"Notes" of An Elder

Our differences should not be a barrier to sharing our strengths.

October 29, 2021

Nothing in life is of any value unless it is shared with others.

"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.

  • Everyone makes a difference. The choice we have is whether we want to make a positive difference or a negative one.

  • Surround yourself with fantastic teachers: listen, learn and grow.

  • Enroll in a college called "books." Attend 3 to 4 hours a day. No classroom. No tests. No degree, just personal intellectual growth.

  • Be the empty glass. Always be the student.

  • If you are not relevant, you are just a commodity.

  • Progress is moving from the known to the unknown.

Breathing Stages

  • Inhale

  • Exhale

  • Pause

  • The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

  • No matter who you are, most of the smartest people work for someone else.

  • In America, the majority does not rule.

  • What moves creativity forward is fearlessness.

  • Our differences should not be a barrier to sharing our strengths.

  • Don't tell me what I already know. Tell me what I don't yet know.

Magic Question

What else do we need to know?