Category: Numbers, numbers, numbers

Come To Jesus Time?

Crown of thorns or a beach sand spur?

Here’s yesterday’s message told differently. Someone tells you texting while driving is bad and you can now see that it makes sense not to. But you will not stop texting while driving because you do not understand. Once you or a friend is severely injured (or worse), you will finally understand.

Insight: A “come to Jesus” talk implies extreme humility, usually provoked by our stupid or immature actions.

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Sorry, I Couldn’t Just Spell It Out Yesterday

Lots of things shouldn't be done, because they're unsafe. This includes spoon feeding answers.

Often as a parent, I insist on our son telling me the answer to the really important issues. If he can’t tell me what I believe is crystal clear and blindingly obvious, then he doesn’t understand it yet. And telling him will not help him understand it. Ever.

Insight: Telling an answer only lets people know it. It rarely helps them understand it. Knowing and understanding are not the same. Period.

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One More Public Service Announcement Most Of You Will Appreciate

I do all my own stunts, am the chief photographer, and love when people have "aha" moments.

After daily journalling (blogging) for three straight years (5.7k posts), it just hit me. Even if no one read Mid Life Celebration’s five daily blogs, I’d do it anyway. Unquestionably. Know why?

Insight: If you know why, then I have done my job here.

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There Are Only A Few Critical Steps To Getting Healthy, Do You Know Them?

This trip provided the luxury of a kitchen, but not a grocery store, nor time to cook.

In the coming days, I’ll be sharing the steps I took to get healthy, and the steps to stay healthy – for the past 13 years.

Insight: When you can break complex, difficult things into simple, key, repeatable message points, you increase the stickiness of your goals. And everyone wants ideas that stick.

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