Leaving a trail for our son – Page 3 – Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker

The thing about everything, home

Woody from Toy Story graphic — We waited and waited. And waited some more. Eight years of waiting. Never saw an invisible disability coming.

The thing about everything is that everything takes longer than you plan.

Noteworthy, there’s an exception to nearly every rule.

Exceptions are rare.

We planned on having kids.

We started later than many, but thought that within a year of ‘starting to try’, we’d be parents.

We waited to ‘start trying’ until we moved into our second house, the one we have lived in for 35 years and counting.

We never planned on being married for 17 years before becoming parents. It took eight years (from ‘starting to try’), not one, to be blessed with our son.

So yes, nearly everything takes longer than planned.

My advice to myself, plan accordingly.

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Paperwork playoffs, home

Disney speaker jeff noel's home office — Disney home office. The paperwork of life gets done here. Ps. Next up, office and office-closet shelves.

Proverbial two-minute warning…

This is the final post of the five-daily, differently-themed blog posts today.

You know what that means?

No, it doesn’t mean, I’m going to Disney World!

It means, let’s get busy closing out the office-closet file cabinets’ purging.

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If i could, home

colorful business card — Starting my own business in 2008 was the first time i identified a life-priorities short list. In 2009, i prioritized the priority order.

Home…

If i could organize well, structure well, and prioritize well…

Perfect.

So i dedicated, and continue to dedicate, my daily efforts to organize well, structure well, and prioritize well.

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Praying for Earth, home

heart shaped stone — In the name of love, i think the way i do. Photo: Glacier National Park on a trail or shoreline (can’t remember which).

Artemis II is returning to Earth after sending humans farther from Earth than ever before in history.

Artemis II traveled around the Moon and lost contact (it was planned for) with NASA for a brief period.

Extraordinary accomplishment in human history.

And as i type this (4:30pm April 7, 2026) we are three hours and 30 minutes from our President’s Iranian-peace-deal deadline.

May God (and the cosmos, like it even cares) have Mercy on humanity.

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Two week countdown, home

Disney Speakers — Teaching at Disneyland Paris, 2012. My partner Sara sitting alone at the head table. The audience is conducting a table activity.

Disney Service Excellence Speakers — From Iowa, to Paris, to Infinity and Beyond…2012.

Paris airport — Paris airport Spring 2012.

Paris 2012, Pixar Remy art — Paris Spring 2012.

Disney Institute Speakers — From Paris to New York…how did this ever happen to a small town kid? Disney Institute Speaker team on stage at Madison Square Garden Theater.

Prioritized priorities are an incredibly vibrant way to run anything. A company. A personal life.

Doing this trip trumps any sort of financial efficiency.

Why?

Because time is sometimes more valuable than money.

The clock is always ticking.

Note to self…

Please be careful.

And intentional.

Happy present moment.

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