Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker
One million+ people globally while at Disney Institute.
Retired Disney Institute Keynote Speaker and Prolific Blogger. Five daily, differently-themed personal blogs (about life's 5 big choices) on five interconnected sites.
“To live without my music would be impossible to do, because in this world of troubles, my music pulls me through.”
The other day, I heard Carrie Underwood’s new song, “Change“.
There’s a line in the song that goes like this:
“Just a fool, just a fool to believe, you can change the world.”
Maybe. Maybe not.
Yesterday’s quote was from Martin Luther King, Jr.
In Haiti how many people, in the past seven days have:
Mind boggling. And then it dawned on me – all these world events. One tragedy after another.
Why?
Why did white people need someone like Martin Luther King to paint a better future?
Shouldn’t the better future have been a no-brainer? I mean, seriously. Come on.
Anybody else starting to have deja vu?
“After one has discovered what he is called for, he should set out to do it with all of the power that he has in his system. Do it as if God almighty ordained you at this particular moment in history to do it.”
Know who said that?
PS. This is the second post here today. Scroll down for the first.
Carpe diem, jeff 🙂
Martin Scorsase was awarded the Cecile B. Demille award last night at the Golden Globes.
I love movies but am not a movie buff. So seeing all Martin Scorsase’s films, in a flash compilation, was amazing. I had no idea he was such a genius.
Watching that short highlight clip of the movies he’s directed and produced, was like watching, well, a living legend.
But today is not about living legends, today is about a legendary man, who had a dream.
A man who is no longer with us.
A man so legendary, that his dream changed the world.
Our son doesn’t have school today. School’s closed, due to a National Holiday. And it ain’t for Mr Scorsase.
How often do you feel like giving up? Like quitting? Like what you do doesn’t matter? That the effort is too much, the payoff too little?
Received an email today. Compelled to share it. And it wasn’t from a blog conversation, but a LinkedIn connection.
We connected, like people do, and I sent a personal message, like I always try to do, mentioning, “I am selling hope, and it’s free.”
He sent back a reply, which was a little confusing, so I asked for clarification. He said:
“I mean it’s about putting it out there. My dad’s quote (and every dad’s?) – You’ll only get out of life what you put in …Keep selling hope – we all need it.”
Did you catch that? What his Dad always told him?
“You’ll only get out of life what you put in.”