"Notes" of An Elder

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.

• You don’t have to be brilliant, rich, beautiful, or powerful to make a difference in someone’s life. You just have to care.

• It’s easy to make it hard and hard to make it easy.

• When it comes to attitude, the choice is yours.

• See your failures as temporary circumstances.

• A lot of coaches suffer from an identity crisis. They think they are someone that they are not.

• “Money is a new form of slavery, and distinguishable from the old simply by the fact that it is impersonal - that there is no human relation between master and slave.” ― Leo Tolstoy

• Teamwork becomes the glue that bonds people together around a shared purpose and collectively engages their hearts and minds.

• Align your priorities with your values, needs, and desires, then take action.

The Inner Me

• Energy

• Emotion

• Thinking

• Talking

• Rest

• You need other people’s perspectives to keep yourself honest.

• The more people in your organization who work because they want to rather than because they have to ― the better.

• Communication is not just the transfer of information. It’s the transfer of thoughts.

• Coaching teams is more complex than coaching individuals.

• To coach is to bring out possibilities in others that they have not yet realized.

• Optimists believe setbacks are temporary.

• Learn how to fail successfully. Hate to fail but never fear it. Learn to view failure as feedback.

Magic Question

Where are the growth opportunities in my life?