"Notes" of An Elder 

No matter what the situation, remind yourself you have a choice.

November 06, 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.

  • “Genuine leadership is of only one type: supportive. It leads people: It doesn't drive them. It involves them: It doesn't coerce them. It never loses sight of the most important principle governing any project involving human beings" namely, that people are more important than things.” ― J. Donald Walters

  • I choose my thoughts, attitude, and behavior. I'm free to think a new thought, change my attitude, and alter my behavior.

  • Don't be someone else's definition of success.

  • Happiness wears many faces.

Self-Hood

  • Self-Change & Self-Inventory

  • Self-Worth & Self-Preservation

  • Self-Empowerment & Self-Talk

  • Self-Awareness & Self-Criticism

  • Self-Discipline & Self-Leadership

  • Self-Complacency & Self-Purification

  • Awareness helps me let go of old beliefs that no longer serve me.

  • You want to solve a problem? Spend some time alone thinking about them. Solutions will come to your mind.

  • We are stronger together than we are alone.

  • Silence can be as deadly as violence.

  • It's easy to look around and see what's wrong. I'd much rather see what's right, what's right in myself and others in the world.

  • No matter what the situation, remind yourself you have a choice.

Is this the right thing to do?

P.S. Searching for a book recommendation? Our team at The Daily Coach highly recommends Uncharted: How to Navigate the Future by Margaret Heffernan. Drawing on a wide array of people and places, Uncharted traces long-term projects that shrewdly evolved over generations to meet the unpredictable challenges of every new age. Heffernan also looks at radical exercises and experiments that redefined standard practices by embracing different perspectives and testing fresh approaches. Preparing to confront a variable future provides the antidote to passivity and prediction.

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