jeff noel – Page 3 – Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker

Almost open season

8-second video: We are ready for an easy four-mile walk.

Couple at National Park Lodge sign — The 2024 season opens in two days.

7-second video: Trailhead across from Lake McDonald Lodge.

Having fun is a lifestyle, not a slogan.
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You are in charge of your thoughts and decisions.

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This website is about our HOME. This is the fifth of five daily, differently-themed blog posts about: (1) mind, (2) body, (3) spirit, (4) work, (5) home. To return to Mid Life Celebration, the site about MIND, click here.

Back 100 years ago

black and white poster of century old mountain road — Photo: Going-to-the-Sun Road in 1924, near Rising Sun marina.

Impossible is the only goal with the power to stir the human soul.
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Achievable goals have no power to stir the human soul.

Everyday life is my best and favorite classroom.

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Finally to JGO

Finally made it to JGO (Jackson Glacier Overlook) in 2024.

Low rain clouds and cold temperatures can convert rain to snow.

11-second video: Virginia Falls. Deserted road. ‘Snow’ clouds.

32-second video: May 6, 2024. Snowing at Jackson Glacier Overlook.

Home-priorities health is wealth.
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We finished today at Montana Club restaurant with a wonderful meal.

Tomorrow morning we handle a Storage unit opportunity then on to Polebridge.

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GNP May arrival

Poster framed on a wall — My final Disney Pin Trading lanyard from 2014. Top right corner Walt is barely visible. We walk under this everyday, including on this morning’s walk to the Lyft in our driveway.

7-second video: Back for our first ever Spring trip.

Couple at mountain lake — 4pm today. Doesn’t look like Spring but today is cinco de Mayo.

Text thread — Shot this video minutes after getting Jody’s text.

8-second video: Inside joke to Jody Maberry.

Lean into the discomfort of doing mostly uncommon habits.
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First time experiences happen everyday.

We rarely pause to reflect that each new day has never happened before.

If you lean into this, jeff, you will see and think (and possibly do) things for the first time.

What a gift, huh?

If you aren’t present daily for this jeff, you default to your daily habits — you know, the stuff you think and do without thinking.

Same ‘ole, same ‘ole is its nickname.

Good news though. Your same ‘old, same ‘old is respectably present.

Enjoy today.

No doubt you will.

Note to self: Thank you for inspiring me to enjoy the path less traveled.

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Too good, at home

airline web page — Easy-peasy: In one week we return from Glacier. Then a three-day break at home. Then a three-day out-of-state client engagement. Guess what’s after that? Our son is flying back from Australia to attend his College graduation. We wouldn’t miss it. And after we spend a week together in Baltimore, i’m off to Nova Scotia.

Magic happens with conviction and commitment. But don’t push it on others.
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Politics and religion remind me of zealots.

The zealots make me nauseous.

Conversely, my zeal inspires me.

Why?

Because it’s self-imposed.

No one but me is looking at my deficiencies and my opportunities.

As it should be.

Religious and political zealots, to me, forget that their right to be a zealot does not make them a deity.

Note: Talking lofty stuff is scary. Exciting too. And if i really want to pursue lofty stuff, i need a coach that pushes me hard. Writing lofty stuff is the echo of my own voice talking to me as my coach.

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