Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five interconnected sites.
Feeling better today.
Back on Earth.
Mars is an interesting planet.
Few conveniences.
Walt Disney World, home on Earth.
Conveniences galore.
Just needed to write it down.
The part about quitting writing.
Whew!
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Writing prolifically is uncharted territory.
A wilderness that sometimes (more like rarely) feels more like Mars than Earth.
Mostly Earth.
Like 99.79% of the time.
That’s about 4,790 days out of 4,800.
Or, on Mars, about 10 days out of 4,800.
Prior to last week, only three times have i thought, “Is it time to stop writing?”
Then last week, seven days in a row.
Ten days, so only three times before last week – or about once every 4.5 years the question comes up, “Time to quit writing?”
Point zero-zero-zero-six-five percent (0.00065%) (3 divided by 4,800 = .00065)
Infinitesimal.
The past week has been seven of those ten days on Mars.
Is it time to stop writing?
Why stop?
What about the streak?
What about 4,800 consecutive days of routine?
What about contribution?
What about the trail?
No one reading this will be able to relate to what i think, say, or do from writing 24,000+ blog posts.
Two hours a day.
Day after day.
Month after month.
Year after year.
Breakthroughs.
Profound self-discovered insights.
Aha’s.
BFO’s.
And on rare occasions, aliens.
Like, “Maybe it’s time to stop blogging.”
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This website is about our MIND. To read today’s post about our BODY, click here.
Prolific daily writing provides a blessed freedom from limited thinking.
Prolific daily writing transforms you with a world-class growth mindset.
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This website is about our MIND. To read today’s post about our BODY, click here.
Thirteen years ago on March 31, 2009 some crazy “promise” began.
The promise to begin writing in the morning.
The promise to write five differently-themed blog posts, on five different websites.
The promise to write those five differently-themed posts every single day for 100 consecutive days.
Note: The previous record for 5-a-day was two days in a row. Pathetic.
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T-minus two days.
Fourteen years ago it became an idea.
Thirteen years ago the writing began.
It started with the Great Recession in 2008-09.
It rekindled a distant memory — a promise — to write a book for my children. Thirty years had passed since the College Junior (me) had an inspiring idea.
The Great Recession/Disney-layoff-wake-up-call completely caught everyone off-guard.
The Plan B notion surfaced quickly.
But.
But was at a loss on how and where to begin. And, was it even necessary? In hindsight, it was not necessary. At least not until Covid-19, 11 years later.
Covid-19 decimated Walt Disney Parks and Resorts — and Disney Institute.
“You should have a Plan B in case, God forbid, this ever happens again.”
From that foggy, half-baked 2008 “Plan B” idea to write a book as a business card — for a backup plan, should another Great Recession-type event appear again before our planned 2024 Disney retirement, came the search for a place to practice writing.
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This website is about our MIND. To read today’s post about our BODY, click here.