Category: Back To The Future

11 years of Disney retirement

Main Street at Walt Disney World
The final walk through ‘the Tunnel’ and down Main Street before ‘opening’.
Disney Keynote speaker Jeff Noel
Entered the Tunnel by Fantasyland Cafeteria. Walked up a stairwell and stepped onstage to an empty Magic Kingdom.
Walt Disney Legacy Award name tag
Fantasyland. October 31, 2014. Maybe 7am.
work schedule
Photo: Disney Institute schedule screen shot. Top right, Friday, October 31 column. Lower right, “Congrats!”
two men in front of vision and mission signs
One last visit to Disney Institute HQ to turn in Disney iPhone, laptop, etc. Rod is an attorney and helped DI during our best growth years.
halloween card
Angie is crafty. She made this for my Disney Institute farewell day.

Over-focus on the same things you used to under-focus on or ignore.

Disney taught me to use dates to create memorable milestones.

Halloween was an over-focused, intentional choice.

i wanted to be able to say, “After 30 years at Disney, it was really scary to leave.“

And since October 31, 2014, i have.

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Disney retirement anniversary eve

disney's jungle Jeff in a disney stairwell
October 31, 2014. Leaving Disney institute’s HQ to drive home. It was really ‘scary’ to leave. On the way i returned the hat to Magic Kingdom Wardrobe.

Disney retirement anniversary eve is today.

October 30, 2025.

Eleven years since turning in my Jungle Cruise Skipper hat at Magic Kingdom wardrobe.

Note: Yesterday i said writing will continue after April Fool’s Day (in 3 weeks). Writing, yes; probably daily. Blogging, no.

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Ignorance grants freedom

two story white apartment building
Sun Club Apartments in Kissimmee, Florida. We rented the lower right corner unit in 1984-85.
two story white apartment building
It felt like the Kissimmee Police were there once a week to confront something.

The freedom of ignorance and the burden of wisdom.

Yesterday’s posts ended with me wanting to share all the goodness of yesterday’s meeting, but last night, the bandwidth to sort it out, wasn’t there.

Note: Today’s posts are a compromise between what happened yesterday and the DNA i used to react to what happened.

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What’s your goal?

Message about sleep benefits
Sleep is a superpower. And sleep helps you deliver your personal superpower for world good.

What’s your goal?

Why is that important?

How motivated are you?

What are you willing to do to achieve it?

Who’s bottomline accountable?

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What’s your number

What’s your weekly time percentage for .thinking .differently?

Why?

Are you satisfied?

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