The sad truth about being mediocre and a quick test to see if you are

2013 Chicago Auto Show keynote speech
2013 Chicago Auto Show

The sad truth? We bury ourselves so deeply with our insecurities, we feel we can’t dig out.

Here’s the quick test, ask yourself when was the last time you took a risk (and when was the time before that?).

If your answer wasn’t today and yesterday, here’s jeff noel’s antidote:

If I never try anything, I never learn anything. If I never take a risk, I stay where I am.

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I asked the copy editor a really significant question about Disney

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would your Grandmother and your Pastor approve of what you do?

I asked the copy editor a significant question about Disney:

Did you see any “Disney” in the book draft?

Her answer rolled of her tongue instantaneously, “No”.

“Perfect”, I confidently thought to myself. Integrity is doing what you say you’re going to do – transparency, authenticity, purpose, professionalism, focus.

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Just trying a leadership idea on for size

Book draft for Mid Life Celebration
Book draft for Mid Life Celebration
jeff noel's first book
15 months later….

We live our lives with many unfulfilled dreams. Big dreams can scare people. Or intimidate them. Big dreams also provide food for jokes, teasing, and back-stabbing.

So we hide them. We minimize them. We sell ourselves short.

What would it look like if we didn’t?

The vast majority of us will never know.

So I’ve been trying something on for size. A book. The first. Of many.

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A typical workday in Celebration?

Bohemian Hotel in Celebration
downtown Bohemian Hotel in Celebration, Florida
Celebration Avenue
jungle jeff running on Celebration Avenue
morning start
and just off to the left (out of sight)….
office birds
birds of a feather flock together in Celebration, Florida
fun street signs
street sign in Celebration, Florida
office building in Celebration, Florida
office building in Celebration, Florida

There is stereotypical and not so. There are workdays and fun days. When we can’t tell them apart, we are on to something – except for the first part.

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The more you do something the better you get, right?

professional speaker
teaching in Illinois one day…
professional speakers
… teaching in Michigan two days later

Most likely you are really, really good at what you do. By midlife, we’ve been around the block and should take stock in our professional accomplishments.

Ever get unsolicited signs that maybe you’re better than you thought? Ever get signs you may be worse than you give yourself credit for? Either case, what do you do?

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