How do we live a lifetime with meaningful purpose?

Disney Inspirational Speakers
Sign inside Epcot’s Innoventions West pavilion.

 

When will we know when it’s time to let go? Specifically, for every human being, is there ever a time in life when we can let go of the life-sustaining power of a having meaningful purpose in our life?

Spending the last five days of 2015 living in a senior housing facility with an almost 93-year old with daily visits to the adjoining nursing home to visit an almost 90-year old.

They have nearly 40 years more experience than me. They know things i may never know.

How can i tap into this in a positive way?

What if my questions cause them to think about regret rather than joy?

 

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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.

 

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The secret to making our life significant

Disney customer service keynote speaker jeff noel
Question: Is this your mantra or is it something different? Why or why not?

 

We make our life significant by the depth of our questions. (Tweet that)

And then, if we are lucky determined, we set ourselves on fire with our clear, concise, and compelling answers.

 

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Not a Disney Fast Pass, but a fast pass still the same

Disney University floor
Looks like a compass. Two days ago in Disney University lobby.

 

Life gets confusing, fast, when you lose sight of who you want to be.

True north isn’t just a catch phrase.

Is it?

 

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There’s a great big beautiful tomorrow

writer sitting on chair
Took this 10 minutes ago.

 

There’s a great big beautiful tomorrow…

That line from Disney’s Carousel of Progress just popped into my head as i begin to write this morning’s five blog posts.

Awoke 70 minutes ago (at 4am) with eight hours of sleep. On my second cup of hot water and have finished the normal reading and meditating/praying that clears the runway for writing.

Today’s theme will revolve around hopeful aging.

Living in a senior facility with daily trips to the adjacent nursing home has overwhelmed my thinking.

Is there a point in the aging process where the obstacles become too great to overcome?

Does there exist a valid and acceptable line we can cross where a lifetime of hope and faith crumble away?

 

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He was unassuming in midlife

College Admission logistics seminar
Yesterday, one of the first to arrive.

 

College Admission logistics seminar
Pretty compelling reasons to listen.

 

College Admission logistics seminar
He’s there to sell more stuff, truth be told. No harm, no foul.

 

College Admission logistics seminar

 

College Admission logistics seminar
Not a great photo, but definitely captures a moment in time.

 

College Admission logistics seminar
Panorama. Seniors did not attend.

 

He was unassuming in midlife. Arriving early, i introduced myself but never mentioned i am a speaker too.

He was much better than i had expected. Shame on me for stereotyping.

His energy, enthusiasm, stage presence, and subject matter expertise was exceptional. When i had asked how many times he had given this presentation, he said it was over 2,000.

He was polished.

And then something unexpected happened, and as a speaker with no influence, i watched helplessly from the last row. The audience’s attention slowly started unraveling after an hour. We still had 45 minutes to go. It got worse.

Not once in the hour and 45 minute speech, for example, was the audience invited to stand up. Not once was the audience invited to do something fun or silly.

Being polished is a double-edged sword.

A room of 300 teens after lunch is a handful – all the way to the finish line.

Insight: i’m thinking deeply about my presentations, especially the second halves.

 

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