To Magic Kingdom and back again

Disney Executive Keynote Speaker
Yesterday, February 16, 2015.

 

Running to Disney’s Magic Kingdom and back again yesterday feels like a guilty pleasure. It’s easy to forget that it took seven years and a miracle to find and purchase an empty lot close by in 1990.

It was insanely gutsy to pack and ship everything we owned (48 boxes but no furniture) and drive from Washington State to Orlando in 1984.  Gutsy because we believed we could carve out a lifetime at Disney.

Crazy to leave Disney in 2014, at only 55, after 30 incredible years as a Disney Leader.

But it was just another invisible monumental milestone in a series of steps on the path to a life without regret.

We all have a private, inspiring backstory.

Tell it to yourself like a broken record.

Your little victories, like a morning jog, become so much sweeter.

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Walt Disney’s wisdom applies to wellness too

Disney Leadership Keynote Speakers
Photo: Marcello de Moraes Martins, 2013

 

Disney Customer Service Speakers
Photo: Marcello de Moraes Martins, 2013

 

 Walt Disney’s wisdom applies to wellness too.

Walt Disney said, “What we do is very serious business, but we should never take ourselves too seriously.”

These two photos were taken about a minute apart at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park.

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Beautiful run through Walt Disney World yesterday

Disney's golden oak entrance sign
Disney’s Golden Oak entrance sign.

 

Disney's Port Orleans Riverside entrance sign
Disneys Port Orleans Riverside entrance.

 

Disney's old Key West entrance sign
Disney’s Old Key West Vacation Club.

 

Let’s pretend you have children, knowing full well some of you don’t.

Taking care of ourselves is a decent portion of taking care of our children.

And we underestimate what we can do in a decade and overestimate what we can do in 12 weeks.

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DU we love you because of three realities

Disney University Keynote Speakers
A few days after retiring from Disney.

 

Ran to DU (Disney University) yesterday for the first time as a retiree.

It was cool. Really, really cool.

Why?

Because of three realities: the reality that you live close enough to do it, that you have permission to do it, and that you are retired.

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