Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five interconnected sites.
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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Is it possible to finally, for good, let go of habitual, societal posturing?
While working in a career it feels necessary. Mandatory even.
Why?
Societal norm.
But i’m not working (going on five months now) and i see things that no longer matter to me. Things that used to matter all day, every day.
Social media for one, especially LinkedIn.
Trying to keep up with the Jones. And FOMO.
But five months since my second and final retirement i just have no need to keep up. Nothing to prove.
Letting go of posturing is exhilarating.
Why?
If you need me to explain, you’re not ready to comprehend the explanation.
(and if you already know, again, you don’t need me to explain) (ps. Congrats)
Why?
Once you reach the life-stage where constant posturing is a non-issue, you immediately experience a relief you’ve never known.
We all dream of this relief, this freedom, but until it happened i was clueless.
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Mental freedom is 2 things:
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Planned freedom.
Heard the phrase “planned freedom” yesterday listening to Michael Eisner talk about the summer camp he attended growing up. His father also attended. Michael’s three sons attended. The camp is 100+ years old now. The 2005 recording, called ‘Camp‘, was recorded by Disney Records.
A legendary Camp Director built ‘planned freedom’ into every camper’s daily schedule.
This unstructured time’s origin stems from the belief that young people – boys in this example -need time to follow their interests. And camp allowed for many choices of activities, or, no activities at all. Perhaps, instead, opting to play cards back at their tent with friends.
The goal was to let each camper exercise their own agency with their ‘unplanned time’.
How they planned it was a freedom centered on self-discovery.
‘Unplanned freedom’, in my opinion is what (potentially) leads adults to a growth-mindset lifestyle.
And a growth-mindset lifestyle, from the magic of doubling in my opinion, leads to a freedom only mental vibrancy provides.
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What mental pain do you want in your life?
i’ll gladly take the pain of having a mind that rarely rests because it is continuously thinking about better ways to do everything.
What pain do you want to avoid?
i want to avoid the pain that stems from a lack of consistent thoughts about the best ways to do things. And the regret that comes from doing things in a subpar way.
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