Category: Common Sense, Not Common

Hey, Hei

Epcot parking lot row marker
Habits and rituals facilitate effective consistency.
Spaceship earth and three people posing
Had an early dinner at Japan. While exiting Epcot, we turned around to watch the light show on Spaceship Earth. It was a special moment.
6-second video: Haunted Mansion video for a client.
8-second video: Part two of client video.

Retirement perks are worthless unless you use them.

We planned on using them long before we earned them.

A lifetime Disney Pass.

Sometimes i visit several days a week.

Sometimes we drive.

Sometimes i walk.

Sometimes i bicycle.

This week i’ve done all three.

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A decent metric

A decent metric once you identify a new goal:

Ask the start, stop, continue questions.

  1. What do i need to start. Why? What if i don’t start?
  2. What do i need to stop. Why? What if i don’t stop?
  3. What do i need to continue. Why? What if i don’t continue?

These questions aren’t a guarantee of success.

But these questions are a guarantee to provide for the simplest, best first steps forward.

The guarantee for success lies, for everyone, in our motivation to change.

Insight: Motivation is the key to discipline and focus.

Discipline and focus are the keys to vibrancy.

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Leaders must fight

photo of TV show Lioness on TV
Recently began watching. Intense. Watched Season 1, episode 7 last night.

Leaders must fight for what they believe in.

It’s a harsh reality that makes sense to me.

Has made sense since i was a kid.

You want to set the school record for the 440?

No one is gonna hand it to you (or any one).

You want it?

Prove it.

Fight like hell.

Note: Held the Spring Grove Area high school 440 record from 1977 through 2023.

What is that?

Forty-six years.

Note: Fought like hell but it never felt like a fight. It felt right.

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Summer solstice 2025, work

elementary school front entrance doors
East Glacier has enough people to support a small elementary school.

Dream big.

Get there.

Stay there.

Applies to everything, everyone, everywhere.

i birthed the three-part idea in 2009 as the tagline for Lane8.org

It’s the ‘stay there’ that throws humans.

Why?

Few of us have the bandwidth and motivation to make excellence last a lifetime. At least that’s what i’ve observed for 60+ years.

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Haves and wants, work

Bull moose in a lake
A rare midday sighting.

Most people have a job.

Most people do not have freedom.

Most people want freedom.

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