milestone – Page 7 – Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker

i should probably celebrate with something extra-ordinary

Disney Institute Healthcare Keynote 2011 — One of the thousands of Disney Best Practices Keynotes i delivered from 1999-2014.

Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay – staying in great hotels never got old.

Great Disney leaders take time to deliver personalized recognition, meaning that they need to know how each employee likes to be recognized, and honor that – versus traditional cookie-cutter programs.

i should probably celebrate with something extra-ordinary.

Why?

Because today’s five posts complete the seventh consecutive year of of daily writing on five differently-themed websites.

Why five sites?

Mind – we think
Body – we move
Spirit – we feel
Money – we earn
HQ – we dwell

Balance.

After a lifetime at Disney unsuccessfully searching internally for a role model for balance, i had the aha moment of a lifetime…

Wake up jeff, quit looking. Become the change you seek.

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

This website is about our mental attitude. To easily and safely leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s physical health website, click here.

Good morning mind blowing thought

The Lakeland Center — Five in the foreground, two in the center. Five blogs a day for the two most important people in my life.

That feeling when you wake up and realize you are one month away from something that blows your mind.

And you realize that what you began seven years prior has lasted.

And it lasted because, well, you have no idea why.

Except maybe because you had had enough negative self-talk and decided to burn the ships.

PS. No one is immune from negative self-talk, not even the most positive people you know.

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

This website is about our mental attitude. To easily and safely leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s physical health website, click here.

Original Walt Disney World hire date 1982

Orlando Sanford airport — Walking from parking lot.

Waking up in Allentown this morning, October 17 is a privilege. And knowing what i write right now will post on January 25 is a cool way to experience a milestone moment several times over.

On January 25, 1982 my life path began to change even though I had no clue.

Arriving in Orlando (from Pennsylvania) on January 24, 1982, my first day at Walt Disney World was the very next day and it was called Disney Traditions. Otherwise known as new employee orientation.

Knowing that i can now (since retiring from Disney) work from anywhere is also a milestone.

Writing is a cool way to simultaneously live in multiple moments: the past, present, and future.

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This website is about our mental attitude. To leave this site to read today’s post on my physical health website, click here.

i am a (midlife) fool, plain and simple

Finland tee shirt Suomi — Tee-shirt from 2009 Finland trip…**Suomi**.

i am a (midlife) fool, plain and simple.

So on April Fool’s Day 2009, i began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs as part of a self-imposed 100-day writer’s bootcamp.

On day 101, i had the guilt-free option to stop.

i didn’t.

And havn’t missed a single day.

Ever.

At a loss to explain why, except maybe this, it has profoundly changed me.

This train of thought continues with “i am unhealthy” at the next Blog

The greatest hope is you find yourself inspired by your own

(photo: Yesterday in Grand Blanc, Michigan… working, thinking, preparing…)

The time has come to start telling people.

Right now only a handful know.

Spouse, child, boss, benefits coordinator.

Last night a dear college buddy. Also called a most trusted colleague, but got voice mail.

So today a few more calls.

Mom has known for a long time it was coming, but has not yet heard officially the date.

Mid Life Celebration is about to spread it’s wings and fly.

For those of you who read these posts and have followed along, it is the greatest hope that you find yourself inspired by your own hopes and dreams, your own small, slow, steady progress.

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