"Notes" of An Elder ― 1.31.25

You were born for something significant—something only you can bring into the world.

January 31, 2025

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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.

  • Learn to be an active listener and to listen to understand, because that is the only way you can truly participate in a conversation.

  • The most important validation is what you think of yourself. It’s not what others think of you.

  • When everybody is going right, I tend to go left. It affords me a different type of opportunity.

  • Question the labels, the expectations, and the statistics that may have been placed on you. You are more than a number, a demographic, or a stereotype. You have the power to rewrite your own story.

  • You have to believe it before you can achieve it. You have to give yourself permission to hear and trust that inner voice calling you toward something greater.

  • We spend too much time allowing kids to feel that the greatest values are money, material possessions, and collecting things.

Magic Words

  • Please

  • I love you 

  • Thank you 

  • You are right 

  • I believe in you

  • What can I be doing for you?  

  • Try to declutter your day and say, “Okay, if I can get these four things done today, that’s enough.”

  • Finding our purpose isn’t about staying in our comfort zone—it requires a bold willingness to walk into uncertainty, to go beyond the boundaries of what society or circumstance might dictate for us.

  • You have three fundamental responsibilities as a coach: You coach behavior, you coach attitude, and you coach performance.

  • You were born for something significant—something only you can bring into the world.

  • This journey isn’t one we take alone; it’s enriched by the knowledge and guidance of those who’ve walked before us.

Magic Question

What was I made for?

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