Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five interconnected sites.
Trust, confidence, desire
How much time to do you spend each day on not giving up on your dreams?
What do you read to help you stay focused on your dreams?
Who do you hang out with to stay focused on your dreams?
Who do you seek out to stay focused on your dreams?
What do you watch to stay focused on your dreams?
What risks are you unwilling to take?
What risks are you willing to take?
What do you do to tell impossible to go to hell?
*phone ringing*
Someone answers, “Hello.”
“Yes, hello. Is this Earth?, the voice at the other end says.
“Um, yes, it is”, is the reply.
Once again from the other end, “Well, this is your wake-up call.”
A midlife crisis is often, but not always, initiated by a midlife wake-up call. It is our personal responsibility to react positively.
This Gulf of Mexico oil disaster means something to every human being on the planet. Have you figured it out yet?
There is an antidote to yesterday’s troublesome questions.
Know what it is?
Love or hate it. American Idol is down to the final two contestants. Both Crystal and Lee will become famous recording artists. Winning American Idol isn’t necessary for either, but the winner obviously will have endorsement opportunities that are harder to sell when you’re runner up.
Over the years we all become fans of a TV show or two. American Idol became a Family “event” years ago, after I became intrigued with Simon Cowell’s brutal honesty – which I found refreshingly inspirational.
This year, it’s still a Family event, minus my participation – too many other things clamoring for attention – until two nights ago.
And it was just last week, knowing that the season ends soon, I asked our son who he thought would win. “Lee!”, he said.
What does today’s post have to do with midlife?
Everything. While the contestants do not get a second chance to “do over”, we do. It’s called midlife celebration – a once in a lifetime chance to:
Today is a new day. Today is your day. If you’re not feeling overwhelmed, then consider yourself lucky, and rare.
In my line of work, I seem to see a lot more than most. Traveling. Speaking. Listening. Sensing.
It’s a brutal world out there.
Everyday is an opportunity to be a leader and face the daily grind head on. Because if we don’t pick this choice, what’s the alternative?