Category: Book publishing

Page starters

From a college classroom during a campus tour.

Simple page starters.

  • Once upon a time there was…
  • Every day…
  • One day…
  • Because of that…
  • Because of that…
  • Until finally…

Simple.

Powerful.

Over-complicating things ensures overwhelm, anxiety, and frustration.

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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.

Accomplishments

Small Pixar toy characters in mountains
Two versions of the two lead characters in Pixar’s Soul. Joe and 22. They had a blast during their 62 days in Glacier (2021).

Accomplishments/Highlights:

Personal

  • Husband, parent, servant.
  • Book
  • Blog world-record (unofficially)
  • Overcame alcohol addiction.
  • Overcame invisible disability.
  • Senior Olympian, age 50.
  • Small business owner.
  • Growth mindset.
  • Physical vibrancy in my 60s.
  • Peace.
  • Contentment.
  • Self-employed.
  • TED Talk.
  • Prioritized priorities.

Professional

  • Serendipitously parlayed a ‘resume-building internship’ into a 30-year Disney career.
  • Unintentionally became a public speaker at Disney Institute, and in 15 years, spoke to over one-million people and 2,000 organizations.
  • Honored with both Walt Disney Lifetime Achievement Awards: Partners In Excellence (2000) and The Walt Disney Legacy Award (2013).
  • Disney Institute’s highest-rated, most-requested facilitator.
  • Successfully retired from the Walt Disney Company and launched private speaking and advising business.
  • Serendipitously became an Executive Coach one year after retiring from Disney.
  • Earning a lifetime annual pass to every Disney Theme Park around the world.
  • Living less than one mile from Walt Disney World.

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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.

It’s only June

12-second video…out the door 30 minutes before sunrise…hot…humid…dress accordingly. Note: Then there’s the “feel-like” temperature, which is over 100.

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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.

Storyboard, check

Not a video. Yesterday, today, and tomorrow. A storyboard built to cover life in 72-hour increments.

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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.

Not another day, ok?

7-second video…burn baby burn, disco inferno…

Not another day, ok?

Okay.

Burn the ships.

Finally feels like perfect timing.

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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.