Milestones – Page 9 – Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker

Writing began, and continues, one single, solitary day at a time

Apple Watch Mickey Mouse screen shot — So unimportant to call out a single, ordinary day – yesterday was Monday, November 23, 2015.

Dear Son, i often end emails and social media private messages with this challenge, “Be amazed and be amazing.”

At the completion of the first day of a self-imposed 100-day writing challenge which began April Fools Day 2009, i had five blog posts. On April 2 i wrote five more. That’s how it all began. And that’s how it continues – one single, solitary day at a time.

Believe it or not, i was amazed that i actually did what i said i was gonna do. That’s the surest way to be amazed and be amazing.

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2,400 bottles of beer on the wall…

Comic Book box — Speaking of genesis (below), photo from yesterday at the Comic Book store.

Today becomes the 2,400th consecutive day of writing five daily, differently-themed blog posts…12,000 posts:

Mind • Body • Spirit • Work • Home

Prior to April Fools Day 2009, i had not gone more than three consecutive days, and had never written five posts in a single day.

The genesis was a self-imposed 100-day writer’s bootcamp.

The pre-genesis was the 1979 promise (as a college Junior) i made to write a book of wisdom “for my kids”.

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Dear Son, a Sunday morning of epic proportions

Florida hawk on a fence — Yesterday morning during bike ride near Disney University. You rarely get this close to a hawk.

There are days in our lives when an event happens without warning and we are stunned.

Stunned at it’s abrupt arrival.

Stunned by the emotional turmoil that rocks our world.

Stunned at the aftershocks, even as new tremors erupt.

Yesterday morning was one such day.

Life will go on.

And it will go on in a better way because of what we learned as a Family.

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We have these moments in life that surprise us at first

Amazon Book pricing — Book price reduction went live yesterday, April 6, 2015. Dropped to $10.99 from $19.99 at author’s request.

The following is from two nights ago…decided it is blog worthy today…

Typing this in the dark.

We have these moments in life that surprise us at first but then they don’t.

Lying in bed right now, on this Easter Sunday night, a moment.

And the thing is, our little moments are insignificant to the rest of the world.

But they astonish us.

Six years ago, couldn’t write my way out of a wet paper bag.

But started writing anyway. And as a result, in just five more days, the 11,000th blog post will go public.

Relish your insignificant moments, because no one else will.

But that doesn’t mean your moment isn’t significant.

It is.

And use your moment to create more moments.

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Five days away from the five-a-day milestone

(photo: After six years, still don’t have a business card. Ordered some yesterday.)

Five days away from the five-a-day milestone. The key insight is this:

Our path never plays out the way we dream. It’s either better or worse. Our job is keep moving forward.

We can never make progress if we stop.

Duh.

Sounds so logical.

Yet why do we quit so soon after we begin these ambitious journeys?

And what happens to the folks who refuse to quit?

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