Category: Completely Different?

The clock to 60 is ticking louder

Swimming pool in Florida
Upper left quadrant, a reminder that the iPhone spent the night at the bottom. Photo taken at 5am. (PS. Pool lights are on a timer.)

 

The clock to 60 years old is ticking louder.

Two days ago my son and i had a deep conversation about friends. He struggles to make new friends at school. And school isn’t structured to facilitate social interaction. This is typical when you are a brand new freshman and not involved in extracurricular activities.

Told him if you die with five really good friends you are a rich man.

On yesterday’s run i decided near the end that when i got home i was going to reduce my friends on Facebook. Went from 414  to 257. The goal is 200. For now.

The criteria? Would i go to their funeral and/or share with the family something special about our relationship? A yes for nearly everyone.

Criteria two? Would the friend reciprocate? Right, wrong or indifferent, that’s what i used.

 

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No one better in the business advising marketplace

OS X El Capitan update
Love the juxtaposition of one MacBook reflected in another MacBook.

 

Apple OS X El Capitan
Came home to this…almost complete.

 

Magic Kingdom before opening
Yesterday’s run (at 7:10am, above) half-way point. A dozen Guests and one sweaty runner.

 

Organized enough to do all the things on the morning agenda, plus take an unscheduled client call with a wonderful CEO.

He was finally ready to hear the total cost to get started. It was a moment for me.

I’m not delusional, i’m an entrepreneur, and for anyone seeking a Disney cultural business expert, there is no one in the marketplace better than someone with the resume he has.

So yeah, that was awkward. So was sharing my price with the CEO.

No guts, not glory.

Putting a dent in the universe is a bold (arrogant?) endeavor.

If you don’t think you can, you are right.

 

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Traveling to a new foreign land today

black screen shot
Random shot yesterday. Symbolic?

 

Traveling to a new foreign land for the first time ever this morning at 11:00am…High School orientation.

This will require a new level of being organized.

Having a decent organizational base from which to build new processes is critical for elevated degrees of success.

Getting ready to hang on for the ride of a lifetime…keeping a high schooler safe (mentally, physically, and spiritually) while simultaneously relinquishing control.

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Like the caterpillar, never saw the miracle coming

green caterpillar
Caterpillar at home 2010.

 

Yesterday, because of my friend’s recovery from surgery (she’s staying with us), we didn’t go to Church nor did we go to Chapin’s YuGiOh tournament.

i also didn’t drive to the airport to fly to France.

Unexpectedly spent much more time on my Facebook Mid Life Celebration page than normal.

Being decently organized allowed for a crushed dream to morph into a huge blessing.

It was in my spontaneous responses to friends expressing their condolences that i became a stronger, wiser, happier person.

Like the caterpillar, never saw the miracle coming.

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