Dear Son – Page 42 – Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker

Podcast reflection

Google account security check screen shot — Most of my passwords are 50 characters unless there’s a specific limit for a website/app.

Lee Cockerell told Jody Maberry to call me because Lee thought i could use a podcast. Jody and i quickly became friends, but it was 3.5 years before i broke down and agreed to launch a podcast. i didn’t want a podcast because “everyone has a podcast” – so formulaic. Fingernails across a chalkboard.

It was Lee’s son, Dan, who on his podcast, said balance is not possible that was the catalyst for me starting If Disney Ran Your Life. Needed an impossible goal (balance IS possible) to be the inspiration to approach podcasting differently.

Season 7/Work starts November 27. On Nov 28, 6pm, Season 6/Spirit goes in the vault.

Balance is not a myth. Personal vibrancy is the interconnectedness between mind, body, spirit, work, home.

Finally, Lee and Dan have incredible podcasts and i give their podcasts my highest recommendation.

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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.

Work setbacks & setups

Hand written diagram-note about focus groups

We did Guest focus groups in the 1990’s and discovered it was the little things that made Guests love us, and, it was also little things that made Guests “hate” us. Same with Zoom: some love Zoom, some hate Zoom.

Yesterday’s 90-minute virtual presentation required three consecutive days (4 hours total) prep with the Company’s chief IT officer.

Our Son left the house to take an online college test using his phone as a remote hotspot (ATT signal is weak at our home) for his laptop. Intentionally eliminating in-home bandwidth competition.

One minute in and my connection crashes. Quite the struggle that ended with a voice-only presentation – BUT – the IT officer had the detailed show notes and links. The videos, polls, pre-assigned Zoom breakout rooms, and Zoom audience debriefs were the saving grace to keep the visuals and state changes robust even with a voice-only speech. Plus, the predetermined personal stories shared were far more emotional than any slide presentation – there were zero slides, intentionally.

Work setbacks: recession, bull vs bear market, illness, tragedy, disruptions, competition, bankruptcy, poor leadership, wrong fit, poor judgement.
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Setups: drive, determination, mentor, goals, training, education, risk, adversity, failure, luck, serendipity, karma, risk.
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What do you want later?

Disney public theme park water fountains — Today will go down the drain, but did it satisfy your thirst?

What are three things that are most important for you in your 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s?
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Serendipity superpower

Tom Cook sitting at a desk with a MacBook — New Mac announcements yesterday. New Apple-produced silicon M1 chip is the big news.

Serendipity is the most underrated superpower. It’s not your superpower, it’s humanity’s shared superpower. Be present, mindful, and motivated. Remember that random phone call when i was 40?
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Full availability

In Disney Operations, you are expected to have full availability throughout your career.
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