November 2014 – Page 3 – Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker

Is this the type of attitude that means everything?

(photo: Constantly remind ourselves not to judge because we are not in their shoes)

Most of us will not be consciously aware of the transformational change that a wakeup call potentially brings.

If we ever thought about preparing to die… getting all our affairs in order so we can do and say the things we feel are most important… any form of ulterior motive is mute.

None of those motives matter, because death is around the corner.

Who cares about material things, or titles, etc?

No one who is counting their days.

If we could live like that without a sense of eminent death, how glorious would that be?

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The opportunity for unbelievable days is limitless

(photo: Is 7:30am the right time, on a Tuesday?)

When is the time right for an unbelievable day?

The opportunity for unbelievable days is limitless. What if we began the day praying, reading, thinking, writing. What if we ~~acted as if we had~~ actually made time for this?

Sharpening the saw as the saying goes. Could an ordinary day be given new life?

Instead of simply driving directly to the hotel parking lot and making a bee line for the classroom we did this…

We rethink the start of the day.

We drive first to the city shuttle, park there instead of the hotel and ride the shuttle to the north end of town. Then we could walk beneath the city and come up on the south end, down by Main Street. Take a brief stroll down Main Street before traffic gets busy, then cut over to the local Hotel to get to the classroom where we’d be a student for a week learning from one of the world’s most admired companies.

Simple pleasures taken for granted.

Dreams?

No, not really.

This is a common privilege, rarely taken.

But not yesterday.

And so it goes, one day and then another.

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Suck the marrow out of life

(photo: 7:15am yesterday – arrived at classroom and found this lost traveler… unsuccessfully tried to release it to the outdoors… spent a few minutes in the effort… 12 hours later, heard about Robin… gather ye rosebuds while ye may)

Sucking the marrow out of life… Robin Williams committed suicide yesterday (August 11, 2014).

The CNN story is here.

Live like you mean it.

Life is not a dress rehearsal.

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The excitement of being back

(photo: CSU Campus dorm with sand volleyball court during Summer break)

High school, College, or Graduate School… remember the feeling of being back on campus after a decent absence?

Yesterday was that feeling.

Exciting.

Fun.

Even Magical.

Life is good.

Live like you mean it.

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Dear Son, wait until you can instantaneously articulate what inspires you

Can we instantaneously articulate what inspires us? Movies can inspire us, like the one last night, Safe Haven, the catalyst for today’s post.

Starting a business, publishing a book, representing the United States at the Senior Olympics, becoming a Father, celebrating three-plus decades as a husband, revolving everything around Jesus, annually donating and recycling things once thought to be important…

These things have made jungle jeff an exponentially better Cast Member.

And remarkably…

Being a Cast Member has exponentially made jungle jeff better at all those things.

It has been nearly eight months and 1,100 posts since the word me has been used.

Permission to become exceptionally self aware (not perfect, simply aware) is THE most under rated gift you can give yourself.

Live like you mean it. Life is not a dress rehearsal.

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