Dear Son – Page 74 – Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker

Do not feel guilty because of me

Top Disney management consultants — Yesterday i sat at the far end of this photo to write.

Disney Keynote speaker and author — Context to this location.

Do not feel guilty because of me.

Walt Disney was an overachiever.

Thirty-plus years on the inside and i’m cut from the same cloth.

No one has to overachieve or go after impossible goals.

Dear son, i will offer one cautionary piece of wisdom:

It’s ok to set the bar within reach, but you’ll eat yourself alive if you privately dream about doing it differently but never take the risk(s).

That said, it might be one of the most impossible goals i’ve ever made:

One year, seven Disney books.

Write seven Disney Business Books between the release of the iPhone 7 and the release of the iPhone 8.

And to up the level of creative difficulty, write them all at Walt Disney World and all on an iPhone.

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Dear frustrations

Disney expert speaker jeff noel — Yesterday’s run included Magic Kingdom, Contemporary, and Wilderness Lodge.

Disney's Bay Lake from Outer Rim bar — The view to my right.

Dear frustrations,

During yesterday’s Day 11 of Disney Leadership book writing, i couldn’t muster any frustrations with the writing process. In fact, i was smiling so big on the inside that i was beginning to feel guilty for feeling so wonderful.

Sometimes, paradoxically, that happens.

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

Dear hope

Disney Springs Star Wars store — Make your own lightsaber.

Inspiration — Screen capture from LinkedIn yesterday.

Dear hope,

i hope to be organized before i die.

i hope to be free of the many possessions that make up my life.

i hope to have cherished loved ones to hug and talk to, warm food to eat, a clean shirt to wear, and a clean pillow to lay my head as the years remaining become fewer.

i hope to be constantly grateful.

Every breath constant.

i hope.

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Dear memories

Disney Leadership author jeff noel — Kayla, a three-year Disney World Cast Member and Disney Traditions instructor, was waiting for a ride…6pm yesterday (Saturday) afternoon.

Leadership author jeff noel — Kayla’s story was remarkable. i had the privilege to learn a little about it because i asked if she’d snap a couple photos.

Dear memories,

Eventually you teach (only) introspective people a valuable lesson:

Everyone is traveling through one of three places, and in between these three places are varying durations of clear, blue skies. Everyone you meet is either:

Going through a hell no one knows about.
Just came out of a hell no one knows about.
Is about to go into a hell no one will know about.

The valuable lesson is this, we can make excuses, or we can learn and keep moving forward.

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Dear doubt

Disney business insights — From a lunch meeting yesterday.

Disney Leadership speaker and author — Last evening on the Peoplemover.

Dear doubt,

Why you even cross my mind anymore is crazy.

Crazier still, i think about you nearly every day.

There must be something wrong with me.

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