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Way back in 2017, our 4th episode we ever had was with Pat Williams. He was one of my favorite authors but he had an amazing story as you can read below. On July 17, 2024, Pat Williams passed away at the age of 84. The sports world lost a legend. He had a lot of great insights in this episode. We hope you enjoy. RIP Pat. ORIGINAL SHOW NOTES: Pat Williams is a co-founder and the Senior Vice President of the NBA's Orlando Magic. He is the father of 19 children, including 14 of whom are adopted. He has climbed Mt. Rainer and run more than 50 marathons. In 1996 he was named as one of the most influential people in NBA history. He played professional baseball before becoming an executive. In 1983, he won the NBA World Championship as the General Manager of the Philadelphia 76ers. Williams has authored more than 100 books, with his most recent book being “The Intersection of Success”.  Website:  PatWilliams.com Twitter: @OrlandoMagicPat Facebook: OrlandoMagicPatWilliams All of Pat's books are great but these are my personal suggestions: The Success Intersection: What Happens When Your Talent Meets Your Passion Leadership Excellence: The Seven Sides of Leadership for the 21st Century How To Be Like Walt: Capturing the Disney Magic Every Day of Your Life  Who Wants To Be A Champion?: 10 Building Blocks To Help You Become Everything You Can Be! The Paradox of Power: A Transforming View of Leadership - - - - Each week, the SUCCESS IS A CHOICE podcasting network brings you leadership expert Jamy Bechler and guest experts who provide valuable insights, tips, and guidance on how to maximize your potential, build a stronger culture, develop good leadership, create a healthy vision, optimize results, and inspire those around you. - - - -  Please follow Jamy on Twitter @CoachBechler for positive insights and tips on leadership, success, culture, and teamwork. Check out our virtual sessions for parents, coaches, students, and administrators at FreeLeadershipWorkshop.com. These sessions are free and cover a variety of topics. - - - -  The Success is a Choice podcast network is made possible by TheLeadershipPlaybook.com. Great teams have great teammates and everyone can be a person of influence. Whether you're a coach, athletic director, or athlete, you can benefit from this program and now you can get 25% off the price when you use the coupon code CHOICE at checkout. Build a stronger culture today with better teammates and more positive leaders.  If you like quotes, then you'll want to check out Jamy Bechler's new book "The Coach's Bulletin Board". It contains thousands of insights, thoughts, and quotes are contained in this book. Please visit JamyBechler.com/BulletinBoardBook to get your signed copy. - - - -  Please consider rating the podcast with 5 stars and leaving a quick review on iTunes.  Ratings and reviews are the lifeblood of a podcast. This helps tremendously in bringing the podcast to the attention of others. Thanks again for listening and remember that “Success is a choice. What choice will you make today?” - - - -  Jamy Bechler is the author of five books including "The Captain" and "The Bus Trip", host of the "Success is a Choice Podcast", professional speaker, and trains organizations on creating championship cultures. He previously spent 20 years as a college basketball coach and administrator.  TheLeadershipPlaybook.com is Bechler's online program that helps athletes become better teammates and more positive leaders while strengthening a team's culture. As a certified John Maxwell leadership coach, Bechler has worked with businesses and teams, including the NBA. Follow him on Twitter at @CoachBechler. To connect with him via email or find out about his services, please contact speaking@CoachBechler.com. You can also subscribe to his insights on success and leadership by visiting JamyBechler.com/newsletter.

Dive into an inspiring Sports+Outdoor Mentors episode featuring Nick Giles, Managing Director of Ordnance Survey Leisure.  Despite audio challenges, this interview at their headquarters is a goldmine of insights on overcoming personal adversity, leading digital transformation in a traditional map-making company, and the crucial role of passion in leadership. Discover how Nick's early experiences and love for the outdoors shaped his visionary approach to digital innovation and customer-centric product development. Learn about his leadership philosophy, the importance of embracing failure, and how technology is redefining outdoor experiences. This episode is essential for anyone interested in innovation, leadership, and making an impact in the outdoor industry. 

