Disney Employee Engagement Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five different sites.
Health is wealth.
That’s what the 93-year old woman said.
She always said it.
She had a wisdom about her that only comes from seeing it all. A lifetime of sorting through the “meaning of life”.
In 1989, Cheryl and I returned to Pennsylvania for our Best Man’s wedding.
It was during that trip that Grammy died in my arms.
And for some unknown reason this morning, I’m recalling what Grammy always said like it was yesterday.
But it’s too difficult!
If you think it is, it is.
If you think it isn’t, it isn’t.
Please don’t ask me to draw you a map.
Can’t exercise?
Won’t exercise?
Big difference.
What can we learn from defeat, loss, failure?
Many things to be sure. But only if we try hard to learn from setback. And only if we listen. And only if we then try again.
Are you listening? And I don’t mean, “Sleigh bells ring, are you listening”.
I mean, are you the kind of person that will pick yourself up after you fall?
Are you the type of person that finds a million ways to stay motivated?
You see, getting motivated is one thing. What makes winners is staying motivated.
Oh wait, you want to tell me something, right?
Okay, go ahead.
“Jeff, you don’t understand, my life is hard. It’s very difficult.”
Here’s a Christmas gift for you, and it is given with the most hopeful and sincere intent – “No one has it easy. Period. End of story.”
This may scare some people off, and I would hate to see that happen, but I can’t allow myself to make excuses.
How can I teach our son (9), that it’s okay to make excuses?
When you look in the mirror, do you see what others see?
And I’m not talking about looks. I’m talking about effort.
And attitude.
Let’s throw in beliefs, values, and habits too.
Yeah, that’s the one, habits.
Do you think when people look at your health habits, they see you as an example or as a warning?