A thriver's guide to physical health and wellness
World-class tips, tactics, strategies and serious motivation
Photos of real life in real time (two days ago)
Staying focused and motivated is much more important than exercising.
The real secret to lifelong wellness isn’t exercise. It’s motivation and focus.
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Life’s first two big choices covered for today, now the third big choice gets it’s shot here.
un-ladylike, unsportsman like – and so is the devil
Kiss our behind, devil. It’s the devil that temps us, and ultimately convinces us, to quit.
Hey devil, you lost another battle last night. Sorry. Not trying to rub it in, but I’m definitely hinting to you that you can kiss my butt and move on. You’re wasting your time here.
Ran five miles this morning (and it’s still morning as I write this). Got nine hours of sleep last night.
Life is good… when we refuse to quit and when we know what’s important in our life, and we consistently deliver on it.
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This month jeff noel is encouraging Mid Life Celebration readers to follow all five daily blogs about work life balance. It’s a breeze to go from this physical health blog to the spiritual health blog, just click -> go to Next Blog
Know your healthy zone (weight, blood pressure, etc), and fight tooth and nail to stay in that range
The lesson from yesterday’s post is awareness through focus and discipline. A message easy to hate.
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This month jeff noel is encouraging Mid Life Celebration readers to follow all five daily blogs about work life balance. It’s a breeze to go from this physical health blog to the spiritual health blog, just click -> go to Next Blog
waiting to get our ducks in a row is just an excuse to not do it
How happy should we be with our end of the year wellness score card? Most of us have found a stealth way of pushing this concept so far back in our consciousness that it’s a non-issue.
Who do we turn to to kick our butt and cheer us on and encourage us as we muster the personal will to change this? Who? Where? Nothing’s worked in the past. Why should 2013 be any different?
Here’s what we could pray for… well, when I say “here”, I really mean to find out click here -> Blog
Sunsets are the focus, but they do not reveal the whole story…
…turning around always reveals the other part of the equation… moon rise…
jeff noel’s health wish for you this Saturday after Thanksgiving? It’s that you stop focusing on your health and start focusing on your… (click the bolded, hyperlinked word below to continue)…
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Most dogs have focus… they simply want to love and be loved…
Main reason “Impossible is nothing” is so important. Without our impossible goal, we have nothing to stir our soul and keep us focused.
Leaving in an hour for Chicago and then over to Benedictine College for the 2012 Masters Track and Field National Championships.
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the sun barely up… a run with purpose (for John Zubek in Allentown, PA)
The greatest byproduct of focused goals and energy? Determination that is indefatigable.
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Photo: June 28, 2012
it may sound like trash talk, but it’s not (Finland dumpster, 2009)
You’re here because you get it. You get that sustained motivation is rare, and you get that Mid Life Celebration has it. You also get that my blogging style has changed. And continues to change. But what you don’t see is the incredible consistent accuracy I can run the pace I project I’ll run….
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so much wisdom, so little time to discern the essence
Life’s too important to be taken seriously. – Oscar Wilde
Death is too serious to be taken lightly.
Somewhere in there (I hope) is a happy medium.
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my son and i both laughed at this museum exhibit
How important is focus? I hate to ask simple questions with seemingly obvious answers, but seriously, it doesn’t seem like most folks get it. I used to be one of those folks.
How important is focus? Look are the results you get without it.
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Mind, body, spirit, money, and hq...
You see four of them below. The fifth is the "box" the holds the other four...
America's unheralded work life balance expert. jeff noel, is a Servant, Husband, Dad, Boomer, speaker, author, runner. He believes work is only work if you'd rather be doing something else. Allergic to most pollens and mediocrity, he can't wait for the alarm clock to go off every morning.