This week's episode of The Property Podcast is a pretty important one. As you should know by now, next week is the general election, and it's kind of a big deal.  The manifestos have been flying around all over the place with the parties promising this, that and the other. And to be honest, it can get quite confusing.  So what do each of the party policies mean for property investors? Well, that's exactly what Rob & Rob are going to dive into and dissect in today's episode. Sit back, relax and take notes as the guys look into each of the following policies: Conservative Labour Lib Dems Green Party  It will certainly be one of the more important podcast episodes we've done this year and it will definitely help if you're more confused than ever on who to vote for.    This week for Hub Extra, Rob B has a book recommendation. ‘How to Be Like Walt: Capturing the Disney Magic Every Day of Your Life'. Not only does it tell the story of Walt Disney and his journey of how he created the Disney brand, but you'll learn so much more!  There are sections that discuss religious views throughout the book, which some people took offence to, so you might want to skip over these bits. But Rob B connected to the story on both a personal and business level, and even got some inspiration from it - maybe it'll lift your spirits too.    We'd love to hear what you think of this week's Property Podcast over on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. You might even have a topic you'd like us to cover in the future - if so, pop us a message on social and we'll see what we can do.   Make sure you've liked and subscribed to our YouTube channel where we upload new content every week! If that wasn't enough, you can also join our friendly property community on the Property Hub forum. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Walt wraps up creation on the Alice Comedies and begins working on Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, and tensions with Charles Mintz come to a head!    Previous episode #6: Timeline- Disney Bros. Studio & Alice's Wonderland (1923-1925) https://www.disneyinreview.com/timeline/6-timeline-disney-bros-studio-alices-wonderland-1923-1925/    Check out my website for more episodes, along with dates and times discussed in this episode- www.disneyinreview.com   Follow the podcast on social media: Facebook- @disneyinreviewpodcast (https://www.facebook.com/disneyinreviewpodcast/) Twitter- @DisneyinRev (https://mobile.twitter.com/DisneyinRev) Instagram- @disneyinreview (https://www.instagram.com/disneyinreview/) I'd also love to hear from you via email at disneyinreview@hotmail.com!   Sources Cited: Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination by Neal Gabler  http://amzn.to/2EdjNYT  How to Be Like Walt: Capturing the Disney Magic Every Day of Your Life by Pat Williams with Jim Denney  http://amzn.to/2EFWPY6  Walt in Wonderland- The Silent Films of Walt Disney by Russell Merritt and J.B. Kaufman https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0801864291 Ink & Paint, The Women of Walt Disney’s Animation by Mindy Johnson https://amzn.to/2HTzKmq   I would like to give an enormous thank you to Zack Goldmann for designing this podcast’s logo. You can find more of his work at www.zackgoldmann.com.   The intro and outro, along with the transition music, of this podcast are public domain songs obtained from freemusicarchive.org. Intro- The Royal Vagabond by Jockers Dance Orchestra Outro- Hello Central, Give Me Heaven by Byron Harlan   Thanks for listening! As always please Rate and Review this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Facebook, or your favorite podcasting platform. Also, Subscribe to get all the latest episodes, and Share this episode with someone you think would enjoy it! Hope to see you real soon!    

Walt and Roy Disney start their own company, Disney Bros., Margaret Winkler distributes the Alice’s Wonderland cartoons, and Romance is in the air!   Previous Timeline episode #3: Disney Timeline- Kansas City and the Laugh-O-Grams (1919-1923) https://www.disneyinreview.com/timeline/3-timeline-kansas-city-and-the-laugh-o-grams-1919-1923/   Previous episode #5: Highlight- History of Animation: Thaumatrope & Faraday’s Wheel https://www.disneyinreview.com/highlight/5-highlight-history-of-animation-thaumatrope-faradays-wheel/   Check out my website for more episodes, along with dates and times discussed in this episode- www.disneyinreview.com Sign up for the Email Newsletter for extra content- http://eepurl.com/dsunhP   Follow the podcast on social media: Facebook- @disneyinreviewpodcast (https://www.facebook.com/disneyinreviewpodcast/) Twitter- @DisneyinRev (https://mobile.twitter.com/DisneyinRev) Instagram- @disneyinreview (https://www.instagram.com/disneyinreview/) I'd also love to hear from you via email at disneyinreview@hotmail.com!   Sources Cited: Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination by Neal Gabler  http://amzn.to/2EdjNYT  How to Be Like Walt: Capturing the Disney Magic Every Day of Your Life by Pat Williams with Jim Denney  http://amzn.to/2EFWPY6  Walt in Wonderland- The Silent Films of Walt Disney by Russell Merritt and J.B. Kaufman https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0801864291 Ink & Paint, The Women of Walt Disney’s Animation by Mindy Johnson https://amzn.to/2HTzKmq   I would like to give an enormous thank you to Zack Goldmann for designing this podcast’s logo. You can find more of his work at www.zackgoldmann.com.   The intro and outro, along with the transition music, of this podcast are public domain songs obtained from freemusicarchive.org. Intro- The Royal Vagabond by Jockers Dance Orchestra Outro- Hello Central, Give Me Heaven by Byron Harlan   Thanks for listening! As always please Rate and Review this podcast on iTunes, Facebook, or your favorite podcasting platform. Also, Subscribe to get all the latest episodes, and Share this episode with someone you think would enjoy it! Hope to see you real soon!

