Tag: Midlife Crisis

All Beginners Think They’ll Be Great Way Sooner Than It Will Actually Happen, If At All

Oh, and after Nationals, the Olympics, right?

jeff noel remembers the first Masters Track meet he ran in 2005. Immediately after that 400 meter run in 62.5 seconds, noel was (immaturely) ready to start thinking about the National Championships.

Noel even thought he could go to a big-name running shoe company and work out an endorsement deal. The wise meet organizer just smiled at his comments; he had heard and seen them all before. Many times.

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Blogging And Running Are A Lot Like Growing A Business

How long before this....
....became this?

Serious running requires start-up investments in a runner’s time, money, learning, practice and growing from their new running experiences. Serious blogging requires the exact same start-up investments. Here’s what’s even crazier… jeff noel has found identical elements in growing Mid Life Celebration, LLC. Perhaps three years, usually more, before enough mistakes have been made and a baseline foundation for upward building – in running, blogging, and, business.

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The More jeff noel Learns, The Easier His Life Gets

What a nice, polite sign for a life-destroying habit

The glorious and frustrating thing about life is the paradox in every situation. We know smoking is bad, but we feel so good when we do it. We know if we quit smoking, our health will improve and we’ll save money. We know if we keep smoking, we’ll enjoy the nicotine buzz, plus we’ll have no need to change, making us happier.

Feeling good is good. Feeling guilty is not. Ultimately, the long way is the short cut. Life gets easier without smoking induced illnesses. It’s a different type of buzz.

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The More jeff noel Learns, The Harder His Life Gets

This is what's known as a blinding flash of the obvious

The more jeff noel learns, the more he discovers just how much he has to learn to deal with it all. The trick, jeff says, is to sort through the cluttered, noisy world to uncover two simple things:

  1. Life’s Priorities
  2. Best way to deliver on them

And just when you think you know it all, something new comes along to facilitate doubt, say 9/11, a layoff, cancer, burglary.

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