"Notes" of An Elder

Conversation make space for the other person’s voice.

September 25, 2020

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.

  • The learning process must go on as long as we live. Nothing alive can standstill. It goes forward or back. Life is interesting only as long as it is a process of growth or to put it another way — we can grow only as long as we are interested.

Self-Control

  • Attitude & Behavior

  • Opinion & Judgment

  • Emotions & Decisions

  • The key is how you choose to respond to failure.

  • If you intend to do a mean thing, wait until tomorrow. But if you are going to do good, do it now.

  • Always try to work for the smartest, brightest, and most competent person you can find.

  • The essence of education is not to stuff you with facts but to help you discover your uniqueness to teach you how to develop it and show you how to give it away.

  • The most important needs of all are what we need in ourselves. A need to be seen, a need to be known, a need to be recognized, a need for achievement, a need to enjoy our world. A need to see the continual wonder of life, a need to be able to see how wonderful it is to be alive. But we have forgotten how to look at each other anymore. We don't look at each other. We don't listen to each other. We don't touch each other. Heaven forbid.

  • Every time we learn something new, we become something new.

Magic Question

What did I do today to become a better human being?

P.S. If you are in search of a book recommendation, our team at The Daily Coach highly recommends Being the Boss, with a New Preface: The 3 Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader by Linda A. Hill and Kent Lineback. You're not alone. As Harvard Business School's Linda Hill and manager and executive Kent Lineback reveal in Being the Boss, becoming an effective manager is a painful, difficult journey. It requires trial and error, endless effort, and slowly acquired personal insight. Many managers never complete the journey and instead just learn how to get by. At worst, they become terrible bosses.

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