Tag: Midlife

When jeff noel Was Given An Opportunity He Didn’t Know What To Do

The phone rang one crazy busy day (1998) when I was a Concierge Manager at Orlando’s finest Resort property. Carol, the caller, wanted to set up my interview with the director of a world class benchmarking and professional development operation. I told Carol she had the wrong person.

Professional speaker? Me? Why? Why now? After serious thought it came down to a crazy notion in the back of jeff noel’s head, “God must want me to be a preacher or a comedian, so I’ll need this public speaking experience”.

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New Day

University of New Mexico early morning run 2011

Ever try to calculate the value of another brand new day? When I’m able to carve out time for a morning run while traveling, amazing messages call out to be noticed. This chalk message at the University of New Mexico was a profoundly positive, and an unexpected way to be reminded of the basics.

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Blogging Is Good. Amen, Amen, So Be It

Hubspot says, Amen

Blogging. Amen. So be it. In everything give thanks. Even blogging? Yep, even blogging. There is a magical power to putting words on paper that I felt possibly existed, but not until immersing myself, did the magic come alive.

I once heard a speaker who said, “Don’t die with a book in you”.

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When We Can Learn To See The Little Things, We Can See The Bigger Picture More Clearly

Look closely and you can see the jet reflected in the turbine casing

How many times have I sat here and never noticed, 50, 100? At 35,000 feet, it was astonishing to see a reflection of our Boeing 737. But there it was. Plain as day.

When we can see the small basics that make the foundation for living well, the bigger picture will start to take care of itself. Funny thing, this also works in reverse. When we don’t, we don’t. Not noticing is my own fault. Noticing, my own victory.

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Some People Travel To Do Mission Work, Others Do It Where They Stand (Both Are Needed)

Seth Godin's bestselling Linchpin is doubt's antidote.

People ask me why I’ve written five daily blogs, everyday, for nearly two and a half years. The answer is simple. Passion to do work that matters. To serve. To strive. And not to yield.

You could call it mission work.

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