A Little Boy’s Big Dream

A little boy from a small Pennsylvania “Paper-Mill” town, watched the 1972 Summer Olympics on his neighbor’s TV, back when TV’s had knobs for changing channels.

A seed had been planted and he dreamt right then and there that he would become an Olympic athlete.

But he wasn’t big enough, or fast enough.

Ever.

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2009 World Championships

Lahti, Finland…2009 Senior Olympics…

Many readers are not familiar with what happened in 2009. This jeff noel blog was still in relative infancy.

But in 2009, my impossible goal was about to become reality.

What started out as the infamous, one-mailbox-a-day for a week wellness challenge, had morphed into the pursuit of a long lost childhood dream.

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Masters World Championships 2011

Will never forget trading my 2009 Team USA jersey with a Finnish runner, at his request…it was an incredible ‘Olympic spirit moment’…

Rarely held on American soil, the 2011 Masters Track & Field World Championships will be held July 6-17, 2011 in Sacramento, California.

I will probably not be there.

Too much, too soon.

Or, maybe a whole new way to approach world class performance.

We’ll have to wait and see.

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Wellness Challenge Continues

Just another day at ‘the office’…

The most basic of questions, okay? Have you completely given up on wellness, well-being and your personal responsibility to managing your health?

This week, I began the one-mailbox-a-day-for-a week wellness challenge with our son (10).

Part of what I do, as an Orlando-based Professional Speaker delivering keynote speeches on life-work balance, is practice what I preach.

How can any of us do anything less?

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What Are You Going To Do?

Do you have any idea how much I pray for your health? And for the health of the world?

Obesity is an epidemic in America.

Epidemic!

We let obesity happen. It’s our fault. If we’re not part of the solution, we’re part of the problem.

And more importantly, what are we (you) going to do about it?

I started a commitment Sunday night and will challenge you tomorrow to do something similar.

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