Category: I Am

jeff noel Just Had One Of Those Midlife Musical Moments

Secret powers of any sort are generally discovered organically

Thank you John Lennon for the timely, and profound, flashback…”You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one”….

Look, jeff noel understands yesterday’s post is a pie-in-the-sky dream. Imagine middle-aged Americans being the healthiest of all age groups – the leaders in what to do and what not to do. The teachers.

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I Went One Step Further With Yesterday’s Lesson, Because That’s What Walt Disney Has Ingrained In Me

Quality & attention to small, almost unnoticeable details is Walt Disney's signature

When we were done with his lesson, the learning could have stopped. But Walt Disney taught me to always try to give a little more than anyone expects. So in a brief story (Walt Disney’s teaching tool of choice) I explained to our son I wished I had been taught earlier in life how to use my own words – to not doubt that my explanation would be as good as anyone else’s.

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Here’s What I’m Trying To Do

photo courtesy of Cheryl Noel

Here’s a real life, in real time example of what yesterday’s post tried to illuminate. (I can’t make this stuff up) Helping our son with homework last night, he was asked to find out why the Earth rotates around the sun.

I read his completed work and asked if he copied it or wrote it himself. He copied it. Then I asked him if he could explain it. He couldn’t. Then I asked if he could re-write it in his own words. He struggled big time on re-researching. In the end, he agreed that the push to try harder not only allowed him use his own words, but to also understand them as well.

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