"Notes" of An Elder

Coming tomorrow — Part 1 of The Saturday Blueprint with Miami Heat President and Basketball Hall-of-Famer Pat Riley.

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"Notes" of An Elder is a depository of pertinent information, knowledge and wisdom. Available weekly will be an elder's "thinking menu" for your use. Enjoy this bounty.

• Be accountable for your actions, and hold others answerable for theirs.

• Words are a powerful, painful, awful, and amazing tool. They can hurt, help, hinder, and heal.

• Life is simpler when the exterior of your life reflects the intentions of your internal life.

• Be humble and appreciate that good fortune plays a role in success.

• Self-awareness is the ability to understand your thoughts, emotions, beliefs, and behavior.

• Successful leaders make life better for their people and their organizations.

• If you don't know where you're going, you might end up where you don't want to be.

• Keep going until something stops you, then keep going.

4 Types of Wealth

• Physical (Health)

• Time (Freedom)

• Social (Status)

• Financial (Money)

• Choose your battles so you engage in only those worth fighting.

• The path to healing starts with taking the blame.

• Life is easier for those who don't know or possess any knowledge.

• When you put the other person's glasses on, you start to see a different world.

• It's a wise coach who gives the player the opportunity to articulate for themselves in the best way they can.

• Some people want a reason to stay angry.

• Quit waiting for the world to tell you who you are and where to fit in. Take that decision out of the world.

• Self-control is what differentiates man from beast.

• To get something, you must be willing to give up something.

• Blessed is the person who has found something to believe!

Magic Question

Would you know a great day if you saw it?