Mid Life Celebration » Mid Life Celebration http://www.midlifecelebration.com Rethink. Reprioritize. Recommit. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:01:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 When You Think You Have Done All You Can Do, You Are Finally Ready To Begin http://www.midlifecelebration.com/the-next-lecture/when-you-think-you-have-done-all-you-can-do-you-are-finally-ready-to-begin/ http://www.midlifecelebration.com/the-next-lecture/when-you-think-you-have-done-all-you-can-do-you-are-finally-ready-to-begin/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 05:01:41 +0000 jeff noel http://www.MidLifeCelebration.com/?p=11964 Continue reading →]]> In St Louis last month I took a fun picture and an inspirational one.

Thomas Edison & jeff noel think impossible is for amateurs. Who said what?

  1. When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this — you haven’t.
  2. When you think you have done all you can do, you are finally ready to begin.

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]]> http://www.midlifecelebration.com/the-next-lecture/when-you-think-you-have-done-all-you-can-do-you-are-finally-ready-to-begin/feed/ 0 We Started With Disney The Same Day Michael Eisner Became Disney’s CEO http://www.midlifecelebration.com/this-is-just-for-me/we-started-with-disney-the-same-day-michael-eisner-became-disneys-ceo/ http://www.midlifecelebration.com/this-is-just-for-me/we-started-with-disney-the-same-day-michael-eisner-became-disneys-ceo/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 05:01:20 +0000 jeff noel http://www.MidLifeCelebration.com/?p=11648 Continue reading →]]> jeff noel started the same time (late September 1984) as Michael Eisner, Disney’s new CEO. A week later, Michael Eisner gave a welcome speech to Walt Disney World cast members before the Magic Kingdom opened to Guests, describing his vision for Disney’s future. I took this photo. Left to right: Mickey Mouse, Michael, Jane Eisner, Luanne Wells, Frank Wells. This is one of the worst pics jeff noel has ever taken.

A few years into my Disney career, I dreamt of one day being Disney’s CEO. What a Goofy thought.

To this very day, I remain absolutely, positively Goofy about Cheryl (above).

What I have learned from life is that you couldn’t pay me enough money to be a Fortune 500 CEO. Life has a funny way of grounding our blind ambitions. Thank goodness, eh?

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]]> http://www.midlifecelebration.com/this-is-just-for-me/we-started-with-disney-the-same-day-michael-eisner-became-disneys-ceo/feed/ 0 By The Time Family Arrived, We Both Had Jobs As Disney Cast Members http://www.midlifecelebration.com/authenticity-is-the-new-currency/by-the-time-family-arrived-we-both-had-jobs-as-disney-cast-members/ http://www.midlifecelebration.com/authenticity-is-the-new-currency/by-the-time-family-arrived-we-both-had-jobs-as-disney-cast-members/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:01:45 +0000 jeff noel http://www.MidLifeCelebration.com/?p=11645 Continue reading →]]> We drove from Washington State University to become Disney World Cast Members in 1984. Family quickly arrived in Kissimmee to visit.

Free Theme Park admission was a Cast Member perk we often took advantage of.

With only a couple hundred dollars to our name, most of it gone after paying deposits for rent & utilities, we began our corporate careers.

Where was your start in the “corporate world”?

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]]> http://www.midlifecelebration.com/authenticity-is-the-new-currency/by-the-time-family-arrived-we-both-had-jobs-as-disney-cast-members/feed/ 4 Only Poor People, Drug Dealers and Newlyweds Rented Here http://www.midlifecelebration.com/humility/only-poor-people-drug-dealers-and-newlyweds-rented-here/ http://www.midlifecelebration.com/humility/only-poor-people-drug-dealers-and-newlyweds-rented-here/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:01:34 +0000 jeff noel http://www.MidLifeCelebration.com/?p=11641 Continue reading →]]> Back in 1984, a first floor, corner unit, next to a busy street was perfect.

Cheryl’s cousin Mike, and her Grammy (88 at the time) came to check on us…

Beggars can’t be choosers.

Anyone else ever live in a “roach motel”?

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