A Summer of Questions – Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker

Beautiful view, home

child with butterfly net in wildflower meadow — A beautiful view. Pure joy. At home.

14-second video: 3rd attempt at his own world record. Ps. He already won the 2026 world championship, again.

Everyone in the world loves a beautiful view.

If there’s a person in our world that doesn’t, i’d love to ask them why.

Yesterday i “viewed” these everyday things:

A morning tradition, kissing my wife upon waking. She is so beautiful.
A two-hour local walk from our home and back.
An emotional phone call, while walking, with a college friend who just buried her husband – a fraternity brother and fellow college track team teammate.
A (second breakfast, per usual) nutritious refueling after six miles walking and 30 minutes of my no-gym gym workout.
A dive into our pool before the 2nd breakfast.
Some time doing the ‘paperwork of life’.
Three hours watching Day 1 of the Track & Field World Championships from Budapest. And watching Mondo Duplantis attempting another in a long line of world record attempts.
Writing five daily blogs, also per usual.
Enjoying one of my wife’s always amazing meals with our son.
Catching the latest episode of Ted Lasso season 4.
Hitting the pillow before bedtime to ensure 8 hours sleep.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

To each their own. Live and let live.

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Be the wine, home

Glacier National Park’s Logan Pass years ago, late September with Djuan and Michael (from Australia). Truth be told, i’ve been known to whine about the cold.

Be the wine, not the hangover. -social media

Be the reason, not the excuse. – dad

Note: Be the reason you prioritized your priorities, not the excuse why you never did.

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Wealthy, at home

Wealth is when you have something money can’t buy.

At home this looks like a person who behaves like a CEO. Why? Because you are the CEO of You, Inc. You’ve honed a lifestyle where you consistently over-focus on the same things you used to under-focus on or ignore.

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Off the map, home

What does ‘off the map’ mean?

It means you are stepping back to a time when our ancestors walked past the village line and ventured out into the unknown.

It means you could die, or at the very least severely and permanently injure yourself. Depending how ‘deep in’ you are, no one may know for a few days.

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Gone country, home

Photo of a bicyclist's shadow at Walt Disney World entrance — During the height of Covid-19’s stay at home order, Florida allowed outside exercise. Bicycling at WDW was perfect, logging 30 miles per day.

What does it mean when someone says, I’ve gone country?

Something like this Brad Paisley song featured in the all-time top country songs.

The actual song is here called “Welcome to the Future“.

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