"Notes" of An Elder

We either create a path forward or someone else is going to create it for us.

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 best place to start with disruption is with yourself.

  • Try to declutter a day and say, okay, if I can get these four things done today, and they fit in the framework of energy management, time management, environmental management, and productivity, that's enough.

  • We spend more time planning our vacations than we do planning our lives.

  • The minute I say I don't need to be relevant anymore, I will be irrelevant.

  • You have to craft a strategy to get the best out of those you lead, and sometimes, you have to just throw rules to the wind or make them up along the way.

Beyond X's and O's

  • Coach attitude.

  • Coach behavior.

  • Coach performance.

All the X and O stuff is not anywhere as important.

  • All of us can be special in life, but most of us don't see ourselves as unique human beings.

  • We either create a path forward or someone else is going to create it for us.

  • The greatest value that you can contribute to a young person's life is to help them understand the relevance of education.

  • Search for things that will take you off the highways of life and onto the side roads.

  • Opportunities are everywhere. We just need to reach out and embrace them and make them part of our lives.

Magic Question

Do you have your hands on the steering wheel of your life or is someone else steering your life for you?

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