Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five interconnected sites.
The first thing we see each day is relatively unchanging because of our routine. Break our routine, break what we see.
And with a different view, we can easily see differently.
Our expectations on what we see are also prone to habitual repetition.
This is what i saw after opening my eyes this morning from the second floor loft. Arrived last night at 10pm. Expected it to be magnificent.
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(photo: Life has five big choices – represented by five palms – and each carries a different set of expectations… that’s a lot of expectations)
Yesterday. How’d it go?
What’s interesting in all five questions is the notion that what we expect is the measure against what actually happens.
And what actually happens is probably insanely influenced by what we expect.
And this goes on day after day until we die.
Today’s mental thought continues with a physical thought for the day at the Next Blog
Spring signals nature that it’s time for rebirth. Like clockwork. Nature doesn’t fear Winter, it simply adapts/prepares for the inevitable.
Insight: Dear Son, pay attention to nature. This is all the research you need to understand life’s basic truths.
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“Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.” — Edward de Bono
There are many ways to start talking about this. And initially, I was simply going to let the quote “speak for itself”, without any additional dialogue.
However, me being me, well, that obviously didn’t happen.
But compromise is in order and I will end this Mid Life Celebration blog post with a top-of-mind thought.
Once I started writing, consistently, back in March, a transformation began. As if something inside me was awakened and began to grow. And then suddenly realized, I hadn’t even begun to discover what was possible.
Talk about a joyful experience. Undiscovered joy, newly found, was remarkably humbling. And humility brings incredible joy.
Oh, and by the way….
“Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.”