Disney Brand Loyalty Keynote Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five different sites.
Retired Disney Institute Keynote Speaker and Prolific Blogger. Five daily, differently-themed personal blogs (about life's 5 big choices) on five interconnected sites.
Happy June 1, 2026.
While the Summer Solstice is three weeks away (June 21, 4:54am), Since childhood, i’ve always celebrated Summer’s arrival on June 1st.
Why?
Growing up in rural Pennsylvania, school was always one week away from being over, usually June 6, 7, or 8th.
There was no real schoolwork that last week.
The arrival of Summer always had ‘June’ written all over it.
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Is it a human privilege to make mistakes?
i think it is.
The privilege of making mistakes is only for people who act.
Why?
Intentional action leads to outcomes.
Outcomes lead to learning.
Learning leads to growth.
Growth is the essence of life.
But only if you want to suck the marrow out of life.
Your call.
Always is.
Never changes.
Ps. Risk like you mean it.
Pss. .think .differently like you mean it.
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Am i time poor? And, does it even matter?
Time poor is when you are so busy, you cannot afford to waste any time.
You are living without any discretionary time.
No extra time to do something that isn’t required.
But guess what?
Work is no longer required.
The new goal is to ween myself off the need to contribute excellent work (for a paycheck).
With pay comes accountability and responsibility. Since pay is no longer required in our life, i’m anxious to see and feel the lightness of not having pay, nor the responsibility and accountability.
Not only will there be time regained from not working, but also mental energy and emotional energy regained.
.thinking .differently has a new vision.
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Why is being busy not sexy?
Why?
Wait, you haven’t figured this out yet?
No one on their death bed ever says, “I only wish I had spent more time at the office.”
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Is it possible to finally, for good, let go of habitual, societal posturing?
Started a new career and became a father around age 40.
Also received a serious health wakeup call at 40. Had been sedentary for years.
Began jogging one mailbox a day, for the first week.
Second week, two mailboxes a day.
Third week, three.
Fourth week, four mailboxes a day.
One month to jog the equivalent of one lap around a high school track.
Gradually added more distance.
All of this began when i started at Disney Institute in 1999.
Ten years later, i’m one week away from my Summer 2009 vacation. But it’s only me traveling. To Finland. For the 2009 Masters Track and Field World Championships.
After a decade pursuing physical vibrancy, i finally told my boss and one colleague what was going down. Had been working on the same team of people for a decade.
No one knew.
Never postured my physical achievements.
When i returned, never told others where i had been. Just kept running and going to the gym.
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