Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five interconnected sites.
Doubt is so easy to summon.
Same with fear.
It’s like crack cocaine isn’t it?
Ridiculously addicting.
And the withdrawal symptoms from doubt and fear are excruciatingly painful.
So we stick with doubt and fear. They comfort us.
But when we lead with action and decisiveness, we move forward.
Go, no matter how slow!
The time will pass anyway.
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PS. Finally cancelled account Aug 2014.
We make ourselves a victim when we complain.
Three choices in every situation:
Anything else is childish.
Have been observing for years a public figure who has slowly poisoned their attitude beyond anything that is acceptable.
Time to walk away.
Guilt-free 180.
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When are we gonna finally live full on?
No more holding back on what we really want to do?
When?
Knowing we are going to die is the best incentive to start living full on – authentically.
Yes, some people will not like us for it.
And others will be cheering for us – and smiling – (and thinking, so glad she finally let go of her fear).
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(photo jeff noel: Epcot’s The Land pavilion garden from boat tour a few days ago)
Last winter meteorologists coined the phrase “Polar Vortex”. After digging out of the snow and ice, I stood in the produce section of the grocery store looking at pale, anemic tomatoes that had begun their journey far from my shopping cart. I passed on the substandard imposters. I longed for deep red, vine ripened, home grown.
This week the tomatoes in my garden are ripening at a rapid rate. My counter is full of them, I have given many of them to family and the saucepot seems to never leave my stove. My back aches from scalding, coring, peeling and seeding. I have canned and frozen. I am running out of ideas, and basil, for fresh tomatoes.
When we have too much of something, anything, we stop appreciating it. Why do we seem surprised when excess doesn’t lead to happiness?
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Dear Son, a tree does not grow overnight.
But it does grow.
Slowly.
And some years it grows faster than other years. This has been one of those years for you.
For the past decade we’ve been focused on honesty above any other attribute.
In 2014, we built on that for a total of four key life attributes:
You have done well academically, and maybe more importantly, personally.
Be well and remain amazed.
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