Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker
One million+ people globally while at Disney Institute.
What is the most amazing gift you’ve ever received, besides the gift of life?
This should be much easier than trying to pick a favorite song.
It took me days to pick a song that would be featured on a soundtrack, if our life ever became a movie. Days.
But today’s question is a no brainer. Instantaneous answer.
Ain’t much in life guaranteed, is there? Death and taxes, to be sure.
Death.
That’s the one.
What a beautiful gift death should be.
Just like what a beautiful gift birth should be.
And the beautiful gift of the part called “life” – in between the two.
And here’s one more thing that’s guaranteed – life will be difficult.
Guaranteed.
And this simple fact presents us with the most glorious opportunity known to humankind.
Carpe diem.
Morbid thought or inspirational thought?
Inspirational thought!
Why?
Because when we realize that tomorrow is not guaranteed, perhaps we will put more focus on today.
Looks good on paper, but is incredibly elusive. The whole “live in the moment” thing is very challenging to do.
Have you ever tried it? I mean, day after day, after day. Month after month, after month….
“To know is to do. To know and not do, is to not yet know”. — jeff’s friend
Said another way: “Common sense needs to be common practice”. – jeff noel
Otherwise, it’s like we don’t even know what common sense is.
Yes, this is painful to admit. Yes, it’s not easy to apply common sense. Yes, our lives will become better (not perfect) if we apply more common sense to our lives. Yes, it’s completely up to us. Always has been. Always will be. Carpe diem!
It’s an old cliche, “There’s not enough time in the day”.
Amen.
Why? Not sure. It’s one of life’s big mysteries.
There are people, wise people indeed, who have figured out how to live without many things that you and I think are essential to happiness.
How did they do it? What do they know that we don’t?