Tag: Tactics

#Hope

#Hope

Hope is a great strategy but a poor tactic.

Action is hope’s super power.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

 

This website is about our physical health. To easily and safely leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s spiritual health website, click here.

 

If Disney ran your physical wellbeing

Cinderella Castle mural
When the glass slipper fit, her step-sisters were green with envy and red with rage. Cinderella Castle wall mural.

 

If Disney ran your physical wellbeing, we’d ask four simple questions:

  1. What are the four must-haves for every customer-facing employee?
  2. Can every leader describe the difference between training versus development?
  3. Does every leader know, and epitomize, the real work of leadership?
  4. If, for one year, you couldn’t replace any employees who left, what would you do differently?

There are many more questions but these are the baseline starting points.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

This website is about our physical health. To easily and safely leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s spiritual health website, click here.

 

Please don’t bore us with what you are going to do differently

Lonesome country road in the fog
The loneliness of the daily commitment to lifetime wellness.

 

Please don’t bore us with what you are going to do differently this year.

Instead, surprise, delight, and inspire with what you’ve already done.

Hope is a great strategy, but it is a poor tactic.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since. This website is about our physical health.

 

To easily and safely leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s spiritual health website, click here.

Didn’t feel it yesterday

Disney traffic during Thanksgiving week
Yesterday from Pop Century to home.

 

Driving on Disney World property
Yesterday driving home.

 

Didn’t feel it yesterday.

Went out for an eight-mile run, which generally begins with a half-mile walk. Kept walking, for an hour. Just couldn’t get the juice to shift to running mode.

Hours later at the gym, backed off the normal routine and just did core.

The toll of tremendous creative effort – that has deadline and monetary pressure – can physically wear on a person.

 

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This website is about our physical health. To leave this site to read today’s post on my spiritual health website, click here.

Have a plan for when the honeymoon effect wears off

traffic in the darkness
Yesterday morning’s run looked like this until dawn.

 

Soon, not only will it be dark and lonely when i run, but it will also be cold.

It’s been this way since 1999.

Our excuses are invalid.

Period.

 

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This website is about our physical health. To leave this site to read today’s post on my spiritual health website, click here.