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Lane 8 Credentials

Lane 8 credentials.  Yesterday, my friend Chuck came by our house to pick up his son, who spent the night – a “sleep-over”.

Chuck is an amazing man.  Have known Chuck for seven years, since our boys first attended the same child-care facility.  Our kids are like cousins.  Seriously.  They’ve grown up together, even though they now attend different schools.

What amazes me about Chuck is his technical competency. He spends hours each day, exploring what’s out there and figuring out the best way to use the Internet to run his Insurance business.

We can talk for hours about “stuff”.

He asked me yesterday what I did to qualify for the World Championships.

I’ll post that story tomorrow, I hope.

What I will close with this morning is that he inspired me to take a look at my Google Analytics. My website hits are doing exceptionally well.  He asked me, “Do you know why”? I replied, “I use common sense”.

This wasn’t a good answer, but I defended it saying it’s the same with what I’ve accomplished at Lane 8.

These days, common sense isn’t common practice.  But what if it was?

What could you accomplish if you executed common sense everyday, so that you also had “common practice”?

Years ago, I promised myself, I wouldn’t sell myself short.  Ever make a promise like that to yourself?

It’s common sense.  But is it common practice?  Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂

Lane 8 Update

Lane 8 update, Sunday morning.

I’m humbled by my own perseverance.

The hamstring strain from the Writer’s Retreat ten days ago, is still nagging me, and stifling the training intensity.

In a perfect world, where I’m at now, speed wise, is where I thought I’d be six months ago.

Perhaps this is a blessing for a reason I can’t comprehend.  I’m sure it is.  However, it currently feels like a big embarrassment.

What I’m the most grateful for though, is the gift of decision making.  I had to commit to Finland, or let it go.  When I committed back in May, I took a huge risk.

But the risk to not commit, would have been greater, I believe.  Regret is a dangerous thing, especially at mid-life.

My Family understands this.  It’s a great lesson our son is learning – about life, risk, regrets, goals, purpose, planning, balance, Family, etc.

While the trip is expensive in time and money, what we are learning as a Family – priceless.

“If your goal isn’t impossible, you’re not reaching high enough”. Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂

Lane 8 Life’s A Beach

Lane 8 Life’s A Beach.

Last week I attended a Writer’s Retreat on Sanibel Island.  There was time built into the agenda, for free play. Here’s one of the things I did:

As you heard, I’m chasing an impossible, childhood dream.

Randy Pausch, author of The Last Lecture, died July 25, 2008.  He inspired millions with his message.

I posted a link to his You Tube video, Last Lecture, as well as added some of my own commentary at Mid Life Celebration.com

Crazy similarity, I’m not doing this for me, I’m doing it for my Family.

Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂

It’s Hard to do Nothing

Resting.  Doing nothing.  It’s hard for me.  Difficult.

Yet, in the big picture, we all know rest is part of training.

Someday, I’ll be relaxed enough to enjoy not doing anything.  Right now though, it’s painful.

Sixteen days until Helsinki.

Yeeeeeeeeee haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Carpe diem, jeff noel  PS.   The past three days have been resting days – nursing a slight hamstring strain from our trip to the beach.  Heading out in a few minutes to go for an easy three miles with my CPA friend.  🙂

Lane 8 & Lance Armstrong?

Lane 8 and Lance Armstrong?

Tuesday, Lance Armstrong sent a Twitter message that he has reached 1.4 million followers.

He was amazed, considering there once was a time when it only took 14k to amaze him.

Do the math.  Compare 14,000 to 1,400,000.

Mind boggling.

I have ten Twitter followers currently.  I’ll be amazed if it ever hits 1,000.

There’s a part of me that believes, as Lane 8 blossoms, there will also be 1.4 million followers here.

Crazy?  Yes.  But once I roll out the next goal of Lane 8, I believe 1.4mil is actually a small number.

There’s a big plan to help make the world a better place.

Dream Big.  Get There.  Stay There.  Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂

PS.  Just so we’re clear, I absolutely practice what I preach. 🙂