Life – Disney Brand Loyalty Keynote Speaker

Dear Son, some important context notes, work

We added 31 nights from our annual Summer 2026 Glacier visit to currently sit at 518 lifetime nights in Glacier National Park.

My first Glacier visit was as a newly-minted 14-year old on a chartered Boy Scout bus trip to Idaho from Pennsylvania.

In 1973 my parents sprang for the $360 price tag covering everything for three weeks, except souvenirs.

In recent years in Glacier, our average room rate for a single night is roughly equal to the entire 1973 three-week inclusive cost.

Finally, 2026 was our first year as fully-retired, fixed-income seniors. A simple yet profound milestone.

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Let my life be my medicine, work

quote on balance — Life has five big choices. That’s it. Balance is putting them together synergistically.

Can i let my life be my ‘prescription medicine’?

Conventional wisdom, historical wisdom, common sense wisdom…

Take care of yourself.

Who on this planet doesn’t get that?

Note: Please don’t let your blind ambition erase your intuition.

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Blogging’s hidden blessing, work

Blogging question — The answer is obvious if it’s not already obvious.

the number 5 in yellow squares on a floor — Five-a-day, everyday, without missing a day, since April Fools Day, 2009. What a blessing.

Dear Son, to me, blogging’s hidden blessing is its love for the writer.

Blogging grants me the blessing of sharing what i want, when i want, in the way i want. Blogging allows me to do this prolifically too.

It’s free, except for an annual website hosting plan and two hours of your day, everyday.

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One day it will, work

Magic Kingdom Barber Shop — i always talk about the balance between pixie dust and reality. Reality is quite harsh sometimes.

Repetition is the mother of all learning.

Mind, body, spirit, work, home…

One day will be the last.

True north includes never taking our infinite blessings for granted

Living in constant gratitude, to me, is the secret to happiness.

i have found it impossible to be unhappy when i am grateful.

When you hear me say happy present moment, it’s the fruit from being grateful and present and aware.

Personal leadership has many methods and messages.

i recommend mind, body, spirit, work, and home as life’s five big choices. You can think of those five as a team working together.

When all five are contributing well, vibrancy is the result.

When one of the five isn’t contributing well, vibrancy is elusive.

When two of the five aren’t contributing well, life is hard.

Yet for most of society, this is normal. So a ‘hard life’ becomes an acceptable standard.

You know where true north is.

And if tomorrow never comes, i have no regrets in wishing i had tried harder or sooner to show you.

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i quit sugar, including Polebridge specialties

i quit sugar, including Polebridge specialties.

Wonder if Covid-19 is going to reveal the next thing i can quit (or start, or both).

Time will tell.

World-class thinking can be had if, and only if, you are willing to work hard enough, long enough, and deep enough.

A former Disney Institute boss, Wayne Gagne, wrote an annual Disney performance appraisal in which he said:

No one thinks deeper, reaches higher, works harder, or cares more than Jeff Noel.

In this once-in-a-lifetime extended, personal leadership retreat, it’s perfect to reflect on your shining moments. If you don’t, no one else will. Ever.

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