He’s Just Lucky – Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker

Habits and ambitions, home

Disney Institute wisdom — Habits create our life.

Best habit?

Focus and discipline combo.

Focus on the basics.
Discipline yourself to never take your eye off the ball (basics).

Over-focus on the same things you used to under-focus on or ignore.

Do the basics brilliantly.

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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.

Happy present Paris moment, home

Dog on sidewalk — I’m watching you. Paris storefront security dog.

We are in China.

Wait, now we’re in Germany…sitting next to the bar…

Now we’re back in America…

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Random Paris, home

Disney.

Paris.

Orlando.

Anaheim.

Tokyo.

Hong Kong.

Shanghai.

Abu Dhabi (tbd).

Like i said, “Where Magic Lives”.

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Second day back from Paris, home

Apple Music song screenshot — i love this song.

#truth

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No place like home, home

American flag hung from Orlando home — Land of the free, and the home of the brave.

We feel like we have a new neighbor. But we’ve never met to confirm this.

Until midday today.

i was walking our perimeter like i always do.

He was pushing a small mower.

By the way, with everyone owning two acres no one owns a ‘push mower’. So i walked back to investigate.

Our backyard corners meet. That’s where we met. Unbeknownst to him it’s a special corner, and a special place, that Cheryl and i affectionately nicknamed ‘Trudy’s corner’ in the 1990’s. Trudy was the original homeowner’s Springer Spaniel. Trudy and our first Lab, Luther, were buddies.

He and his wife (and young daughter) are from Brazil.

They’re not renting. They are owners.

Within five minutes, i felt relief and gratitude that his first impression on me exceeded expectations. i asked him if i could hug him.

(i was weirdly ecstatic)

He cried after i hugged him today at noon.

He said, “You’re the first American who’s ever hugged me.”

Note, as i type this, realizing i’ve walked over nine miles.

10-second video: Time to head inside. See ya tomorrow.

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