Paradox – Page 16 – Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker

My Dad never did anything, was your Dad the same way?

teaching children confidence — a 400+ acre lake at our disposal… (Disney World lies due south on the horizon)

outdoor activities — many activities could happen from the Lake

Yesterday you read how I might be making one of the biggest mistakes of my life…

My Dad also had no visible love, nor skills, for the outdoors. We never went camping. (no sarcasm, resentment, intended nor implied)

So I asked myself, what if as a family we camped, learned, and challenged ourselves in the wild? What if we focused on confidence and citizenship as a Family?

Then there’s the issue of socialization that happens in larger groups. Not insurmountable…

(tomorrow…)

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Ever have a serious moment where you realize you may be dead wrong?

I could be making one of the biggest mistakes of my life – and missing an incredible Family opportunity – based on traditional, long-held paradigms.

Yesterday I wondered if Boy Scouts is the best way to teach our son confidence using the outdoors and citizenship as the classroom.

Why wouldn’t it be? That’s how I, and countless others, accomplished it as young adults.

And then I asked, why?

(tomorrow)…

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The paradox of a simple question that is hidden from most humans

meaning of life — we have bus loads of questions in life, there are only a handful of answers that matter

Life is full of questions. Some easy, some difficult. Some complex, some simple.

I have found the simplest questions are also the most challenging to answer… until they’re not.

If we relentlessly dog the question, it will eventually tire, and we will catch it and discover an astonishingly simple answer.

And our lives will never again be the same.

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The amazing paradox of effort in tackling our biggest demon

photo of MacBook and WordPress admin panel — writing provides a comprehensive enlightenment that no other activity can touch

First of all, Happy Saturday. New Year’s Eve is two days away, the world’s biggest party night. It transcends nationality, religious, age, and ethnic differences.

This leads us to thinking seriously, or ignoring completely, New Year’s resolutions. The amazing paradox of effort in tackling our biggest demons is that effort and reward are almost always directly proportional.

Work life balance involves our holistic commitment to five simple themes and it’s surprising how few of us have the guts and determination to focus on this correlation by clicking through to the Next Blog (our “physical health” blog)

Two huge reasons why should we do everything differently

Two innocent photos taken while up on the roof the other day…

Doing things differently usually doesn’t require much…but the difference is striking…

Two huge reasons why we should do everything differently:

Nothing new is discovered doing it the normal way
How do you teach a child wisdom, without experiencing both sides?

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