Category: It’s Not Over Rated

Work road trip

Walt Disney walking on an empty Main Street at Disneyland
Walt. Photographer unknown.

Every day, i continue on a career blogging road trip that was intended to be a moderately short, 100 days.

Leaders value state changes.

Walt walked the Park when he needed to clear his head.

i “walk” my mind, body, spirit, work, and home every day.

Every day since April Fools Day 2009.

Every.

Dang.

Day.

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College Weekend, Work – Sunday

Photo view of airplane seat
Utterly unremarkable. And simultaneously significant. Heading to St James Cathedral, downtown Orlando. Ubering there as soon as i land. A suit and tie awaits.

Your supreme leadership challenge is to lead yourself.

What singular metric steers you?

Me?

Easy.

Personal vibrancy.

Tiering up to personal vibrancy is the interconnectedness of…

Mental vibrancy.

Physical vibrancy.

Spiritual vibrancy.

Career vibrancy.

Home vibrancy.

All five are non-negotiable.

Hard stop.

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You can observe a lot

8-second video: Inspired by the vastness of their no-limits thinking.

You can observe a lot by watching…

And not saying a thing…

Except an occasional, “You did that all by yourself.”

Or…

“You figure that out all by yourself.”

Children are receptive to their independence and ingenuity being recognized and appreciated.

Note: Perfect reminder for us adults.

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Hindsight example

lone bicycle parked on mountain road
Distances from Avalanche Creek parking. The road is closed at Avalanche until Logan Pass snow is cleared.

Hindsight example:

Only looking back can you understand pushing yourself with epic experiences gifts you with wisdom.

Plus, you already know you can bank on the magic of compound interest.

Begin investing money as young as possible, right?

Here’s the cool, transferable part…

Same compounding magic happens with investing in epic experiences. Wisdom gained compounds.

Succeed or fail, begin investing in epic experiences. You gain wisdom from pushing yourself outside your comfort zone.

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Who’s your attorney?

Mountain top view looking down on more mountains
This is a scary high place. An innocent slip can cost you your life. Knowing the risks and studying what causes them and how to prevent them is pure common sense. We had a fascinating conversation about feeling too safe at home because the risks aren’t obvious with something as trivial like HOA liability.

Our conversation drifted away from HOA liability to our kids, life post-Disney, and a potential global WWIII. Later, as usually happens, thought more about insurance liability coverage and had an obvious first question, and then an immediate second question.

  1. Do they have a Real Estate/HOA attorney?
  2. What’s their HOA budget for legal fees?

Most small HOA’s would be defenseless against a personal injury attorney. Or any attorney for that matter.

Guessing that most HOAs are run by Property Management Companies and have an appropriately insured HOA.

Why?

So the Property Management Companies do not expose themselves to the liability of under-insuring an HOA client.

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