  J Samuel "Sam" Blankenship and I reminisce about our time working together at Kilimanjaro Safari Ride in Disney's Animal Kingdom through the Disney College Program (DCP)! We also talk about why Walt Disney specifically filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Kansas City. And finally, we get de-monorailed to talk about the upcoming live-action Lion King film and the excellence of the Hunchback of Notre Dame's soundtrack.    Chapter 7 bankruptcy- Debtors take ownership of and liquidate (sell) all assets of the company/person.  Chapter 11 bankruptcy- The bankrupt person/company is able to keep some of their assets and renegotiates the terms of the debt with his/her debtors.   J Samuel Blankenship also has almost released his new podcast, Stories Told by Me! Be sure to keep an eye out for it out on your podcasting platforms/apps!   Previous episode- 3. Disney Timeline- Kansas City and the Laugh-O-Grams (1919-1923) https://www.disneyinreview.com/timeline/3-timeline-kansas-city-and-the-laugh-o-grams-1919-1923/    You can find additional episodes, blog posts, and more at my website- www.disneyinreview.com! Follow the podcast on social media: Instagram- @disneyinreview (https://www.instagram.com/disneyinreview/) Facebook- @disneyinreviewpodcast (https://www.facebook.com/disneyinreviewpodcast/) Twitter- @DisneyinRev (https://mobile.twitter.com/DisneyinRev) I'd love to hear from you via email at disneyinreview@hotmail.com!   Sources Cited with Affiliate Links: Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imaginationby Neal Gabler  http://amzn.to/2EdjNYT  How to Be Like Walt: Capturing the Disney Magic Every Day of Your Lifeby Pat Williams with Jim Denney  http://amzn.to/2EFWPY6  Walt in Wonderland- The Silent Films of Walt Disney by Russell Merritt and J.B. Kaufman https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0801864291 Animated Cartoons- How They Are Made Their Origin and Development by E.G. Lutz https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1984201824       I would like to give an enormous thank you to Zack Goldmann for designing this podcast’s logo. You can find more of his work at www.zackgoldmann.com.   The intro and outro of this podcast are public domain songs obtained from freemusicarchive.org: Intro- The Royal Vagabond by Jockers Dance Orchestra Outro- Hello Central, Give Me Heaven by Byron Harlan   Thanks for listening! As always please Rate and Review this podcast on iTunes, Facebook, or your favorite podcasting platform. Also, Subscribe to get all the latest episodes, and Share this episode with someone you think would enjoy it! Hope to see you real soon!

How did Walt Disney get his start as an animator? What happened to his first few companies? Today we’ll find out!   Check out my new website- www.disneyinreview.com Follow the podcast on social media: Facebook- @disneyinreviewpodcast (https://www.facebook.com/disneyinreviewpodcast/) Twitter- @DisneyinRev (https://mobile.twitter.com/DisneyinRev) Instagram- @disneyinreview (https://www.instagram.com/disneyinreview/) I'd also love to hear from you via email at disneyinreview@hotmail.com!   Sources Cited: Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imaginationby Neal Gabler  http://amzn.to/2EdjNYT  How to Be Like Walt: Capturing the Disney Magic Every Day of Your Lifeby Pat Williams with Jim Denney  http://amzn.to/2EFWPY6  Walt in Wonderland- The Silent Films of Walt Disney by Russell Merritt and J.B. Kaufman https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0801864291 Animated Cartoons- How They Are Made Their Origin and Development by E.G. Lutz https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1984201824   I would like to give an enormous thank you to Zack Goldmann for designing this podcast’s logo. You can find more of his work at www.zackgoldmann.com.   The intro and outro, along with the transition music, of this podcast are public domain songs obtained from freemusicarchive.org. Intro- The Royal Vagabond by Jockers Dance Orchestra Outro- Hello Central, Give Me Heaven by Byron Harlan Transition- It Happened in Nordland by Victor Herbert Orchestra   Thanks for listening! As always please Rate and Review this podcast on iTunes, Facebook, or your favorite podcasting platform. Also, Subscribe to get all the latest episodes, and Share this episode with someone you think would enjoy it! Hope to see you real soon!

