Tag: 2026

Praying for Earth, work

Artemis II is returning to Earth after sending humans farther from Earth than ever before in history.

Artemis II traveled around the Moon and lost contact (it was planned for) with NASA for a brief period.

Extraordinary accomplishment in human history.

And as i type this (4:25pm April 7, 2026) we are three hours and 35 minutes from our President’s Iranian-peace-deal deadline.

The work-side of me can focus on a grand picture of Earth in an infinite cosmos.

Incomprehensible.

And we are infinitesimal.

Everything we know about Earth and our Milky Way Galaxy…

i have come to learn through science, that we are so blessed, so extraordinary.

But we are the center of nothing.

If Earth disappeared, the cosmos continues, unaltered, uncaring, unaware.

Carl Sagan is intriguing me in a way similar to Jesus, Gandhi, MLK, Mother Theresa, Stephen Hawking, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Sheldon Cooper.

Praying now that when i wake up tomorrow (April 8, 2026, 5:00am) our Earth isn’t ‘on-fire’.

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Teach hope, work

mountains and lake
We have more photos of this location, more memories, than any other Glacier location. Mt Oberlin is a close second, but Cheryl hasn’t been there yet. She’s been super close, but not to the summit.

Teach hope…

At work?

Yes.

The bar doesn’t lower when you show up at work.

End of story.

Ps. Happy present moment.

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Harvest hope, work

mountains
Guess? Yep. From our back deck from our cabin.

Harvesting a lifetime of work.

Then you get to retire from a lifetime of work.

What’s the harvest?

Whatever you sowed.

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Compounded hope, work

mountain lake
We love this place.

Compounded hope at work.

In 1999, i transferred from 15 years in Disney Resort Hotel operations to professional speaker at Disney Institute (DI). It was their request that i join their team.

My first leader, Guy Smith, called me a competent incompetent.

Guy, sensing from my face i was too unsophisticated to understand that, said, “You know how much you don’t know. It’s a rare trait. It’s a compliment.”

In the ensuing years i made more quantifiable mistakes speaking than many professional speakers have given speeches.

One of my key hopes was i would never make a mistake big enough for any audience to recognize.

Note: Beginner’s luck runs in my family and i never made a perceptible mistake. This ‘invisibility’ fueled my fire for continuously taking small risks that compounded my experience and repertoire durning the 15 years i spoke full-time at DI.

Second note: This risk-taking trait (quality) continues to this day, as i currently prepare for my next Disney Customer Service Keynote speech.

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