Social Media Has Always Been Acceptable For Personal Use, And Now Finally Widely Accepted For Professional Use

It was three years ago this month that jeff noel began using social media for Mid Life Celebration, LLC, noel’s retirement venture. What few are aware of, is noel was granted an opportunity to blog professionally. From January through July, 2009, noel was given permission to try blogging. He wrote completely on his own and was unendorsed by his organization. It was a very organic process. Armed only with the blessing to try.

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Gotta Give This Blogger Some Credit Because He Knew jeff noel’s Intent Was To Be Helpful

Montessori methods teach children to develop a (self-directed) lifelong love of learning

jeff noel’s friend in yesterday’s post said he knew noel was trying to help, but noel could tell the blogger was frustrated because the answer wasn’t freely given.

This is the way noel works. We learn far more when we discover the answer on our own than we do when it is spoon fed. We learn even more when we move from learning to teaching.

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Boomers, Character Is What We Do When No One Is Looking

Midlife Celebration Excellence

Recently, I posted a blog comment for a friend who asked his readers for advice on an ethical business decision he was facing. Most people suggested that he not worry about “lying” and just do it. I suggested that he let his own conscious be his guide. Interestingly though, he did not seem to understand that character is what we do when no one is looking. To know is to do. To know and not do, is to not yet know.

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jeff noel, The Blog Whisperer, Discovered Quickly That Google Says He’s Not The Creator

Writing and touching lives go hand in hand

Yesterday, jeff noel, The Blog Whisperer, discovered through Google that “writer’s high” is not his original creation. Know how this makes jeff noel feel? No difference whatsoever. noel learned long ago to separate his ideas from his identity. What he can’t separate is his writing from his daily activities.

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Sometimes, jeff noel, The Blog Whisperer, Gets Writer’s High

Some things are hard to explain (like this Suomi ski lift "chair")

jeff noel, America’s Work Life Balance expert, has writer’s high this morning. It’s similar to runner’s high. But very different from drug-induced highs (smirk). It’s a feeling (in running, and in writing) where the participant gets lost in the rhythm of the activity and reaches a place were the motions are effortless and pleasurable.

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