Disney Employee Engagement Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five different sites.
Is heritage important?
It would seem so. If we forget the past, we miss many opportunities to learn.
With that in mind, may I please invite you to go back to the beginning of Lane 8 ?
Here’s the link to November 2008, when this first went “live” on the Internet. November seems “old”, but there are five posts that are brand new: https://lane8.org/?cat=4
The origin is often the missing piece.
Make today your best day ever, because if you don’t, who will?
Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂
Flew up to Chicago yesterday and taught this morning.
Just arrived home a few minutes ago and now it’s bedtime.
Just wanted to say, “Thank you for reading and supporting this blog”.
May the dreams you dream be great ones. And may your courage rise to the level you need, to go for it.
Carpe PM, jeff noel 🙂
Lahti, Finland. August 2009. Master’s Track & Field World Championships. Men’s 50-54 age-group, 400 meters. Lane 8.
Lane 8?
You ask a great question. Why would anyone strive for lane 8?
It’s the lane the slowest contestant uses. Most would say it’s the worst lane to be in.
Yes, and…..
The finals!
To be in lane 8, in the finals of the world championships would mean to be in the top 8 in the entire world.
Now does it make more sense?
This morning’s run was 25 minutes of slow jogging. The first mile, there was some noticeable pain in my left heel. Not enough to stop running, but enough to keep me from saying, “I feel great!”
Just sent an email to the Sales team in Lahti, Finland to inquire about accomodations near the track stadium.
Nervous. Excited. Hopeful. Humble.
Make it a GREAT day, because if you don’t, who will? Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂
One week later? Feeling pretty good.
There’s a fair amount of emotional labor (worry) involved here. It may be a mirage. Can’t tell yet.
It sure has been a test of my faith and an exercise in self-examination.
Why am I worried?
It’s only a race, right? One stupid little lap. Four-hundred meters. About 54 seconds of my life.
Why?
Why does it feel so important?
Gotta go. Make it a great day, because if you don’t, who will. Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂
PS. Maybe it’s so important because it’s impossible. Let me pray and think about that one. Have you any advice on chasing impossible dreams?
Orlando Sentinel article about a biped puppy, found abandoned with his seven siblings.
www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orl-lochopedog21032109mar21,0,4491003.story
This dog doesn’t know what’s impossible.
Funny thing. After ten years of walking, running, stretching, eating right, getting plenty of sleep (mostly), I’m on the verge of discovering the very same thing as Hope, the Dog.
Maybe anything is possible. Maybe not.
I wonder how much of it is the fact that, if you’re like me, you rarely get a chance to challenge popular belief, and therefore, everything big, is impossible.
Feel free to read this amazing story. And, oh yeah, make it a GREAT day, because if you don’t, who will? Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂
PS. So far (it’s only 6AM) my left foot feels great.