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Humble Servant

Disney Streetmosphere — Yesterday at Epcot. Muppets are servants. No?

Years ago, i took my (masterpiece?) 247-word vision-mission statement and rewrote it to one word.

Servant.

Immediately, the thought of serving with selfish motives hit me.

So i immediately added a second word.

Humble.

From 247 words to two.

Humble servant.

With one month from finishing a nine-year run of prolific blogging, and the reality of starting the 10th year…

Humbled.

Beyond anything i can put down in words.

Impossible comes to mind.

Yeah, this is simply impossible.

And yet, here we are.

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Forgive yourself and then prove it

Daily noticing — Yesterday morning at big intersection returning from cycling to breakfast.

Forgive yourself and then prove it.

Second chances are constantly in front of us.

We rarely see them because they are so prolific.

When was the last time you spent three days in a row doing these four things:

Begin the day on your knees
Watch the sun rise
Stare at the clouds for at least two minutes without distraction
Watch the sun set

Those four are tip of the demonstrable behaviors iceberg.

PS. Can you imagine doing those four things every day for the rest of your life?

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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.

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We talked about controllable and uncontrollables

Disney 25 year service award — This was my 25th Disney anniversary recognition by my leader, Tom Madden, in 2009.

Larry and i hadn’t communicated for 30 years. As we spent five hours catching up, he responded to a section of our conversation where i had made significant changes in my life (2008-2009), particularly starting a business and the plan to retire from Disney at 55 (i was 49 at the time i made the plan).

Larry said something i had never considered. He said:

You took control of your life.

i had never considered that notion. In fact, it seemed quite the opposite. So i shared with him that perhaps in relinquishing control, i gained control.

It wasn’t until i surrendered everything to God that i was able to “take control” of my life.

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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.

Walt Disney said, It’s kind of fun to do the impossible

Mickey Mouse artistic statues — There’s a “hidden dad” on the far left.

Making progress for an honest and trusting relationship with a teenager is literally the battle of every parent’s life. Yes, there are exceptions. Our Family isn’t one of them.

When we refuse to quit, and use creativity and vision as anchors, we slowly and steadily make progress.

Progress begets progress.

Thank God for Imagination.

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For the love of a teacher

(photo: Selfie from a different angle and no concern if it’s blurry… in fact blurry is cool. The excerpt below is from one of them.)

Received this a few hours after the retirement party from a Disney Leader, who at one time (mid-90’s) was a direct report:

So when I was working at THE Grand, I was banking out in our lovely room across from the manager’s office when I felt a presence watching me. I turn around and no one was there. I went back to counting my coins but I still could feel someone watching me. This time as I looked around I caught a glimpse of something up by the ceiling…I jumped up and turned around and there I see you (well, your head) smiling at me from above the little partition separating the room from the other side. You then proceeded to ask me if I knew what you were doing which I replied “no”. You then explained that we should always remember to take a step back and look at everyday things from a different perspective.

He apologized for not sharing it publicly at the retirement celebration.

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