Tag: Crazy

One Great Thing About Crazy People

Six years later they founded the Disney Brothers Studios, and in 1955 opened Disneyland.

In Walt Disney’s early years, from 1923-1955, many thought Walt was crazy when in fact he was a dreamer and an innovator. Who sets out to become the only one on the Internet writing five daily – and different – blogs? Not me. Interesting though, there’s not a single person who says I’m onto something.

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PS. From Wikipedia’s Grateful Dead review: “Their music,” writes Lenny Kaye, “touches on ground that most other groups don’t even know exists.”

Crazy Means Different Things To Different People

Crazy means different things to different people. What one defines as crazy, to another is simply business as usual. Yesterday was a major milestone for some people – their first (and probably last) marathon.

For others, it was a Sunday morning and an opportunity for a routine visit to a Disney Park – father, son, son’s friend…here’s how it played out. (each photo has a caption)

Driving through town to visit Epcot for a few hours.
January 8, 2012 approx 9:30am. The Disney full Marathon began at 5:30am
We watched some of the finish (4:22 - 4:40 finishing times)
Approximately 16k+ runners earned this yesterday (Jan. 8, 2012)
He carried our Flag 26.2 miles.
Very last runner at mile 25, French pavilion Epcot World Showcase, 2pm Jan. 8

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We’ve All Heard Amazing Success Stories About Crazy Entrepreneurs Who Absolutely Refused To Quit

Probably home to some crazy person who's trying to change the world.

Look at most Fortune 500 companies. Those companies didn’t start out in the Fortune 500. Walt Disney went bankrupt twice before Mickey Mouse was created in 1928. And how about Bill Gates. Or Steve Jobs? Thank God they had a garage. Ya with me?

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Father Son Traditions

Yesterday, you heard a promise.  Here it is, the traditions a mid life Father put in place, using a lion’s share of midlife creativity.  It would be easy to discount their value, because they are so simple.

  1. Bear Hug
  2. One, two, three
  3. Twistee Treat Day
  4. Food For Families
  5. Dinner Prayer
  6. You’ll never get in trouble for being honest
  7. If you lined up all the boys in the world….

What simple, repeatable traditions do is ingrain key messages.  Simple messages.  Life altering messages.

While we are insanely busy, we all have one life to live. We ought to be insanely thankful for that, and then set out to make the most of it.

PS.  If you regularly follow Mid Life Celebration, you already know there’s a really strong chance each tradition will be explained in future posts, maybe as soon as tomorrow.  And if f you’re new here, welcome.