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America's unheralded work life balance expert. Servant, Husband, Dad, Boomer, speaker, author, runner. Work is only work of you'd rather be doing something else. Allergic to most pollens and mediocrity. Can't wait for the alarm clock to go off every morning.Connect with:
Author Archives: jeff noel
Should you exercise your right to stand in front?
Rock concerts and personal wellness are similar. Who knew? When you believe in yourself and try things you normally don’t try – because you’ve been conditioned that it’s inappropriate or too difficult – you get amazingly different results than if … Continue reading
Can faith be strengthened at a rock concert?
Rock stars, their band and crew get to use these steps. These are the same steps a professional speaker (me) uses. What does this have to do with diet and exercise? Work life balance insists means we need to exercise and … Continue reading
Why being flexible is more than just physical
At 5:20am, our car will take us to the Iowa airport to return home to Disney World. Bottom line, four straight days of “active rest” twice as much time as I would have liked. But I must accept the cards … Continue reading
Top reason why being busy doing nothing is excellent
Yesterday the health care CEO asked if I had my morning run. I replied, “No, today is an active rest day”. Active rest. The deliberate, and planned, act of doing nothing – so as to be able to do more, … Continue reading
He said…
On our first trip together, a new colleague once said, “You’ll talk to anyone”. And on yesterday’s flight to Minneapolis I was having a conversation about parenting and exercise with a man one year older than me. My son is … Continue reading
She said…
Yesterday at the bank waiting to close a home equity loan, the bank representative and I were catching up (our sons are 11). She said, “I see you running all the time on 535. You can tell you really love … Continue reading
You deserve better and this may change your life…
A year from now you’ll wish you had started today… Next Blog PS. A very special and grateful thank you to Lorie Sheffer for sharing this with me yesterday.
Doing the basics applies to physical wellness too
Everyday it’s the same…deciding to make good food choices, getting regular exercise and adequate rest. But the real basic is even before all that. The key is finding enough ways to stay motivated to last a lifetime. Next Blog
Revolving door number two (of five)
Happy Saturday. Taking a minute to visit redundancy-land. I write five daily, different blogs because life has five big choices – my recipe for work life balance. So after reading this blog (our body), the two words below are your … Continue reading
Looking forward to a run?
Traveling the past three days, including two intentional “rest days” means that I’m really looking forward to this morning’s run. Betcha you’re looking forward to exercising today too. Right? Full disclosure: I sometimes have to force myself to exercise because … Continue reading