Milestones – Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker

Do you remember?

What?

i can remember when i wanted what i presently have.

So grateful to have all the things that used to be missing or hoped for.

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Have you ever?

Pixar toy figurines on a dinner table — Sperry Chalet dining hall, 2022.

Have you:

Delivered a TED talk?

Published a book?

Published 30,000 blog posts?

Ridden a bicycle across America?

Held a school record for 46 years?

Received both of one of the most admired companies in the world’s lifetime achievement awards?

Overcome life’s greatest fear, public speaking?

Spoken in front of 5,000 people and received a standing ovation?

Overcome addiction?

Overcome fear of heights?

Overcome disability?

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Nice work for 15 years

Disney Keynote Speaker Jeff Noel — Halloween, 2014.

There was a time when my personal record for consecutive days writing five daily, differently-themed blog posts was two (2) days.
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A week away from starting year 16.

Which means 15 years is the next milestone, a week away.

Let’s do the math from April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2024:

15 years x 365 = 5,475 consecutive days
4 leap years since 2009 (2012, 2016, 2020, 2024)
5,475 + 4 = 5,479 total consecutive days
5,479 days x 5 daily blogs = 27,395 blog posts

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Probably, yes

Person with feet up on patio table — As i write today’s post, here’s the glimpse into the “office”.

Unshared breadcrumb life insights?

Probably.

Yes.

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Legendary Service Training

Disney speaker Jeff Noel with his book at Orlando Magic Arena — Third to last Disney Institute gig. Retired October 31, 2014.

Mid Life Celebration, the book at Orlando Magic Arena — Center court.

A terrible photograph.

Maybe.

Maybe not.

Like all things in life, depends on your focus.

Taken a week before Disney retirement after 30+ years and one year after book release announcement, this photo timestamps a date and place: October 2014 at Orlando’s Amway Center.

Some fascinating stats:

Envisioned it in college
Took 30 years to write first sentence
Took two years to write
Took two additional years for the guts to publish
Never mentioned Disney, not once, intentionally
Written father to son as life-guide in case i died
Never written to make money

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