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.

Endangered species, real-time posting

Probably one of the earliest adopters to stop posting in real time.

As a husband and father, and traveling Disney Customer Service Keynote Speaker (See what i just did? That’s called keyword stuffing.), i never want to allow others to know whether i’m home or not.

Ps. Glacier Summers are going to morph into a different habit. Why? Shelf-life. Lifestyle changes. Creativity.

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This website is about our WORK. To ponder today’s post about our HOME, click here.

Career gymnastics

zoom call screen photo
Spent five hours combing through all my FaceBook posts. Monica’s Real Estate Business Podcast was recorded as a kickoff to her “tribe” of ambitious real estate agents. They listened to one episode per week and then discussed it in a separate (also weekly) Zoom meeting. Watched about 15 minutes of it and it was ‘pretty good’. So i didn’t delete it. It’s here.

Career gymnastics.

Don’t let your blind ambition erase your intuition.

Climb high, but ensure you love what you do.

A ‘good’ paycheck is a high price to pay when you wish you had a more fulfilling job.

Work is only work if you’d rather be doing something else.

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This website is about our WORK. To ponder today’s post about our HOME, click here.

When people say, work

Disney theme park reservation availability
Didn’t walk the past two days because i was in 0° daytime temperatures. Didn’t walk the previous two days before that because they were scheduled rest days. So, four consecutive “rest days”. So to go for a healthy walk i knew i would not be far from Magic Kingdom if i decided to walk that far. Looking at the photo above, no reservation was required.

When people say… 

With everything that’s coming at us, it’s time to really focus on our career.

What do they mean it’s time?

Hasn’t it always been time? Always.

Bonus: Success and autopilot don’t mix. They are opposites.

With everything that’s coming at us (etc) it’s time to really focus on the value we bring to our organization. Our career has never been more important.

Never?

Ever?

May i just ask, “Are you serious?”

What do they mean “it’s time”?

Hasn’t it always been time?

Always.

Like always.

Seriously.

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This website is about our WORK. To ponder today’s post about our HOME, click here.

i’m going to Walt Disney World, work

The receipt is SOP (standard operating procedure) for me. This is 930am this morning at the airport.
Funny receipt signature
Perfect example of the extra inch. This is 950pm (last night) at the Hilton. Ps. One glass for me, one for Richard (one of the event’s Master of Ceremonies).
Second line. Omaha to Atlanta.
Atlanta airport sign
Got here on schedule. Nice.

Last night i accentuated the extra inch for employees.

Why?

Hundreds (all) of the company’s top leaders sat in the room i was in.

The client’s executive assistant spent two-plus years as a WDW Cast Member.

Ps. What’s not to admire about Disney.

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This website is about our WORK. To ponder today’s post about our HOME, click here.

Game day, home

Weather app and Screen Shot
Eleven hours after i awoke (now 4pm) it’s 4 degrees with a ‘feels like’ of -17.

Haven’t been outside in three days.

Why?

i’m hyper-allergic to cold.

Thank goodness there’s a skybridge from the Hilton to the Convention Center.

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This website is about our WORK. To ponder today’s post about our HOME, click here.