Leaving a trail for our Son – Page 4 – Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker

Put your habits in your Will, mind

Wellness excuses, habits, rituals. This immediately triggered a business application.

If Disney Ran Your Life podcast — Wellness excuses, habits, rituals. This immediately triggered a business application.

Disney Institute Keynote Speaker — Have spent my life discerning life’s most vibrant habits.

Got your Will all set?

If your family inherited only your habits (not your things or your money), which habits would be your most valuable gifts (legacy)?

What habits would i bequeath?

First, who am i to bequeath anything to anyone?

Seriously.

Such a street rat.

Yet.

Yet, i have tried.

My whole life i have tried.

Tried what?

Tried to be a good and decent person.

Ps. Tried to be a good and decent person for you, mom, and for me.

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June 1, 2026, mind

family on beach — Sanibel Island Summer 2009.

boy with inner tube at beach — Sanibel Island, 2011.

Family at Sanibel — Every Summer it’s Sanibel and Glacier.

Sometimes, Life's A Beach — Sometimes (like every Summer from 1988-2018), life’s A Sanibel Beach

florida beach pools — The Sanibel location’s pool was also a huge ‘fun time’. Chapin ‘flying’ into the pool.

Happy June 1, 2026.

While the Summer Solstice is three weeks away (June 21, 4:54am), Since childhood, i’ve always celebrated Summer’s arrival on June 1st.

Why?

Why wait!

Go.

Have fun.

Why wait?

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The privilege of making mistakes, mind

Mid Life Celebration book — Wisdom comes from experience. Experience comes from making mistakes.

Is it a human privilege to make mistakes?

i think it is.

The privilege of making mistakes is only for people who act.

Why?

Intentional action leads to outcomes.

Outcomes lead to learning.

Learning leads to growth.

Growth is the essence of life.

Mental growth.

Physical growth.

Spiritual growth.

Growth at work.

Growth at home.

Unintentional inaction (which is an action), also produces unintentional outcomes. Not flossing contributes to poorer oral health than intentional flossing.

Taking risks, challenging societal, personal, and industry norms, these are the building blocks for progress, improvement, and sometimes, breakthroughs.

Note: There are exceptions to literally everything, yet i’d offer that no breakthrough has ever happened from avoiding risks.

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Time poor, mind

Fortune cookie saying — Time is the one thing everyone gets the same amount of each day. But days and years vary for everyone.

Small Florida bug black with red markings — Busy sure, yet capable of noticing the smallest of details in the grass (then mulch). A small black beetle with tiny orange spots.

Am i time poor? And, does it even matter?

Time poor is when you are so busy, you cannot afford to waste any time.

You are living without any discretionary time.

No extra time to do something that isn’t required.

All your time is spent in “have to do’s”?

Can you imaging having discretionary time to spend on “get to do’s”?

As i lean into discomfort this Summer, i want to waste more time than i ever have.

Wanting to spend time well-wasted.

Busy doing nothing.

Bug watching.

Sky watching.

Thinking crazy thoughts.

And so on and so forth.

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Busy is not sexy, mind

quote — Unknown social media screenshot. Being busy is like a disease.

Disney Speaker — Social media screenshot. Walt’s wisdom transforms the work i do every day.

Why is being busy not sexy?

Why?

Wait, you haven’t figured this out yet?

Dang.

Amateur.

Who wants to be around someone in a rush?

Who wants to be around someone who’s work agenda is more important than your relationship with them?

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