Satisfaction is dangerous

Portland Memorial Coliseum

 

(photo: yesterday’s ‘office’)

Satisfaction is dangerous.

Because satisfaction only meets needs.

It never exceeds expectations.

We like when our expectations are exceeded.

Don’t we?

Some retire because they can’t wait to quit working.

Some retire because they can’t wait to begin on a higher calling.

Quite possibly even more work than they’ve ever done before.

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Nothing makes dreams happen faster than these four things

iPhone iTunes Radio screen shot
Am I wrong?

 

Tonight a friend retires at age 55.

How will the people gathered there to celebrate feel about her age?

Happy and ecstatic for her?

Bitter or jealous it’s not them?

We can wish and we can hope, but nothing makes dreams come true faster than these four things:

  1. Vision
  2. Focus
  3. Discipline
  4. Patience

How can we know for sure?

Guessing our friend doesn’t know for sure, but she’s willing to move forward anyway, with a disproportionately greater sense of hope than the average.

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The echo of jeff noel.org…

Giant meeting space for keynote speech
Most paradigms revolve around sharing someone else’s message.

 

The echo of jeffnoel.org …

The insidious decline of our positive dreams and our habits.

The fear.

The stress.

The pressure.

The competition.

The lure of more, better, faster.

And having to please people you don’t trust.

For decades, the treadmill of falling into place and waiting for retirement to start living.

One final click on Blog (below) for the ‘put up or keep quiet’ question…

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