Tag: Quote

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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If we could dramatically increase our batting average, why wouldn’t we?

Father and Son
It’s simple. Increase your odds of feeling good, more often

 

We pollute our soul (and our body) so slowly, we never notice.

Until one day our doctor tells us she has bad news.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life. – Socrates

We may not be able to avoid everything, just the way a baseball batter doesn’t hit every pitch.

But if we could dramatically increase our batting average, why wouldn’t we?

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Guess where we humans default to

sign saying Please no running
Baby Boomers take this quite literally

 

There’s patient, purposeful waiting, and then there’s insidious procrastination. Guess where we humans default to.

All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope.
– Alexandre Dumas

Except when it comes to exercise and healthy eating.

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Who’s watching you?

Who’s watching me? 

Everyone probably.   It’s the same for all of us, I think.

People like to watch other people.   Of course, there are exceptions to just about everything.  But generally speaking, this is a great truth.

So the question then, to me, is “So What”?

Well, the answer for me anyway, is that I use that fact to be careful.

Careful?

Yes, careful.

Why?

Simple example.  Our son is eight.  I can not teach him patience with impatience.  Being around a young child has a tendency to test an adult’s patience.

By being aware of this fact, I can anticipate losing my patience before it happens and actually develop habits to remain calm, even when “my buttons are being pushed”.

This can help anyone, anywhere.  How cool is that? 

Funny thing.  I’ve even applied this to running and use it to stay motivated and focused.  It’s what has taken me from an amateur runner to a world-class runner.  

While this was never my goal, it’s where the path has led.  

Yogi Berra, a former famous baseball player who has funny sayings, once said, “When you come to the fork in the road, take it“.   Carpe diem, jeff noel  🙂