Comments on: End Game: Tough Choices http://www.nickedelstein.com/2010/01/end-game-tough-choices/ Nick Edelstein | Performing & Recording Music Artist Sat, 09 Apr 2011 21:43:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Nick http://www.nickedelstein.com/2010/01/end-game-tough-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Nick Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:09:27 +0000 http://www.nickedelstein.com/2010/01/end-game-tough-choices/#comment-174 Todd, as the weekend comes to a close I was just wondering about your progress and "future planning" (isn't all planning for the future? ;) From a business owner's standpoint, reflection is a necessary step in the process of improvement and refinement. After all, how can we move forward if we haven't identified the weaknesses in our behavior? Todd, as the weekend comes to a close I was just wondering about your progress and “future planning” (isn’t all planning for the future? ;)
From a business owner’s standpoint, reflection is a necessary step in the process of improvement and refinement. After all, how can we move forward if we haven’t identified the weaknesses in our behavior?

]]> By: Todd McLaren http://www.nickedelstein.com/2010/01/end-game-tough-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Todd McLaren Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:38:37 +0000 http://www.nickedelstein.com/2010/01/end-game-tough-choices/#comment-74 This speaks to me a great deal. I have been out of work for a long time and the new year brings new opportunities. The question I have is where to go from here. Future planning is a huge part of my life at the moment. At this age I see clearly that happiness trumps financial success, but in many ways they are tied together. I have to make some huge changes in order to move forward, but which path do I take? (Did I just make a Robert Frost reference without even knowing it?) I do have a lot of pieces left, I just hope I make the right moves! This speaks to me a great deal. I have been out of work for a long time and the new year brings new opportunities. The question I have is where to go from here. Future planning is a huge part of my life at the moment. At this age I see clearly that happiness trumps financial success, but in many ways they are tied together. I have to make some huge changes in order to move forward, but which path do I take? (Did I just make a Robert Frost reference without even knowing it?) I do have a lot of pieces left, I just hope I make the right moves!

]]> By: Linda http://www.nickedelstein.com/2010/01/end-game-tough-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Linda Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:16:46 +0000 http://www.nickedelstein.com/2010/01/end-game-tough-choices/#comment-73 Terrific metaphor for understanding and accepting the challenges of adulthood! Life does have a way of forcing us to grow up, but not everyone embraces it. If we are lucky, we find the right life partner and move from a solitary game of life, like chess, to one as part of a team. As an adult, I found the toughest decisions related to how to acknowledge and confront the challenges of balancing what is right for me with what it right for the team. You have beautifully captured this struggle. Terrific metaphor for understanding and accepting the challenges of adulthood! Life does have a way of forcing us to grow up, but not everyone embraces it. If we are lucky, we find the right life partner and move from a solitary game of life, like chess, to one as part of a team. As an adult, I found the toughest decisions related to how to acknowledge and confront the challenges of balancing what is right for me with what it right for the team. You have beautifully captured this struggle.

]]> By: Fred http://www.nickedelstein.com/2010/01/end-game-tough-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Fred Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:36:51 +0000 http://www.nickedelstein.com/2010/01/end-game-tough-choices/#comment-72 Great stuff, Nick! My brother Jonathan Meltzer has been a nationally ranked chess player and also a thinker in this mode-you might want to connect with him on FB and tell him how you know me...funny how certain gifts your parents give you can last a lifetime. They got me music, tennis and swimming lessons, and insisted I take typing as well (in 1981!). These will serve me for life and I will enjoy them as long as I am around...had those choices been football, meth, and skydiving I'd have turned out a bit differently and if I had lasted this long, I'd be looking for new hobbies...have a great one! Fred Great stuff, Nick! My brother Jonathan Meltzer has been a nationally ranked chess player and also a thinker in this mode-you might want to connect with him on FB and tell him how you know me…funny how certain gifts your parents give you can last a lifetime. They got me music, tennis and swimming lessons, and insisted I take typing as well (in 1981!). These will serve me for life and I will enjoy them as long as I am around…had those choices been football, meth, and skydiving I’d have turned out a bit differently and if I had lasted this long, I’d be looking for new hobbies…have a great one!

Fred

]]> By: Sara http://www.nickedelstein.com/2010/01/end-game-tough-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Sara Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:42:28 +0000 http://www.nickedelstein.com/2010/01/end-game-tough-choices/#comment-68 Love this line of thinking. Even though I don't know how to play chess, I love its relation to life in general. Wonderful observations and questions to which we all can relate. Love this line of thinking. Even though I don’t know how to play chess, I love its relation to life in general. Wonderful observations and questions to which we all can relate.

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