Author: jeff noel

Retired Disney Institute Keynote Speaker and Prolific Blogger. Five daily, differently-themed personal blogs (about life's 5 big choices) on five interconnected sites.

Yesterday, spirit

Inspirational sign on a hospital wall
Our spirit is a key driver in creating our ’emotional environment”.
Inspirational sign on a hospital wall
God is a word i use as a net to catch all ‘religions’, including no religion. Every human has the capacity to choose what ‘grounds them’ emotionally. Many call their choice, “God”.
Inspirational sign on a hospital wall
Didn’t cover all eight in today’s photos but came close.
Inspirational sign on a hospital wall
The bolded top statement. Everyone at Advent Health can recite this at will.

Advent Health is the only non-Disney organization i’ve experienced where every employee knows their common purpose.

Note: My experience comes from getting to know some 2,000 various organizations, to varying degrees of depth, since 1999 when i started teaching at Disney Institute.

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This website is about our SPIRIT. To enjoy today’s post about our WORK, click here.

Tools of the trade

Disney Ticket featuring Goofy
How can anyone have something to celebrate every single day? How can anyone NOT have something to celebrate every single day?

How do you want to live?

It’s your decision.

Begging the question…

How do you make decisions?

One of my most important decisions was to leave a 15-year Disney Resort Hotel Operations career for a Professional Speaker career at Disney Institute (ultimately, another 15 year).

Paradox, questions, and common sense are the 3 tools of my trade as a speaker.

Here’s an example of all 3…and a perfect example of changing what you see so what you see changes…

Does your money determine your wealth, or does your health determine your wealth?

  1. Common sense easily determines the answer.
  2. Paradox of health or money.
  3. And, a simple question.

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This website is about our SPIRIT. To enjoy today’s post about our WORK, click here.

It’s their responsibility

If someone wants to tell you something, it’s on them to initiate.

First and critical, ensure they know you are always open to hear from them about anything at anytime.

But you make it a standing, lifetime offer, not a recurring reminder.

Bonus: Confirm with those important people, that it’s a two-way street.

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This website is about our SPIRIT. To enjoy today’s post about our WORK, click here.

Odds are high

Odds are high you’ll die before you know you’re gonna die.

So i’ve been immersed in preparing for death.

Seriously?

Yes, seriously.

The thought of dying makes me come alive!

It always has.

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This website is about our SPIRIT. To enjoy today’s post about our WORK, click here.

When life gives you marshmallows

Water bottle tub of peanut butter and marshmallows sandwich
Same photo from yesterday’s blogs. Here’s the rest of that memory…
Two people sitting at a wooden picnic table
Same place but table top level.
Woman eating a sandwich at a picnic table
Walked away to zoom in for this pic.
Woman eating a sandwich at a picnic table
And this pic right afterwards…
Woman eating a sandwich at a picnic table next to the ocean
And this pic right after that last one…we had a table by the window, overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

When life gives you marshmallows, make peanut butter and marshmallow sandwiches.

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This website is about our SPIRIT. To enjoy today’s post about our WORK, click here.