Tag: Death

Life is not an HQ desk job

no mail message
Zero in box. Quite the concept. Quite the vision.

The thing i’m finding interesting about “retirement” is the ridiculous proposition that we could try to figure out how much time we have left and plan accordingly.

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Lifestyle coach

19-second video: Thank you Jimmy Buffett.
screen shot of a Jimmy Buffett album
Did you know Einstein was a surfer? Apparently Albert liked palm trees and sunshine. Who knew? Jimmy.

Palm trees and sunshine.

dad

Jimmy Buffett was a lifestyle coach for many, including moi.

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Seems deathly legit

GNP.

Five regrets from the dying from Bronnie Ware:

  1. I wish I had the courage to live a life true to myself
  2. I wish I had not worked so hard
  3. I wish I had the courage to express my feelings
  4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends
  5. I wish that I had let myself be happier

The time to fix the roof is when the sun is shining.

John F Kennedy

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A teacher until i die, and…

From a Disney Institute internal training session, circa 2013.
From a Disney Institute internal training session, circa 2013.
From a Disney Institute internal training session, circa 2013.
From a Disney Institute internal training session, circa 2013.

A teacher until i die, and…

In a perfect an excellent world, a teacher after i die too.

Tim Pollard made a name for himself (at Disney) by helping Disney executives with poor to good speaking ability to raise their game a level or two. For a short, planned, strategic speech, one that you would read word-for-word, brilliant.

For live, spontaneous, enthusiastic, organic audience interaction lasting one hour to five days, it’s a guide, not a Bible.

While continuing to purge a lifetime of Disney and home paperwork and “stuff” (like the orange coffee mug), these photos are stored in Apple’s Notes app and the physical cards and cup are gone.

Tim and i started out great and over time, his non-Disney character revealed itself and rubbed me in a non-Disney way.

The Disney Way is a thing – a cultural thing – like friendly, enthusiastic, helpful and courteous Cast Members are The Disney Way.

Any behavior that’s off even a little bit is easily noticeable, questionable, and without change, unacceptable.

Great speaking concepts are context neutrally great. Grateful to Tim for sharing his speaking wisdom. He definitely assisted Disney Institute (DI) at a time when standardized delivery became the new vision. Without Tim’s help, DI would never have done what we did. Incidentally, the bulk of this delivery change occurred after i retired in 2014.

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Want to feel strong?

WordPress admin dashboard screen shot for 5.4
The new WordPress version 5.4, released a week ago, improves many features, for writers and for developers. This is a screen shot of the admin dashboard. Our personal life’s admin dashboard is the paperwork of life.

Want to feel strong?

Finish these forms by having them notarized and stored digitally in the Cloud and send digital copies directly to the respective people:

  1. Last Will and Testament.
  2. Durable Power of Attorney for Financial Management (including two separate Acceptance of Appointment documents).
  3. Designation of Health Care Surrogate, which includes a Living Will.
  4. End-of-Life Plan (your final, official, Earthly party plan).

The strength you’ll feel is not only from having them completed, but also from your process to complete them.

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