If we don’t gloss over what happens around us

Red Tailed Hawk in yard
Yesterday while on a client call…

 

Sitting at my office desk, looking through the window shade, provides a great view of our front yard.

While talking to a Michigan client yesterday, i watched the Red Tailed Hawk (above) fly down from a tree with a fresh catch in its talons.

My guess is it was a baby squirrel.

Whatever it was, it was limp and much bigger than a mouse.

While nature is, in reality, brutal, it is also a literally perfect ecosystem that has been in place for millions of years.

What can we learn from this and how can we apply it to our daily lives?

The gift of life is not guaranteed.

Live like you mean it.

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What’s the most important day of the year for you?

Lent
Yesterday morning.

 

To me, Easter is the most important day in the history of the civilized world.

What’s the most important day for you?

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Training is tangible, development is not

Famous Disney Cast Member
The Mayor of Main Street USA and a much lesser known Disney Institute Cast Member.

 

Training is tangible, development is not.

Let me say that again.

Training is tangible.

Development is not tangible.

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Karma at the drive-through

Thank you note card
Never told my lunch partner about writing 7 Disney Business books in 1 year. But Donna knew i had reached Day 183.

 

Was expecting a call when the phone rang at the Chick-fil-A drive-thru lane.

The person calling wasn’t who i was expecting, which in this case, was even better.

He was in his car and i was in mine.

A random, important, and spontaneous call.

The odds of us being far apart were literally a guarantee.

Our vehicles were 200 meters apart.

We met, we talked, on the spot, no waiting, no coordinating schedules, just boom.

Done.

Being asked about career-altering advice is a huge responsibility and huge honor.

Paying it back or paying it forward, it’s an opportunity to do unto others as others have graciously and generously done unto me.

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What happens when you reach the finish line?

Catching a spider indoors
Our Son (16) inspires me to not kill bugs.

 

Catching a spider indoors
Pretty big spider. Quarter on the right.

 

Catching a spider indoors
Next to a quarter.

 

Catching a spider indoors
Free at least. i felt good about this in an unusually nice way.

 

What happens when you reach the finish line?

You automatically reach another starting line.

This post concludes the 8th consecutive year writing five daily, differently-themed blog posts (on 5 separate sites), without missing a single day.

Tomorrow, the starting line for year nine.

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