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Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five different sites.
While we have the knowledge and wisdom, they mean nothing if we don’t have the drive. And at midlife, Baby Boomers are tempted to start the journey towards rest and relaxation. We have, after all, spend our entire lifetimes giving 40-70+ hours a week to the company.
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There are few public figures that can stand the long-term test of authenticity. There’s a consistent flow of civic, industry, spiritual, and financial leaders who have secret personal lives revealed to the public’s shock. How could he?
In our own small, individual way, we Baby Boomers have the greatest opportunity to affect positive change. Many of us are at or near the peak of our professional careers. We have the know how and the wisdom, but do we have the drive?
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Sometimes, friends nearby will say to me, “Showoff.”
At Gold’s Gym one time, Joe said, “You intimidate people.”
“What are you talking about, Joe”, I asked, confused and astonished.
He said, “You intimidate people. Because you’re gifted.” Come to find out he was referring to my physical fitness appearance.
I told Joe “The only gift I have, is that Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior.” We both smiled big smiles.
Maybe six years ago, two colleagues and I were in the break area, the two of them discussing their latest diet (Atkins I think it was), and I asked them, “How come no one ever asks me what I do – to lose weight, I mean?”
“You don’t need to worry about it”, was the quick and serious reply.
Know what I said? And I was pissed frustrated with their answer. I said, “I worry about it every single day, that’s why I don’t need to worry about it!!”
You know what? Maybe working harder than others is showing off.
The “guilt” you’ve heard me talk about is really just a humble attempt to say I do not feel guilty. I’ve busted my back trying to make extra-ordinary from ordinary. And it’s been one success after another.
Now, I guess being the Internet’s only “Five-a-Day Blogger” is showing off too?
Building on yesterday’s jeff noel blog post…..
Blogging every day, and posting on the Internet for the world to see, adds an element of risk few people can comprehend.
Why?
Because anyone, and I do mean anyone, can “see what you think” – can “see what you value”.
There is also a saying in life, “Nothing ventured, nothing gained”. Risk has it’s own rewards.
Are you determined to find out what they are? Carpe diem.
One of the benefits to blogging every day is going through the process of what to write and how to write it. Only people who “journal” or “write a diary” daily can fully appreciate this phenomenon.
And, if I do say so myself, the process of posting it on a public Internet blog for the world to see, adds an untapped benefit that “private writers” have yet to discover.
The daily act requires more effort than occasional blogging, in my opinion. Over time, your creativity and your topics could dry up. Plus, you really have to think long and hard about what you value. And if you ever expect people to “follow your path”, you have to know and study your audience.
“The unexamined life is not worth living”. — Socrates