Author: jeff noel

Retired Disney Institute Keynote Speaker and Prolific Blogger. Five daily, differently-themed personal blogs (about life's 5 big choices) on five interconnected sites.

Exercise and travel can work

exercise while traveling
Virtually everyone allows travel to be an excuse

Heading home to Disney World this morning. Up at 4am with an hour before the cab arrives to get me to a 6:19am flight to Memphis. Know what this means? No run, no exercise. There was none yesterday either. Professional speakers are usually the first in the classroom and the last to leave.

But we have to figure it out. If we don’t, we’ll quit. So I ran two days ago in the morning before flying from Orlando to Missouri, making yesterday and today “rest days”. Perfect, creative plan to keep moving forward. Got it?

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Everyone thinks I exercise to stay healthy

Balance mental activity with physical activity
Balance mental activity with physical activity
How you stay active is up to you
How you stay active is up to you

When I think about the answer to the question most people never ask me, it goes something like this…

To teach is to learn twice. And to teach children is perhaps the greatest privilege (and responsibility) an adult will ever know.

This is why I exercise, eat decently, and strive for adequate rest.

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The Top Reason Why Most People Quit Exercising

Experimenting with bread mold conditions is no different than experimenting with boredom conditions.

The main reason we quit exercising is simple and obvious. Boredom.

The antidote? Find a million ways not to. Yesterday morning’s run had a predictable route, but I didn’t feel like going the whole way and turning around. So I was going to take a shorter route to get the job done quicker – minimize the boredom…

…but decided to explore a route I’d never taken. Had the longest run in five years, and wasn’t bored for a moment.

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