Welcome to Disney in Review! Today, we trace Walt Disney's lineage, travel to his hometown of Marceline, Missouri, and join him in France during World War I.    Follow the podcast on social media: Facebook- @disneyinreviewpodcast (https://www.facebook.com/disneyinreviewpodcast/) Twitter- @DisneyinRev (https://mobile.twitter.com/DisneyinRev) Instagram- @disneyinreview (https://www.instagram.com/disneyinreview/) I'd love to hear from you via email at disneyinreview@hotmail.com!   Sources Cited: 1. Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination by Neal Gabler  http://amzn.to/2EdjNYT  2. How to Be Like Walt: Capturing the Disney Magic Every Day of Your Life by Pat Williams with Jim Denney  http://amzn.to/2EFWPY6  3. In the Service of the Red Cross: Walt Disney's Early Adventures: 1918-1919 by David Lesjak http://amzn.to/2EdW4HZ    Disney History Timeline   Herbert Arthur Disney (December 8, 1888 – January 29, 1961) Raymond “Ray” Arnold Disney (December 30, 1890 – May 24, 1989) Roy Oliver Disney (June 24, 1893 – December 20, 1971) Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) Ruth Flora Disney (December 6, 1903 – April 7, 1995)   Disney Lineage -d’Isignys of Normandy, arrived in England with William the Conqueror and fought at the Battle of Hastings (October 14, 1066) -In late seventeenth century, during English Restoration, a Protestant branch of the family moved to County Kilkenny, Ireland   July 1834 (Decade before the Potato Famine) -Arundel Elias Disney (Elias’s grandfather, Walt’s great-grandfather) sold his holdings and moved from Liverpool to America with wife and 2 kids & his older brother (Robert) and his wife and 2 kids on the New Jersey   1835 -Arundel bought 149 acres along Maitland River and moved to the township of Goderich in SW Ontario’s wilderness (Canada), near Lake Huron -Arundel built his area’s first grist mill and sawmill, farmed his land, and had 16 kids (8 girls & 8 boys)   1858 -Oldest son, Kepple (25), married Mary Richardson (another Irish immigrant) -Bought 100 acres of lands and built small pine cabin and moved to Bluevale in Morris Township (north of Goderich) -Elias Disney (February 6, 1859 – September 13, 1941) -Kepple restlessly strikes out             -Oil struck nearby in Oil Springs – rented his farm, left family with Mary’s sister, and joined drilling crew for 2 years (Struck no oil)             -Returned to Bluevale, then left to drill salt wells for one year (still no fortune)             -Returned to Bluevale and built new frame house on his land and started farming again   1877 -Kepple left with Elias (18) and Robert (2nd oldest son) heading to California, where gold had been struck -Only got to Kansas. Kepple bought >300 acres in NW Kansas (Ellis county) from Union Pacific Railroad (trying to get people to settle at division points along the train route throughout the state; Disneys couldn’t get land through the Homestead Act because not American citizens) -Dry and bitter cold climate/rough frontier, making it hard to farm, so raised livestock instead (sheep and cattle could graze on yellow buffalo grass) -Difficult to farm, so men join railroad crews and women sell buffalo bones to fertilizer manufacturers   1886 -Winter of 1885/1886 rough (10-12 foot snow banks) -Kepple and Elias (27) went on a reconnaissance trip to Lake County, middle of Florida with their neighbors, the Call family, including their 16 year-old daughter Flora Call -Kepple returned to Ellis County, Kansas, but Elias stayed with the Calls in the middle of Florida   Call lineage -Moved from England to America in 1636, first near Boston then to upstate New York -In 1825, Eber Call, Flora’s grandfather, left for Huron County, Ohio with wife and 3 kids, to escape hostile Indians and “bone-chilling cold”, and farmed several acres -Eber’s son, Charles Call, graduated with honors from Oberlin College in 1847 -Charles then headed to California to find gold then drifted around the West for a few years until he ended up near Des Moines, Iowa and met a German immigrant by the name of Henrietta Gross. -Charles Call and Henrietta Gross got married on September 9, 1855 -Charles and wife returned to father’s house in Ohio, and Charles became a teacher like his two sisters -Flora Call (April 22, 1868 – November 26, 1938) -January 1879- Charles and his wife and 10 kids moved to Ellis County, Kansas because he was afraid one of his 8 daughters would marry one of the neighbor family’s 8 sons, all of whom