Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five interconnected sites.
Like anyone who is striving, we do things that most others think is too much.
Our attitude doesn’t mind though. In fact, our attitude thrives on it.
Important to note that doing too much includes the hard work required to simplify, downsize, focus, and serve.
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Imagine taking 30 years to fulfill a promise to ourselves (and our family).
That’s how long it took me.
The guilt would come and go until it literally it disappeared altogether.
Thank goodness for a serious midlife wakeup call.
Baby Boomers suffer from chronic self-bullying.
Lies.
Inspiring promises we made to ourselves but never kept. Never delivered on.
Imagine a rose bush full of wonderful buds, but for some reason, the buds never open. Ever.
The original promise was in 1979 as a college Junior. “i promise to write a book about the most important things in life, for my children”.
i never intended to become a prolific blogger. In fact, it was consistent failure (and not writing consistently) that led to a crazy, self-imposed writing challenge on April Fools Day 2009… write five differently-themed blogs (about balance) for 100 straight days.
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Blogging is way over rated. So is running. And prayer too, while we’re at it. And anything else that the experts tout is good for us.
You know why?
Because most people’s efforts are half-hearted at best.
Walt Disney’s professional life was a life that was incredibly “all in”.
Please don’t misunderstand, most of us start out all fired up. It’s just this whole notion of dedicating our lives to it. That’s the trouble with becoming excellent, it takes so much freakin’ effort.
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The self-discipline it takes to see a dream through to completion is an experience that the vultures of the world are happy to see die.
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Who told you you can’t be an artist?
Art is anything that someone puts their heart and soul into. And it is easily recognized when you hear people say:
“That person cares too much, they work too hard, they reach too high and they think too deeply.”
There’s something you love to do that fits this description.
Let your art shine for others – even if it’s only a handful – to enjoy.
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