Dear Son – Page 49 – Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker

What have been some high points or low points

downed tree in pond — It’s challenging, sometimes, to go out on a limb.

What have been some high points or low points in your son’s high school experience?

The low points probably won’t be realized until later. Generally, these are the regrets (of all sizes) for things he (like us) didn’t do.

The high points probably won’t be realized until later as well. Generally, these are the victories (of all sizes) over things he didn’t think he could do, but did.

PS. Happy 117th birthday Walt Disney. The hidden Mickey (above photo) is in your honor.

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In what ways do one or two events or experiences

In what ways do one or two events or experiences in your son’s development seem especially significant?

Publishing his first book as a High School Sophomore. Learning how to storyboard, organize, decide, and ship a book are skills many adults only dream of. His confidence grew exponentially.

Becoming a Shot Putter on the Track team. His dad forced him to do something with a group of people five days a week after school. So he wouldn’t have to run, he picked the shot put. The Track coach convinced him (a miracle) to join the Cross Country Team in the Fall. He had more reasons to quit than another other teammate but never did.

Bonus: Attending a Montessori School for a decade before High School. He learned to think for himself to solve complex and interesting challenges.

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Become irrationally positive

Deer near Walt Disney World — Yesterday morning on the bicycle work-commute to Walt Disney World.

Become irrationally positive.

There’s an incomplete picture of your world, and it creates an incomplete insight into how you can become incredibly positive, how long it takes… and the quiet, hard work involved.

You probably can’t envision yourself as an incredibly positive person, because of your personality or circumstance, or because you think you look and act nothing like a very positive person.

And if you can’t see yourself as irrationally positive, how can you believe you can become that kind of person?

Our positive mental attitude skills can (will) decay if not practiced (exercised) routinely (daily).

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Be mentally amazed and amazing today

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Be mentally amazed and amazing today.

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The worth and the danger of a habit

Disney Speakers — Heading past the city limits.

The worth and the danger of a habit is explained here from this unknown author’s writing:

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I am your constant companion.

I am your greatest asset or heaviest burden.

I will push you up to success or down to disappointment.

I am at your command.

Half the things you do might just as well be turned over to me, for I can do them quickly, correctly, and profitably.

I am easily managed; just be firm with me.

Those who are great, I have made great.

Those who are failures, I have made failures.

I am not a machine, though I work with the precision of a machine and the intelligence of a person.

You can run me for profit, or you can run me for ruin.

Show me how you want it done. Educate me. Train me.

Lead me. Reward me.

And I will then do it automatically.

I am your servant.

Who am I?

I am a habit.

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“Excellence is not an act. It’s a habit.”

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