Son – Disney Employee Engagement Speaker

Let’s make “SYDK” a category, body

family on Highline trail — Hiking Highline Trail, Glacier’s most popular trail. Pre-covid.

Dear Son, the blog category ‘dear son’ is on all five blog websites.

What you probably don’t know is that everything i write could start with, “Dear Son,”.

Everything.

Small example…

Dear Son, you don’t remember me being unfit. What really happened though is after you were born i committed to getting and staying physically vibrant. The commitment’s ‘streak’ is closer to 30 years than 20.

And it was especially challenging in the moments and the years when i was tempted to pause, or worse, quit.

But…

Never paused.

Never quit.

From this was born, “Find a million ways to stay motivated.”

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Shit you didn’t know, body

child laughing — Our son laughing out loud, maybe 20 years ago. His face is what most adults look like when you tell them (in your 40’s, 50′, 60’s) that you’re training like an athlete.

child on father's shoulders — Find Your Reason To Change

father and son at Disney window — Magic Kingdom 2011.

father and son a high school track — Senior games in Utah.

child running on a long bench — Go Son, go! Orlando.

Unaccompanied minor on Delta jetway with Delta agent — Our son’s (13) first solo flight… Orlando to Atlanta…then to Allentown, PA.

child with dinner plate full of food — Lobster, sweet potato, asparagus and corn on the cob.

Dear Son,

Shit you didn’t know…

How could you?

You were just a kid.

What you didn’t know is…

How being your dad inspired and guided everything i did (and why i did it)…

Like getting and staying healthy even with a new career (speaker), frequent travel, and a history of health peaks and valleys. Because when i started at Disney Institute at 40, it was the same year i received a health ‘wake-up call’.

You’ll never recall me being unfit. Why? Because i began a physical vibrancy journey that’s now 26 years old and counting.

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Physically better than me

Getting better someday is a lie. Someday never shows up.
dad

Skipping one day makes skipping a second day easier. Skipping two days makes skipping a third day easy. Skipping four, or five days makes skipping forever almost guaranteed. Conversely the opposite is true. Do something one day, it’s easier to do it the next day. Doing it three, four, or five days, makes not skipping almost guaranteed.

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Can you build it?

high school parents and their student — The glow only physical exertion can produce.

Not only passed the other runner, but quickly began to outdistance him.

i hope you never forget how you started the season and how you finished it.

apple stopwatch screen shot — For a first-year runner who never wanted to run, this is an incredible time. Congratulations.

Fix your physical self-talk.
dad

Remember when you first started running high school cross-country? You thought you could never finish a 5k without walking. How’d that work out the last meet of the season?

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You’re as healthy

You’re as healthy as you want to be.

Harsh?

Reality?

Probably.

Well, wait. Yes.

Harsh reality.

Whatever happens next is up to you.

Your decisions determine your health habits.

Son, you have everything you need.
dad

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