Tag: Habits

Wisdom is…

Walt Disney quote
Walking to the High School Gym for the basketball game last night.

 

Wisdom is understanding that pleasure doesn’t bring lasting joy, contribution does.

And the only (impossible?) way to make this happen is to practice what you preach.

And the mandatory (impossible?) way to master this is to only preach what you practice.

Your contribution starts with helping yourself first.

Impossible?

Don’t promise, only do.

 

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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 spiritual health. To leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s career health website, click here.

 

Dear Heavenly Father, please help me to never cross the line

Disney Speakers
Walt Elias Disney was not a model of physical health.

 

Until we walk a mile in another person’s shoes, we have no idea what they are going through.

Each night as i floss my teeth, i am reminded that we are a product of our priorities.

Dear Heavenly Father, please help me to never cross the line in using my observations of others to help me shape my priorities.

There are things like disease and accidents that no matter what you do, you may have to fight battles you never imagined.

Not going to “sugar-coat” this. Flossing teeth is tedious, time consuming, and boring.

And so it goes.

 

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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 spiritual health. To leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s career health website, click here.

 

Dear Son, anywhere you want

Holy Family Church Orlando
For years we sat front row, left.

 

Yesterday morning i asked the 15- year old, “Where do you want to sit? We can sit anywhere.” Because we arrived 20 minutes early, our choices were endless.

He picked the very last row.

 

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This website is about our spiritual health. To leave this site to read today’s post on my career health website, click here.

It’s easy to forget that Disney is run by normal human beings

Disney Epcot hidden Mickey
A favorite hidden Mickey after lunch yesterday.

 

It’s easy to forget that normal human beings run Disney. The type of human beings found everywhere. Human beings who like to work hard and play hard. Try to find an organization where this isn’t true. Disney is no different.

Walt said that what we do is very serious business, but we should never take ourselves too seriously.

Business executives who admire Disney and wish to create their own brand of consumer Magic can find hope in the fact that it’s not the Magic that makes it work, it’s the hard work that makes it Magic.

Disney over manages details others either under manage or ignore completely.

 

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This website is about our spiritual health. To leave this site to read today’s post on my career health website, click here.

Can we be in two places at the same time?

Teddy bear and hotel room ironing board
Ironing a shirt for today’s “interview”.

 

Christmas Eve on September 15.

What does this mean?

i’m sitting in a Best Western Valparaiso hotel room, writing the five daily, differently-themed blog posts like i have every day for the past 2,358 days.

Somehow over the past 6.5 years i’ve written a 100-day surplus of posts on all five websites.

This one, being written on September 15, will post on Christmas eve.

Whatever you celebrate, may you find peace, joy, love, and hope in it.

Abundantly.

Beyond measure.

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