Paradox – Page 16 – Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker

Emerson Got It Wrong I Think, To Be Misunderstood Is To Be Lonely

Trying to help others transform the way they behave around life-work balance is a lonely space. The harvest is great, but the workers few.

Transforming yourself from a warning into an example will be the hardest thing you’ll ever do. Anyone who tells you differently is lying. I wrote this a year ago…

Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The Other Cool Thing

All that stuff I mentioned two days ago at jungle jeff has it’s roots in this idea:

No one can help another without helping themselves.

Many of you are practicing this as evidenced in your blog comments and emails. Together, we can pay it forward, pay it back, plant seeds of hope, offer encouragement, and stay positive in a challenging world.

So while the “numbers” grow, and that’s nice and all, what is really happening is the ripple effect. Thank you for being the engine that makes it possible.

Mid Life Leadership Paradox?

Midlife leadership paradox, or, midlife leadership pair of boxes?

Pete Blank used to work as a Leader at The Walt Disney World Resort. Now, he’s an entrepreneur and Leadership coach and professional speaker.

I subscribe to his blog and wanted to share one that is particularly relevant as we pursue a mid life celebration. Click here to read.

As we try so desperately to simplify, we apparently have complicated things and actually made them much worse.

Is this possible?

Mid Life Workaholics Unite

“Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings”. — Ed Gardner

Workaholics rarely have courage for self-confrontation. We’re too busy trying to control things and control life. If we pause long enough to notice the bleeding, we might have to change who we are.

Panic attack, right? When will we take time to:

Rethink
Reprioritize
Recommit

Probably never. Am I wrong?

Or maybe when the phone rings, “Honey, it’s for you, it’s your wake up call”.