Jokers Are Wild – Page 4 – Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker

In Disney’s home

Disney leaders at a January 2025 reunion — L-R: Vicky, Sheryl, Stephanie, John, Debbie.

Last night while on LinkedIn i see this post. Wow! Pursuit Collection joins NYSE January 7, 2025. Pursuit runs hospitality operations in and next to Glacier National Park.

For most of my 30-year Disney career, work was my top priority.

Luckily, i consistently put physical health second.

Leadership at Disney demands your best, your 100% commitment, your sacrifice. It’s not a blatant ask. It’s subtle, subliminal, invisible, and generally unspoken.

So i was decently able to stop, or at least slow, the physical ramifications of the inherent physical neglect on exercise, nutrition, and sleep.

i hope future Disney Leaders (and leaders everywhere) will work in an environment that makes health a priority over work.

Ps. It’s kinda fun to do the impossible. -Walt

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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.

Acknowledging Anchorage

two disney institute facilitators in Anchorage — L-R: Dennis, Jack, me. Leaving Anchorage, Alaska airport for The Hotel Captain Cook, downtown.

Acknowledging my past-Disney travel schedule.

Why?

Because the photo above just hit my feed.

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Greatness

Jeff Noel blog post screen shot — A recent published blog post. Grabbed a screenshot. Mastery. Joy. Nemesis.

Greatness.

Note: ‘Greatness’ takes you to a six-minute Nike commercials montage.

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HQ Concert

39-second video: Signature song. They saved it for last.

8-second video: Who doesn’t know this song? No one, literally.

12-second video: Final, final-song. Music saved a life.

We left our home at 2:30pm and returned after midnight. We marveled at the day’s nine hours we invested in the 5-hour concert.

Didn’t realize until the very end (above video) that the drummer played with one arm only. The drummer lost his arm in 1980’s.

And, early into Def Leppard’s first couple songs, couldn’t help but marvel, and appreciate, the ‘backbone’ drum beat that filled the stadium. Never knowing until the very end how extra-ordinary the drummer is.

Apple Watch — Goodnight. Four hours+- of Rock ‘n Roll.

26-second video: Bonus vid. The final one i took last night. Just noticed that the drummer plays in bare feet.

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Who guides you?

disney cast service award — Disney Cast Members receive this award for 30 years of dedicated service. We have two of them on display in our home.

Who guides you?

That’s up to you to decide.

How cool is it that you get to pick?

Insight: Pick yourself. No regrets.

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