We can’t even imagine

Delta seat map

 

(photo: Delta seat map for trip to Disneyland next week.)

We can’t even imagine what a lifetime of hard work to get and stay organized will bless us with.

But what if we could pause just long enough to get a glimpse?

Would we invest what it takes, in spite of the constant struggle?

In reality, we struggle either way.

Why not struggle with the choice that provides a great return on our investment?

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Let it go

Retweet of jeff noel quote
Second from bottom tweet, above, is a jeff noel quote.

 

jeff noel quote on Instagram
Same quote posted by same person’s Instagram account, without attribution to me. No worries. It happens sometimes.

 

The second photo is cool. A great quote. Who’s it from?

One of the rarely realized benefits from being decently organized (in this case on social media) is that when someone quotes you but makes it sound like their own – no worries, it just comes with the territory.

The upside is the realization that you are using original content in your life, not someone else’s.

Having original thoughts, inspired by great and compassionate thinkers before us, inspires us to become a truer, more authentic version of ourselves.

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Steve Jobs would have turned 60 tomorrow

Graphic design 101

 

Graphic design 101

 

Graphic design 101
Use one or the other, but not both.

 

Steve Jobs would have turned 60 tomorrow. No man on jeff noel’s Dad’s side of the family lived past 60. As he approaches his 56 birthday, he (as we all should) is mindful of a ticking clock.

He’s not afraid of 60 as the end.

He’s actually insanely cognizant that none of us are guaranteed tomorrow.

Yet he is racing as if 60 is all he’ll get.

A deadline makes decisions more important and excuses irrelevant.

Photo: Taken from Google search.

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Organized to be partners, even in retirement

Inspirational Keynote speech near Disney
Jack the Bear is retired too, but still working.

 

Would have been easy to forget to take Jack the Teddy Bear on the short drive to work last week.

Would have been easy to say it doesn’t matter anymore, your son is a teenager now.

Getting organized is one thing. Staying that way is entirely another.

Live like you mean it.

In spite of it all.

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Disney moved to number six on Fortune’s 2015 Most Admired Company list

Fortune's 2015 most admired company list.
Fortune announced the 2015 Most Admired list yesterday.

 

Fortune 500 most admired companies Disney bio
Bob Iger has been The Walt Disney Company CEO since 2005.

 

Disney CEO Bob Iger and keynote speaker jeff noel
This photo is so old, we both carried Blackberrys.

 

Bob Iger’s vision for The Walt Disney Company is organized around three precepts:

  1. Creativity
  2. Technology
  3. Globalization

And using those three, to become the most admired company in the world.

Maybe it’s impossible. Apple just earned their eighth consecutive Most Admired Company distinction.

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