Death – Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker

One day it will, home

mid life celebration, the book — Wrote this book as a life guide for our son in case something bad ever happened to me.

Repetition is the mother of all learning.

Mind, body, spirit, work, home…

One day it will make perfect sense.

i do not expect to live long enough to see it happen.

But if i do, it may be the greatest fruit of fatherhood.

And if i don’t, it’s still the greatest fruit of fatherhood.

i have faith in you, Son.

Always have.

Always will.

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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.

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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Let’s make “SYDK” a category, home

two people at mountain pass — Dear Son, your passion for card strategy games is remarkable. Loved that we got to play Dominion for three days at Sperry in 2025. Love that you got to experience Sperry for the first time in such a special way.

Dear Son, it has been fun thinking and writing about this stuff today.

Started writing today’s five posts a couple hours ago.

The first two posts flowed easily and quickly. Third post also easy, but focus started to fade as the morning progressed.

Why?

It’s Saturday and there are a few other things calling my name.

One of the biggest opportunities that’s creating dynamic tension in my vibrancy is letting go of work stuff and space.

In my head, the dumb idea to get the thought-party started is: “Could i clear office selves, drawers, and other spaces for your use?”

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Shit you didn’t know, home

canadian license plate — A special family sign, randomly found during one of my frequent Canada trips for Disney Institute.

Publix grocery store — Today’s lesson was about the completely empty parking lot. When it officially opens, it will be “our” Publix.

father and son at apple store — We are Apple Store ‘frequent flyers’.

father and son at small town sign — Desire and courage. Like father and son. i think this photo is on the way to a remote Cub Scout camping trip.

Florida family enjoying backyard pool — Central Florida swim season starts on the vernal equinox.

Windermere Prep high school athletic field — Lower left: Dr Rawlings (English) and our Son (new to school, freshman) talking about the home football game’s low attendance.

Family gathering — A rare personal Family group photo, July 16, 2016.

Track workout — Each person has a different reason for being there at 7am on a hot, humid summer morning. Chapin on far right.

child in flowers — i write for my Family, particularly my Son and Wife.

school parade Dr Tom Marcy and Willow — Big ‘all-school” parade. Headmaster Dr Tom Marcy and his dog Willow. Our Son is walking behind Dr Marcy.

bear jam in National Park — Carrying a huge camera has been out of my comfort zone since our son was born. This is a ‘bear-jam’ on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier.

little boy in hospital bed holding three teddy bears — Our son in a hospital bed holding three teddy bears. He had three colonoscopies between his 4th and 5th birthdays.

Glacier National Park and Stitch figurine — A favorite Disney character that goes everywhere i go, for a specific reason – love, Ohana.

Dear Son,

Shit you didn’t know…

How could you?

You were just a kid.

What you didn’t know is…

How being your dad inspired and guided everything i did (and why i did it)…

The ONLY reason i started blogging was to get writing practice to write and publish a book. The book was a 1979 self-promise to capture my life’s greatest lessons outside a classroom. It would serve as a life-guide for our children.

Blogging completed its writing-practice objective.

But something weird and unexpected happened.

i couldn’t stop writing.

Why?

i enjoy it and i couldn’t help myself.

Still enjoying it.

Still can’t help myself.

And here we are some 18 years later, never missing a day.

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Sell me on how, home

home office — Bead jar, 2017…one year of (52) beads remaining before emptying.

Jack the Bear — Jack was my Dad’s name. Our Son never met his grandfather. Our planned 1st trip back to Spring Grove, as parents, was planned two months too late. My dad died suddenly two months before our planned trip.

Jack, our Son's teddy Bear in Kuwait. — Omar Nour, TEDxAUK (American University of Kuwait) speaker one. Here, he’s having fun with Jack during our group AV check.

i had to sell myself on why i should transform my life.

Why?

Because it was an overwhelming proposition. For anyone.

Then, a few years into my Disney Institute and parenthood careers, it hit me.

What if i ran my life the way Disney runs Disney.

If Disney ran my life…

Mind, body, spirit, work, home.

If Disney ran my mind.
If Disney ran my body.
If Disney ran my spirit.
If Disney ran my work.
If Disney ran my home.

The selling was easy.

Thank goodness.

Yee-haa!

.hpm

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