile back, from Carl Jung:
“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes“.
It will be a challenge, but I will not back down from trying to develop the habit of Goodness.
Some say we become what we repeatedly think about. That can be a really good, mid-life choice. Carpe diem, jeff 🙂
Our eight-year old son will receive his first Holy Communion today.
Wow!
Who would have ever thought I’d be a father?
My life centered around me for about 40 years, although I never admitted it.
The past decade, thanks to this Mid Life Celebration, it’s been a journey of Rethinking, Reprioritizing, and Recommiting.
The hardest part was simplist part. Rethink. Reprioritize. Recommit.
It takes effort, but like any good investment, it grows exponentially over time. They call it the magic of compound interest. It works as well with your time, as it does with your money.
Carpe diem, and spend wisely. jeff noel 🙂
Mid Life perfection? Not a chance. Not in my world anyway.
Yesterday, my eight-year old son and I were sitting outside a small cafe, enjoying the early evening breeze and enjoying our chicken fajitas.
From around the corner, cigerette smoke would fill our space and then our lungs. I used to smoke cigerettes. Let’s just say the smoke was “distracting”.
To be fair, it wasn’t so bad that it made us cough. However, it still was happening in a place where it shouldn’t have been.
When it got particularly frustrating, I noticed that the smoker had tossed the “butt” on the ground. Instead of the smoke source being around the corner, it was now directly in front of me.
I got up. Walked over, and before I used my foot to stamp it out, I looked at the guy and said, “I’m gonna help you out”.
Returning to my seat, I reflected on what had just happened and rendered myself “guilty as charged”.
In the same way the smoker was not perfect, my attitude (disgusted and angry) in the way I spoke to him wasn’t perfect either.
What happened next?
Well, I went and appologized. “I’m sorry if I made you feel bad or guilty. Please forgive me for that. I’m not perfect either”.
He accepted the appology and I think we both felt better and we both learned a nice little lesson – compassion.
I hope your day is filled with little moments where you get the mid-life opportunity to catch glimpes of your own shortcomings, and use that insight to be a little kinder, a little wiser, with your fellow humans.
Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