Growth – Page 9 – Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker

The prevailing options have been at both ends of the spectrum

(photo: Starbucks line a few days ago… shirt says, “Glass Slippers Are So Back”)

The prevailing options have been at both ends of the spectrum – retire early or later. Here are a few:

Retire June 9, day after turning 55
Retire September 28, day after the official 30-year anniversary.
Retire December 31, end of the year.
Retire the same day Bob Iger retires (which was originally set for 2015, but he’s extended his contract to 2016) (and he’s since extended it to 2018).
Keep working indefinitely and retire in 2015, 2016, or even later.

These are all options that have never been experienced before, so there is no obvious, prevailing wisdom.

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The future is even brighter

(photo: Screen shot from Facebook… intense, but not too graphic message that texting can cause death to innocent people… a grim reminder that material stuff doesn’t matter)

Just two days after the Summer solstice, a significant realization occurred.

Every October 1, moving forward, life will continue to get better.

For each of us.

If we are organized enough to lighten our burdens.

Purge… slowly and steadily.

Stuff doesn’t matter.

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One more time, because repetition is the mother of all learning

Airport luggage claim greeting in Orlando — The same but different… took a NYC cab, sans adults, and paid for it himself

One more time – in priority order – because repetition is the mother of all learning:

honesty • behave admirably • self control • personal responsibility

Temptations never cease.

Growth should never stop.

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Dear Son, what happens from here is anyone’s guess

Scene from God's Not Dead — Slow and steady eventually leads to the harvest season

Dear Son, what happens from here is anyone’s guess.

You continue to make progress.

Small, steady progress in some areas.

Dramatic leaps in others.

Build your foundation on this.

(this goes for us adults too)

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When it rains it pours – is this good or bad?

Disney's Mission Space — no rain in this forecast

When it rains it pours – is this good or bad?

We rush to announce “it’s bad”.

Wrong.

WTF. (wow, that’s funny!)

We get high on the warm, gentle rain of unsolicited, abundant, law-of-attraction type communication.

Email yesterday morning before heading out: “You were a smash hit, can you please tell us when you are available this Fall?”

Insight: Behaving admirably eventually pays very high dividends.

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