were “not sober enough” for the devout father, Charles Call -1880- Flora was sent to Ellsworth to train to be a teacher and roomed with Albertha Disney, Elias’s sister   1886 -Elias moved to Acron. -Calls moved to adjacent town of Kismet. Charles raised oranges on several acres and began teaching in neighboring Norristown -Flora was the teacher in Acron her 1st year and Paisley her 2nd year   1888 -Elias (29) and Flora (19) got married on New Year’s Day, 1888 in the Calls’ home in Kismet -Elias bought an orange grove, but freeze destroyed most of the crop -Charles Call had an accident while clearing his land of pine trees and never recovered -Charles Call died in early 1890 -Robert Disney (Elias’s younger brother) had moved to Chicago in 1889 and built a hotel in preparation of the 1893 Columbian Exposition (celebration of the 400-year anniversary of Columbus’s discovery of America. -Herbert Arthur Disney (December 8, 1888 – January 29, 1961)   1890 -Elias, Herbert, and pregnant Flora moved to Chicago (Rented one-story frame cottage at 3515 South Vernon in South side of Chicago, located 20 blocks from exposition)   1891 -Raymond “Ray” Arnold Disney (December 30, 1890 – May 24, 1989) -Elias earned $1/day as a carpenter -Saved $700 and bought land in 1892 through Robert’s real estate connections and built 2-story wooden cottage at 1249 Tripp Avenue (later renumbered as 2156 North Tripp Avenue in 1909)   1893 - Roy Oliver Disney (June 24, 1893 – December 20, 1971) -Disneys moved to Tripp Avenue in spring 1893, which had just begun undergoing construction -Elias bought plots of land in the neighborhood, designed houses, and built them -By 1900, Elias had built 2 homes: sold one home for $2500 and rented out the other for extra income -St. Paul’s Congregation Church built in October 1900, 2 blocks from the Disney’s home (Elias named a trustee and member of the building committee) -Disneys attended church throughout the week, and when the preacher was gone, Elias would occasionally preach -Walt born in the upper bedroom of the Tripp house -Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) -Bet with pastor: Minister Walter Parr’s wife and Flora were pregnant at the same time. Elias and Walter agreed if they both had sons, they would name them after each other (Supposedly Ray was originally named Walter, per his birth registration; Walt had no birth certificate, just a baptismal certificate) -Also rumored Walt was born in Mojacar, Spain, his parents had emigrated to the US and worked for Elias, who adopted Walt, per the Spanish magazine, Primer Plano -The Parr’s child was born in July 1902 and named Charles Alexander -Another of Parr’s children, born in May 1904, was named Walter Elias Parr -Ruth Flora Disney (December 6, 1903 – April 7, 1995)   1906 (Marceline) -2 neighbor boys the same age as Herbert and Ray and from a family in their congregation attempted to rob a car barn and killed a cop in a shootout -Elias was afraid his boys would follow the same path, since the neighborhood was getting rougher -February 1906, sold Tripp house for $1800, and sold another in March -Elias, Herbert, and Ray went to Missouri in a boxcar to prepare the farm -Flora, Roy, Walt, and Ruth came later on the Sante Fe train -Uncle Robert owned 500 acres a mile west of the Disneys -45 acre farm near Marceline, Missouri, 100 miles NE of Kansas City on Santa Fe RR, with whitewashed house -Walt’s first pet, Maltese terrier, followed Roy into town one day and didn’t come back -Piglet named Skinny, followed Walt like a puppy -Walt didn’t start school until age 7, so he could accompany Ruth to school -Marceline was the seat of the western division of the Santa Fe Railroad. Because of its large workforce, it had a large progressive population that supported William Jennings Bryan, and this contributed to Walt’s cultural education -Walt saw his first circus parade. Walt made his own and displayed it for neighboring kids -Walt attended his first Chautauqua (traveling tent show that featured the leading speakers of the time) -Walt saw his first theatrical play: Touring performance of Peter Pan starring Maude Adams             -Walt and Roy reprised the role at school using a hoist and tackle set that broke -Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show paraded through Marceline, when Buffalo Bill stopped his buggy and invited Walt to join him -Walt saw his first motion picture: Depiction of crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Walt