Our nightly Sanibel Island tradition is to sit here and watch. We stay at the same place every year. We know what to expect. The unexpected.
Generally, the longer you watch, the better it gets.
This is the same spot as the sunset photos, it’s just turning around to see what’s behind you. In this case it’s mid-day, not sunset.
If your goal isn’t impossible, you’re not reaching high enough.
dad
Today’s quote is one of my all time favorites. It sustained me and helped me find a million ways to stay motivated during a 10-year health journey. The end of this first decade had me travel to Finland to represent the United States in the Men’s 50-54 age group 400 meters…
At the 2009 Masters Track and Field World Championships.
Now, a quarter century later, it continues to serve in remarkable ways.
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Keep your equipment simple, essential, and get the best you can afford. But no frills. No boasting.
dad
This is funny…young child trying to say dump truck. Why? Because funny, sweet and innocent is always in fashion.
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Unusual Hawk behavior. Been observing Florida wildlife, particularly in my own yard, for four decades.
12-second video: Unusual Hawk behavior. Hawks never let you get this close. Something’s up. Did the hawk get the baby bunny? Or is it something else?
Easy today makes life hard tomorrow. Hard today makes life easy tomorrow.
dad
Saving money is hard when you are starting out. Why? Because you have many unexpected expenses you never saw coming or never planned on. And there’s a decent chance you are filled with creative ideas to enhance your new life on your own. Instant credit lets you buy things with money you don’t have. It’s intoxicating.
Doing without. Living within (or below) your means. These are hard choices.
Zero debt is easy to repay.
Doing the hard, frustrating work to prioritize your priorities allows the magic of doubling to work on auto-pilot.
Never positioning yourself for the magic of doubling will reach a tipping point where it will be impossible to cash in on exponential compounding. With money, health, attitude, career, and home organization.
As John F. Kennedy said, “The time to fix the roof is when the sun is shining.“
As the one little pig did, “Build your house with stone for the unannounced day life’s wolf is at your door.“
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The Continental Divide is a part-time home for us.
This wasn’t a risk i took on my final multi-day Disney Institute business program, this is the question/phrase i operationalized at least a decade before i retired.
Theory is great, up until the point where you have to world-class scale it. Don’t preach to me if you aren’t behaving as the epitome of what you’re preaching.
i remember this late October 2014 photo like it was yesterday. Mark, Cynthia and i completed our morning setup. Before the first Chevrolet Guests arrive to our classroom, i caught some fresh air on Crescent Lake.
Cynthia, who i affectionately nicknamed “Radar” after the famous MASH TV show star. i was the only one who called her that, even though it was the only way i addressed her or referenced her.
Rope Drop. So many times. Never got old. Always Magical. Especially when outside business leaders experience it for the first time.
My final Rope drop as a Disney Institute Facilitator.
i lost track of all the continuous improvements i made in my 15-year Disney Institute career. Never asked for permission. Simply and quietly trusted the path less traveled. Just like Walt.
dad
In 2008, i pitched Disney Institute facilitators blogging about our content and our travels.
Zero interest from everyone i spoke with.
In 2009, i began writing five daily, differently-themed blog posts on five separate websites.
On JungleJeff.net i experimented with Disney concepts without crossing any lines—remember, permission was never granted.
A few years later i removed anything i thought a content nit-picker might flag. While in my head nothing i had written ever came close, i erred on the side of an abundance of caution.
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