T-minus 2

Mickey and Minnie Mouse
Studio portrait quality came from an iPhone. Notice the Celebrate You logo at top?

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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T-minus 3

Santiago, Chile. Jack the Bear was a special Guest. Jack helps Jungle Jeff tell a clear, concise, and compelling story.

Every leader tells a story about what she or he values.

Every day.

All day.

But there’s a catch.

We judge ourselves on our intentions. Others judge us on our behaviors.

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T-minus 4

Disney Way street sign
Disneyland street sign. The Disney Way is also the DNA of every one of Jungle Jeff’s 24,000+ blog posts.

The Disney Way is simple.

Over-focus on the same things others under-focus on or ignore.

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T-minus 5

Disney Customer Service Keynote Speaker Jeff Noel onstage
Montreal, Canada.

Ever heard of writer’s flood? Nope.

Writer’s block? Of course.

Turns out, writer’s flood is a real thing.

How does one know?

You start off on a writing journey and never take a day off.

Ever.

And it never feels like a burden.

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T-minus 6

bullseye
The original 100-day writing target was simply a motivational way to get some writing practice to write a first book.

T-minus 6 days.

Less than a week away.

What?

In six days, year 14 starts.

Year 14 for what?

Year 14 for consecutive years writing 5 daily, differently-themed blog posts.

Not only never missing a year, but never missing a single day. Not one.

Ever.

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