Tag: Writing

i simple can not live without it

Apple Watch drawing
The acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree.

 

Mini-epiphany yesterday and right now.

Blogging every morning is so critical for my well being, before the day gets active.

In the quiet solitude before sunrise, much is accomplished that would never ever get accomplished.

And the cumulative effort of neglect, or of accomplishment, is staggering – in either direction.

i simply can not miss a day.

Period.

i can remember when (March 31, 2009 was the last day it happened) i couldn’t write my way out of a wet paper bag.

Really need to make the second book (after this one) a priority in 2016.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

This website is about our career health. To leave this site to read today’s post on my home health website, click here.

 

Turning one impossible into a new impossible

Disney's Tomorrowland movie sneak peak at Epcot
Yesterday we got a sneak peek.

 

Disney's Tomorrowland movie sneak peak at Epcot
Only 15 people in a theater meant for hundreds.

 

Disney's Tomorrowland movie sneak peak at Epcot
Pre-show waiting area.

 

What was once thought to be an impossibility – writing consistently and publishing a book – has become something unimaginable.

It has become such a critical daily habit.

The thought of quitting this habit is the new impossible.

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Happy April Fool’s Day Eve

Disney Leadership Speakers

 

(photo: Wish this tragedy from a few days ago, December 17, was a prank. Fear can paralyze. It can also embolden.)

Trimmed LinkedIn yesterday. It was already brief. Now even more so.

Less is more.

Or is that just an inspiring theory?

Writing for two hours every single day, six years straight, significantly changes what a person fears. And what they’ll do.

It began April Fools Day, 2009 but was only to last 100 days.

It’s been 2,190 consecutive days.

Never saw them coming:

  • The tragedy in the photo above.
  • The writing for years on end.

Never saw either one coming, not in a million years.

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Write about the stuff that dominates your life

Allentown Pennsylvania road sign

 

(photo: Each day we pass by many things… do we see them? Do we care? Do they inspire us? Are we grateful?)

Write about the stuff that dominates your life…

We were talking about Disney and why there’s so much of it on these blogs.

And like this other post today, it’s relatively obvious.

Disney occupies 60 hours of every week.

In some ways work is the center of our lives. If you subtract sleep, work is the lion’s share of where we spend our time.

And when we’re on vacation guess what happens, these posts revolve around vacation.

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Not until then will any of us (ever) make dramatic leaps in our leadership

Found this speaker’s talk on becoming a better writer very interesting. For a great writer, she is also a very good speaker. And when Beth began talking about running – like a boss – was compelled to write this post….

 

 

When was the last time we thought about leadership everyday for a whole week (or month, or year)?

And by think about it, let’s be clear and say this:

  • Our responsibility to get better at it
  • Our relative effectiveness, if we could measure it
  • Our preoccupation with how important it is
  • Our preoccupation with how important our every move is
  • Coaching, counseling, teaching others (everyday, remember)

When was a week like that?

When was a month like that?

When was a year like that?

Every dang day.

Got it.

Not until then will any of us (ever) make dramatic leaps in our leadership.

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