Quotes – Page 43 – Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker

Worst case at home

Florida hawk — Unusual Hawk behavior. Been observing Florida wildlife, particularly in my own yard, for four decades.

12-second video: Unusual Hawk behavior. Hawks never let you get this close. Something’s up. Did the hawk get the baby bunny? Or is it something else?

Easy today makes life hard tomorrow. Hard today makes life easy tomorrow.
dad

Saving money is hard when you are starting out. Why? Because you have many unexpected expenses you never saw coming or never planned on. And there’s a decent chance you are filled with creative ideas to enhance your new life on your own. Instant credit lets you buy things with money you don’t have. It’s intoxicating.

Doing without. Living within (or below) your means. These are hard choices.

Zero debt is easy to repay.

Doing the hard, frustrating work to prioritize your priorities allows the magic of doubling to work on auto-pilot.

Never positioning yourself for the magic of doubling will reach a tipping point where it will be impossible to cash in on exponential compounding. With money, health, attitude, career, and home organization.

As John F. Kennedy said, “The time to fix the roof is when the sun is shining.“

As the one little pig did, “Build your house with stone for the unannounced day life’s wolf is at your door.“

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Quietly transforming thinking

mountains and continental divide — The Continental Divide is a part-time home for us.

Disney Institute classroom flip chart — This wasn’t a risk i took on my final multi-day Disney Institute business program, this is the question/phrase i operationalized at least a decade before i retired.

Disney Institute classroom table setting — Theory is great, up until the point where you have to world-class scale it. Don’t preach to me if you aren’t behaving as the epitome of what you’re preaching.

Disney Keynote Speaker jeff noel — i remember this late October 2014 photo like it was yesterday. Mark, Cynthia and i completed our morning setup. Before the first Chevrolet Guests arrive to our classroom, i caught some fresh air on Crescent Lake.

Disney Keynote Speaker Jeff noel with colleague Cynthia — Cynthia, who i affectionately nicknamed “Radar” after the famous MASH TV show star. i was the only one who called her that, even though it was the only way i addressed her or referenced her.

My final Rope drop as a Disney Institute Facilitator.

i lost track of all the continuous improvements i made in my 15-year Disney Institute career. Never asked for permission. Simply and quietly trusted the path less traveled. Just like Walt.
dad

In 2008, i pitched Disney Institute facilitators blogging about our content and our travels.

Zero interest from everyone i spoke with.

In 2009, i began writing five daily, differently-themed blog posts on five separate websites.

On JungleJeff.net i experimented with Disney concepts without crossing any lines—remember, permission was never granted.

A few years later i removed anything i thought a content nit-picker might flag. While in my head nothing i had written ever came close, i erred on the side of an abundance of caution.

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