jeff noel – Page 4 – Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker

Priority mindset

man climbing a mountain — You slip and you’re done. Photo: Steve Wahlberg.

two men climbing a mountain — You fall and you’re done. Photo: Stacy Wahlberg.

i hope to die smiling.
dad

Put your health before work or put work before health?

No brainer, eh?

Or is it?

An overwhelming number of executives forgo their health (moving, sleeping, nutrition) because their ‘work’ time/availability is so incredibly demanded.

Immediately after scheduling next week’s third followup eye exam before leaving the office, i walked to the car and called an executive coaching client.

i was late for work and had texted the CEO with a heads up at 8:45AM.

In a perfect world, today’s 8:20AM appointment would be finished by 9:00AM. And after all, arriving at 7:40AM (40 mins early) should easily facilitate all the office paperwork so that i can be ready in the exam room early.

i was 15 minutes late for the call.

And…

Was intentionally prepared, by design, to do the call in the car, in the parking lot. Why? To be on time for our standing 9:00AM call.

Backstage in “jeff-Land” is like backstage literally everywhere – interesting, surprising, and decently straightforward.

Here is the list of the weekly call’s prepared questions.

Love getting inspiring texts from you. Do you know why?

Take me on a tour of your organization 5 yrs from now?

Why do companies (why does your company) struggle with recognition?

Why do companies (and your company) struggle with attracting the best talent?

Why do CEO’s get frustrated?

How do they fix it?

How important are work relationships?

Where are relationships better…hurried or not so hurried?

Slowing down to speed up example…10 reps…

What if instead of me identifying the reps, you told me the reps….or, we each did 5?

Or…you did three and I do 1 (or 2).

Would you want to report to yourself? Why?

Note: Sharing the questions as a blogging state-change, an unexpected backstage peek.

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This website is about our HOME. This is the fifth of five daily, differently-themed blog posts about: (1) mind, (2) body, (3) spirit, (4) work, (5) home. To return to Mid Life Celebration, the site about MIND, click here.

Don’t let the sun go down

unique mountain ridge formation — In a few minutes the stunning light fades. We drove from the East over Logan Pass. Literally 300 meters from the Pass this view suddenly becomes available. Our timing to see a setting Sun find a small opening to set this section on fire is humbling.

Never count on random people to transform your life. However, sometimes it happens. Enjoy the karma you project.
dad

Meeting Steve and Stacy Wahlberg on the backside of Reynolds Mountain at 8,600′ is absolute randomness.

World-class randomness for sure.

We saw something in each other, without trying.

The Universe aligned us that cold, windy, yet brilliantly sunny morning.

We were the only three people on the mountain.

i was hiding from the harsh wind behind the lone boulder in the expansive scree field.

They were heading up for their 12th Reynolds summit, in honor of Stacy’s father, a true mountain man.

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Favorites are fun

It’s fun having favorites. They are the benchmark for everything else.
dad

The older you get, the more impressive your favorite(s) become.

Why?

Because of all the competition.

Bonus: Here’s the opposite of favorite…

Water so cold it makes you speak profanity…

26-second video: Took swim goggles to Glacier for this moment…to attempt to confirm the water depth beneath the bridge. The bridge people jump from.

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Home manifestation

Home vibrancy is the manifestation of how you consistently are the last to be impacted and the first to recover from adverse conditions.
dad

Home vibrancy is the manifestation of how you consistently make the best decisions using your prioritized priorities.

Of all the people you know, you are the most positive, healthiest, most peaceful and content, most remarkable at your work, and the most organized.

Having prioritized priorities is fun.

Never regret not having more fun than seems reasonable.

There’s a time to postpone fun. It will be an exception to the rule.

The rule is to make having fun a habit. Every day. All day.

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And so it goes, at home

motel room — Reunited and it feels so good.

Happy present moment.
dad

You know what never gets old?

Living in the present moment.

A few minutes ago, it dawned on me that the paperwork of life can frequently feel overwhelming because there’s so much to do.

You create a life, get married, start a career, buy a house, buy a bunch of stuff to make your house a home, perhaps raise some children, and as you approach and arrive at midlife, you start to question everything.

Back to that thought i had a few minutes ago, we habitually race through all the administrative and decision-making tasks. And i thought what if we could streamline life so that every task that we had to do and decision we had to make we could be fully present for it and enjoy it and appreciate it in a way that racing never reveals?

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