the big picture on jeff…..
America's unheralded work life balance expert. Servant, Husband, Dad, Boomer, speaker, author, runner. Work is only work of you'd rather be doing something else. Allergic to most pollens and mediocrity. Can't wait for the alarm clock to go off every morning.When is the right time to make your move for better work life balance?
Are you ready for a different look at everything that's important to you?Every human searches for meaning and purpose…
And in my search I've discovered the two most important days in every life........(more on that shortly)Welcome to an aggressively unfancy set of ideas.
Are you diggin' this amazing day? I don't think of carpe diem as a worn out cliche. I see it as a daily, moment-to-moment battle cry. Why should you even consider the two choices? Because life is not a dress rehearsal. If you'd like to be more in the moment and live like you mean it, everyday, then I invite you to read a brief bio below...Meet The Internet’s Only Five-A-Day Blogger (and America’s rising work life balance expert)
You've found the first modern day common man to crack the nut on work life balance. Hi, I'm jeff noel from Orlando, Florida. Every morning before my wife and son (11) wake up, I crank out five differently-themed blogs about life's big choices. Each post is short & pithy. Short because people are busy. Pithy because people need the truth. Been doing this for three years straight without missing a day. Crazy? Sure. But here's the thing - it's changed my life in unimaginable ways. Crazier still, I believe reading my five blogs may do the same for you.I’ve proven unimaginably better work life balance is possible.
The key? Life has five big choices. Not two or three, but five. So I don't (1) exercise, (2) pray, (3) think, (4) work, or (5) organize (my life) the way people say I should, or expect me to.In case you still don’t get it…I’m here to help.
I'm just a simple guy, aggressively unfancy, trying to help people (maybe you) live like they mean it!What’s in it for me?
The law of nature...you can not help another without simultaneously helping yourself. I'm an over-achiever like that.What’s in it for you?
If you hang around my five blogs, I guarantee you will begin to do one or more of three life changing things that no one else has been able to get you to do before: ReThink. RePrioritize. ReCommitWisdom comes from experience and experience comes from making mistakes…
A year from now you'll wish you had started today.The two most magnificent days in life…
The day we are born and the day we figure out ____. (the answer is in my blog content) If I tell you, you'll never understand. If you figure it out yourself, you'll never forget - and your life will never again be the same.Some comic relief:
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Yes Virginia
Sorry (not really) , couldn’t resist. Merry Christmas to one and all. And, yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus… It’s worth a quick visit to see the actual newspaper article, from 1897.
Christmas Eve 2009
Christmas Eve 2009. This one’s for my Mom: And this one’s for my Father-In-Law: And, for my Wife: Fall on your knees. Oh hear the angels’ voices…..
jeff noel.org MRE
jeff noel.org MRE – Meals Ready to Eat, a military term. Using a MRE to take you back to a jeffnoel.org blog post from long ago. Did you do know that jeffnoel.org is fundamentally different from jeffnoel.com ? It’s entitled, … Continue reading
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Tagged Dine, Inspiration, Jeff Noel, Meal, MRE, Three Course
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Gabe Adams Inspirational
This is one of those times when a jeff noel blog post could work in any of the five themed blogs – Mind, Body, Spirit, Money or HQ. Well, here it is at HQ (headquarters), because it represents what I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Adopted, Child, Christmas, Family, Gabe Adams, God, Jeff Noel, Jesus, Mormon, No Limbs, Perspective, Spirit
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December 21 2009
December 21, 2009. Can you believe it? Ten days until 2010 begins. A few questions we may consider asking ourselves. Where did the time go? Am I happy with what happened this past year? Did I do what I said … Continue reading
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Tagged Body, Challenge, Fitness, Five-a-day Blogger, Internet, Jeff Noel, jungle jeff, Lane 8, Mid Life, Mid Life Celebration, Mind, Money, One take You Tube videos, Social Media, Spirit, Track, Wellness
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jeff noel Knows
jeff noel knows. No, seriously. I know the reason why we get old. “You don’t stop doing things because you get old. You get old because you stop doing things.” — Rosamonde Pilcher
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Author’s Note
This probably isn’t necessary, but just in case. If you read today’s blog post jeff noel Hates Vacation and clicked on the hyperlink Whiners , it led to the Urban Dictionary definition. That definition offended me, but only hours after … Continue reading
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jeff noel Hates Vacation
Okay, so I made that up. But you know there are some people who actually hate vacation, because vacation takes them away from their medicine. Huh? Yes, their medicine. As a workaholic myself, from a long line of workaholics, being … Continue reading
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Tagged Balance, Central Florida, Cock Roaches, Face, Florida, Hate, Honest, Jeff Noel, jungle jeff, Lane, Mid Life Celebration, Mirror, Mosquitoes, Negative, Orlando, Panic, People, Termites, Trouble, Truth, Vacation, Walt Disney World Resort, Whiners, Work, Workaholic
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