Category: What Are You Waiting For?

In career recognition

Descending Pollock Mountain. Stacy Wahlberg in orange, me with blue pack. Photo: Steve Wahlberg.

In career recognition, congratulations and thank you for thinking deep, reaching high, and working hard.

Your pursuit of artful career expression inspires me to care more than i used to.

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Joe, it’s for you

Pixar Soul bronze stature of Joe
Pixar. Soul. Joe. Mid Life Celebration.

Hey Joe, may I please speak to the owner of your life?

Waiting and doing nothing are the twin siblings of self-destruction.

dad

When faced with a midlife crisis, a book that helps a person rethink, reprioritize, and recommit is Mid Life Celebration.

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Subtract at work

closeup of shadows on the ground
When you start seeing nuances no one notices, you grow as an artist. Take the smallest of shadows. Shadows from a blade of grass, for example.
Caution sign at trailhead
Have only seen a sign like this once. Ever. At any trailhead. To me, social media made Oberlin seem like just another hiking trail. For a novice, it is not.
Garmin Mini GPS device
Leadership non-negotiable – be prepared. Bear spray, water, Garmin. Last year, a headlamp and first-aid kit became new non-negotiables.
Mountains and small Pixar toy
The wild continues north from here to the arctic circle.

Subtract at work.

Less is more.

Take only what you need, only what you can carry.

Everything else is non-essential.

Shed what distracts or complicates.

Subtract relationships, projects, promotions, and clients that keep the main things from being the main things.

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Have fun

Snowman pillow next to Christmas tree
Snowmen are fun in Florida. Why? The juxtaposition. Makes us smile because Winter weather here is awesome. With all the blue, clear skies, sun, and warm temps.

If there is such a thing as a leader harvest or leadership harvest, have never heard of it nor seen it demonstrated.

Love the concept though.

First heard of it 20 seconds ago in my mind.

In jeff-land, the fruit of the leader harvest is a byproduct called fun.

Guessing you only get one shot at pro-level. Pro-level is where you transition from a busy career to an intentional exit off the career superhighway.

Just off the highway is an oasis most speed right by, never knowing.

It’s dreamy.

Surreal.

There you get to do what you want, when you want.

You receive a Royal compensation for this crowning-few-years of transition from top of your game to no longer competing.

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Zoom positivity and hope

flowchart next to bookshelf
Used a stick figure to make the simple case for mind, body, spirit. We take mind, body and spirit to work and we bring all three home.

Couple weeks ago accepted Jody Maberry’s invitation to join him and Lee Cockerell in Dan Cockerell’s mastermind group. The event was at noon today. Jody gave 20 minutes which would be followed by Q&A. Dan said to take whatever was needed.

Talked big-picture about balance (personal vibrancy) for 12 mins and opened it up for Q&A.

Key points:

  1. Balance has five categories: mind, body, spirit, work, home
  2. Time is a flawed balance-metric
  3. Discerned that energy, not time, is the supreme metric
  4. Balance and personal vibrancy are interchangeable

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