Dear Son – Page 2 – Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker

Let’s make “SYDK” a category, home

two people at mountain pass — Dear Son, your passion for card strategy games is remarkable. Loved that we got to play Dominion for three days at Sperry in 2025. Love that you got to experience Sperry for the first time in such a special way.

Dear Son, it has been fun thinking and writing about this stuff today.

Started writing today’s five posts a couple hours ago.

The first two posts flowed easily and quickly. Third post also easy, but focus started to fade as the morning progressed.

Why?

It’s Saturday and there are a few other things calling my name.

One of the biggest opportunities that’s creating dynamic tension in my vibrancy is letting go of work stuff and space.

In my head, the dumb idea to get the thought-party started is: “Could i clear office selves, drawers, and other spaces for your use?”

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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.

Envision a future

Small child watering flowers — Mid-1990’s. A $2.99 Walmart poster.

Small child trying to catch a butterfly — Mid-2000’s. Real life.

A leader’s most critical role is to envision a future that’s not only better than now, but much better than now. -dad

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All i want for Christmas

mother and son next to Christmas tree — December 25, 2025. Today.

All i want for Christmas is what any parent wants for their Family.

Note: Yes, well aware this publishes long after Dec. 25, 2024. August 15, 2025 to be exact.

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Life has no favorites

child in hospital bed with a couple teddy bearst — One of his early colonoscopies. He always took his posse.

Live like you mean it.

How can you not?

Ps. You can. And you get to decide on the helpfulness from your decision(s).

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Home is leadership

Paper credit card receipt — Today’s going rate for peace of mind.

Home is your lifetime HQ.

Home can be a house, apartment, condo, an RV, a tent. If you don’t have any of those and all you own is what you can carry, then HQ is wherever you lay your head for rest.

HQ requires consistent, never-ending decision-making.

Noteworthy: Even in choosing not to make a decision, we’ve still made a decision. i decided quickly. Procrastination wouldn’t repair anything.

If i were the principal driver of this car, repair decisions could have been procrastinated. i rarely drive. And when i do, it isn’t far.

Our son is the principal driver. So i agreed to every repair recommendation the car repair place offered.

It began as a simple tire patch and replacing a turn signal lightbulb. This morning i traded $3,100 for peace of mind.

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