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It’s Never Too Late…
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Father & Son Watching the Raising of the Flag on Parris Island, SC
Father’s Day presents a day of reflection for many…a time of thanks and appreciation for those fortunate enough to have experienced the love of a Dad in their lives. For others, Father’s Day can be an emotionally painful day of regret for those whose father was absent or worse yet, played a negative and abusive role in life.

On this Father’s Day in particular, I count my blessings for being fortunate enough to have a Dad who I’ve always known loved me no matter what (certainly no easy task with me!) and who was available when I needed him growing up…even when I made him so angry his face turned shades of red that one would not have expected possible.

As my own son was welcomed into the world almost 5 years ago, it has been an eye opening experience and a time of significant change and wonderful blessing. Given the nature of my career, I was too often gone from home for far too long, with many nights each week on the road. Increasingly as my son grew older, each trip became a little tougher to take and the lonely drive to catch a 6:00am flight pulled at my emotions. Days and nights on the road for business tied up with the urgency of whatever the day presented at the expense of time at home with family and watching my son experience new things certainly took a toll on me until the weight of regret and desire to regain alignment with internal core values became a yoke around my neck that needed to be addressed with action and not just wishful thinking. Thankfully priorities changed, my eyes and heart were opened and my own life is in far better balance now, which includes frequently having coffee (for me) and Ovaltine (for my son) together early each morning before anyone else is awake as he sits in my lap and we talk about whatever pops into his mind.

It is a bit hard to look back on the time lost during his first 4 years in this world, but what I’m struck by is an appreciation that my own heart and mind changed from focusing disproportionately on personal “success” at the expense of other areas in my life and is now more than ever rooted in a balanced focus with Faith and Family as the highest priorities in my life while there are still many years left to enjoy watching my son grow up. An old friend of mine used to say, “Success at the expense of family isn’t success at all”…how true that statement has been at times in my own life.

So today, on this Father’s Day 2010, I’m thankful for a Dad who loves me unconditionally, a son who is the apple of my eye and I thank God for the grace filled love and awakening He has given me to enjoy each day having a Dad and being one.

Joel Goode

www.bestlifeandcareer.com

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September 14, 2010 at 6:17 am
It is never too late………to start cheating on your wife!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yea baby!
 






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Read my reply at the bottom of the page. Do you think Joel will approve it?



It’s Never Too Late…
Posted by administrator on Jun 20, 2010 in Uncategorized |
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Father & Son Watching the Raising of the Flag on Parris Island, SC
Father’s Day presents a day of reflection for many…a time of thanks and appreciation for those fortunate enough to have experienced the love of a Dad in their lives. For others, Father’s Day can be an emotionally painful day of regret for those whose father was absent or worse yet, played a negative and abusive role in life.

On this Father’s Day in particular, I count my blessings for being fortunate enough to have a Dad who I’ve always known loved me no matter what (certainly no easy task with me!) and who was available when I needed him growing up…even when I made him so angry his face turned shades of red that one would not have expected possible.

As my own son was welcomed into the world almost 5 years ago, it has been an eye opening experience and a time of significant change and wonderful blessing. Given the nature of my career, I was too often gone from home for far too long, with many nights each week on the road. Increasingly as my son grew older, each trip became a little tougher to take and the lonely drive to catch a 6:00am flight pulled at my emotions. Days and nights on the road for business tied up with the urgency of whatever the day presented at the expense of time at home with family and watching my son experience new things certainly took a toll on me until the weight of regret and desire to regain alignment with internal core values became a yoke around my neck that needed to be addressed with action and not just wishful thinking. Thankfully priorities changed, my eyes and heart were opened and my own life is in far better balance now, which includes frequently having coffee (for me) and Ovaltine (for my son) together early each morning before anyone else is awake as he sits in my lap and we talk about whatever pops into his mind.

It is a bit hard to look back on the time lost during his first 4 years in this world, but what I’m struck by is an appreciation that my own heart and mind changed from focusing disproportionately on personal “success” at the expense of other areas in my life and is now more than ever rooted in a balanced focus with Faith and Family as the highest priorities in my life while there are still many years left to enjoy watching my son grow up. An old friend of mine used to say, “Success at the expense of family isn’t success at all”…how true that statement has been at times in my own life.

So today, on this Father’s Day 2010, I’m thankful for a Dad who loves me unconditionally, a son who is the apple of my eye and I thank God for the grace filled love and awakening He has given me to enjoy each day having a Dad and being one.

Joel Goode

www.bestlifeandcareer.com

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It is never too late………to start cheating on your wife!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yea baby!
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Of course, how else does such an admirable person receive a ringing endorsement like this on his LinkedIn profile:


Recommendations For Joel
Senior Director; Field Sales West-Cardiopulmonary
Gilead Sciences

“I would like to offer my professional recommendation of Joel Goode. Joel was my Senior Regional Director, who managed a team of Regional Directors in the PAH Cardiovascular Division at Gilead Sciences. Joel Goode has highly developed leadership skills and has also proven himself invaluable in the recruiting, training, and supervising of an effective sales management team. He has great attention to detail, a distinguished analytical ability. He utilized these skills to drive performance in a large group of people. One of his greatest assets is his attitude towards the organization and the people with whom he worked. He did much to improve and upgrade processes, procedures and programs that impacted the sale force. This was accomplished with his ability to be a creative problem-solver with a positive outlook. Though he had these great leadership skills, he continued to be a great resource on a clinical level, with valuable selling skills.” May 8, 2010

Beth Green, Regional Director, Gilead Sciences
reported to Joel at Gilead Sciences
 












Joel worked at Glaxo as a rep. He was fired for playing golf when he should have been working. Oh, but he did get signatures, lol.
He got the job because his daddy was a BW manager. A total moron.
 






























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