Letting go of posturing, work

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LinkedIn, circa 2009.
LinkedIn bio
LinkedIn, circa 2009.
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LinkedIn profile Sept 2012.

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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If you want good work

If you want good work, think about what your worst work yields you.

Then think about what your best work yields you.

So obvious, the choice.

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Saying goodbye to work

Saying goodbye to work.

Not to be confused with Disney’s retirement.

When i retired from Disney, i didn’t retire from work.

Driving this decision to stop working is to eliminate regret from never experiencing ‘true retirement”.

In 2026 full social security benefits are available.

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Work prayers?

party by homeowner pool deck
The Matriarch of this ‘Disney University/Disney Institute’ tribe is Val, 75 years old.

Work prayers?

What?

Praying for people you work with or worked with.

You may never see them again. You may see them daily.

Pray like you mean it at work.

No one needs to know you’re doing it.

Except you.

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This is how we do

How does one work from anywhere?

It depends. You don’t leave home without your ID, right?

You don’t leave on a transformational journey without your growth mindset either.

Mindset 2008-2009: The Great Recession…with 2 dozen years of Disney Service, felt weirdly vulnerable during that Disney layoff and made a promise to create a Plan B should it ever happen again.

Lifelong plan to work at WDW until 2024. The Great Recession was a humongous wake up call.

Crafted a 10-year plan: 5 more years at WDW & retire in 2014 at 55, and 2nd 5 years to put a positive dent in our Universe.

Side note: The wake up call surfaced the reality that no male on Dad’s side lived past 60.

2nd side note: Under this post’s surface is a beautiful reality: each of us is CEO of You, Inc. Each of us is responsible for everything in our life. Each of us lives with a ticking clock. Each of us has the same 24 hrs/day. Each of us gets to choose our mindset.

Mindset now (Oct 5, 2020)…

For 7 weeks a small motel room provided daily gratitude for simple blessings in a one-million acre wilderness straddling the Continental Divide – shelter, electricity, running water (including hot), small shower, flushing toilet, heat (no AC), bed, windows, wifi, wonderful staff, and a 400 meter drive to Glacier National Park.

Oh, and a small desk to “work like you mean it”!

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