jeff noel – Page 89 – Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker

Time on my home

Woman in room with flipcharts — Photo 2005. Alicia, pictured here, and i were together on September 11, 2001. We were delivering a four-day Disney Institute program then. Pictured here in 2005, Alicia was helping facilitate a new leader transition for Leslie Campbell (i think). “New Leader Transition” is when a new leader communicates their style and asks for the team’s (each individual) style. Below, highlighted in red, is a snapshot into “Jeff-Land”.

Flipcart handwritten notes — Photo: 2005 internal leadership session. My public declaration for how i like to be “recognized”: “Freedom, Flexibility, and Development”. Fun to reminisce.

The interesting thing about your home is a fascinating paradox.

The bigger your living space, the more you have to take care of.

As you age, you have to decide where you want to spend time and money.

The less you have, the less you have to take care of.

Same goes for your your home’s “lot”.

Our “lot” is big.

And…

i’ve been intentionally architecting a low-maintenance “big-lot” design. Most of our big yard will not need tending to. It’s a work in progress.

Been intentionally, by design, working on it for a few decades. And in the past four years, an accelerated perimeter barrier and buffer. A wilderness landscape requiring no maintenance.

i love envisioning a future that’s not only better than now but much better than now.

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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.

Book and keynote notes, home

disney entertainer in conference room class — Sheila plays the role of classroom comedic energizer.

Courage is the key to a clear, concise, compelling vision.

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Opposites, home

hand written note on post it — Ask senior leadership if they continually invest in training and development. Wait for their ‘no’. Then ask them, “Who communicates more about your brand than the way your front line interacts with your customers?”

i don’t have the answers, i have the questions.

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What’s in your calendar?

small child in wildflower patch — Looking back two decades ago. It’s fun to do the math. The math is my vision back then and how that vision manifested over 20 years to today.

Decluttering frees you to get to the important stuff.

The personal leadership stuff.

The stuff that makes you happy.

The stuff you will never regret doing or getting better at.

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Shedding’s superpower

Apple photos app screen shot — Upper left. There’s a six-digit number under the word “Library”. That number compiles everything past 2013.

Shedding creates fearful feelings.

Shedding is permission.

Shedding is freedom.

On the shedding menu are:

Fear
Regret
Freedom
Joy
Vibrancy

This was a fun thread to write today.

Note: The new-age challenge with digital is that the storage space is invisible. There are 200,000 photos/videos on my phone. If they were physical photos and movie reels, i’d be a clear contender for hoarder of the year.

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