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.

One-week countdown, work

a row of yellow boxes with a number 5
Started seeing five everywhere. Even on the floor.

Focus, discipline, and vision are hard to beat.

i didn’t have any for daily blogging.

But…

The newly resurfaced 1979 goal to write a book for my kids ignited a fire that could last, or quickly become only ashes.

Looked like the fire was quickly going out.

From October 2008 through March 31, 2009, i had literally nothing to show.

No writing focus.

No writing discipline.

But i did have an old, dusty, 30-year old dream to write a book for my kids.

And the idea hit me…

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

Vision

Vision is your true north.

True north is what you see as your lifelong goal and the direction you need to go to get where you want to go.

Personal vibrancy is true north.

Career vibrancy is one of five interconnected critical pillars that build personal vibrancy.

Vision…

Challenging to articulate. Maybe even impossible to achieve. You never say it the same way twice.

Envision a future not only better than now, but much better than now.

Everything: every thought, decision, action, reflection, improvement supports your vision of the future.

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

Purpose

walt Disney quote about the wilderness
i like the wild nature too. Since forever.

Walt’s purpose began as an entertainer using cartoons.

Walt’s purpose moved into boundless other mediums.

His life’s work and the Company he built had (and still has) one purpose, to entertain.

When you discover your purpose – why you are on this planet – everything you do can have meaning and connection.

My purpose is to .think .differently

Been challenging myself to .think .differently since forever.

Later, i moved and enlarged the audience from myself to people around the world.

Everything i do is meant to contribute positively to help individuals and organizations become, and stay, vibrant.

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

The seven summits, work

books on a bookshelf
Frank Wells died in a Heli-skiing accident on April 3, 1994. The helicopter crashed into the mountain they were going to ski down.

The seven summits, work

  1. Purpose
  2. Vision
  3. Mission
  4. Brand
  5. Content
  6. Style
  7. Motivation

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

New growth 2026

In personal life, have always ‘gone with the flow’.

Hoping that 2026 takes me to pro-level.

Perhaps even ‘hall of fame’ status.

At work, kinda a different story.

No time to unpack that now.

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