convinced Ruth to go, and they both got scolded by parents when they came home after dark -Uncle Edmond “Ed” Disney (Elias’s younger brother, with intellectual disability, real-life Peter Pan, Walt admired his juvenile sense of freedom) -Uncle Robert and his wife Margaret would visit, and Aunt Margaret “Auntie” would bring pencils and Big Chief drawing tablets for Walt to draw on. She encouraged his art. -Doc Sherwood (Retired doctor with wife and no children, so they basically adopted Walt as their son) -Doc commissioned Walt to draw his prize Morgan stallion, Rupert. That day Rupert was skittish, so Doc had to hold his reins, and Walt had trouble drawing the horse. -Different stories: Doc paid Walt a nickel or a quarter for the drawing (unlikely for the frugal doctor) OR Doc framed and hung the drawing in his house -Walt and Ruth used tar from barrels’ tar lining on the farm to pain the side of their whitewashed house. Walt convinced Ruth because he told her it could come off.   1907 -Herbert and Ray grew wheat on Uncle Robert’s land with his permission, neighbors harvested it, and they got the money. -Elias asked what they were going to do with the money, and one said he wanted to buy a pocketwatch. Elias freaked and said instead he would take the money to help pay off the farm. -Herbert and Ray left the farm that night, withdrew their money from the bank, and hopped on a train for Chicago. -By spring, they had moved to Kansas City, where Robert got them jobs as bank clerks -Herbert became a postal service mail carrier in 1909 -Herbert and Ray would send old clothes to Flora for her to hem for Roy and Walt -Herbert and Ray would occasionally visit the family in Marceline, but the rift/wounds never fully healed   1910 -Farm was harder to run without Herbert and Ray -Elias formed a chapter of a farmer’s union, The American Society of Equity -Elias became sick with typhoid or diphtheria early in 1910, after which he was too weak to work the farm -Crop prices fell, and there was a 5-month-long coal strike in summer of 1910 -Elias finally sold farm in November 1910 for $5,175 -The Disneys moved into town in Marceline to a small 4-room house at 508 Kansas Avenue, so kids could finish semester and Elias recover his health -Walt would remember his idealized version of Marceline, the rustic farm city, which would eventually inspire/influence:             -So Dear to My Heart, Pollyanna, Disneyland’s Main Street USA and Tom Sawyer Island, and early cartoons about animals and farm life   1910 -Moved to Kansas City to 2706 E 31st St (small house, no indoor plumbing, outdoor shed “barn” that Walt and Roy would stay in when family visited, close proximity to Fairmount amusement park) -Elias bought distributorship of Kansas City Star newspaper in Roy’s name -13 editions of the paper delivered per week -Elias made about $28/week. Roy made $3. Walt (9) made “some little amount.” - Walt and Roy delivered papers starting around 3:30AM daily (took pushcarts resembling roman chariots to the paper’s distribution points, load up with papers, then return to Santa Fe St to deliver papers; papers too heavy on Sundays to make one trip) -First year, Walt delivered his 50 papers per edition by foot, second by bike (Walt got the bike because Roy left the route to become a bank clerk after graduating, and Walt took over Roy’s route too) -To make extra money, Walt also delivered medicine on his route for a pharmacy. Eventually Walt got 50 extra papers to sell near a trolley stop, then on the trolley -Because of the paper route, he would get to school late and leave early -Walt had to walk up to each door to make sure the paper wouldn’t fly away (put under a brick or between 2 doors) -In winter, snow would come up to his neck, and he would fall asleep in entryways of apartment buildings on his route. -In his 6 years on the route, Walt only missed 5 weeks:             -2 weeks with a severe cold             -1 week to visit his Aunt Josie in Hiawatha (Hi-wath-uh), Kansas (1913)             -2 weeks in 1916 when he kicked a piece of ice that had a nail hidden in it (Spent his recovery renovating Bellefontaine house with new kitchen, bedroom, and a bathroom to replace outhouse) -Walt never forgot his time with the paper route (Still having nightmares 40 years later about missing a customer on the route) -Elias’s temper and frugality distanced him from Walt (Elias invested Walt’s money earned from the trolley; Walt got another job at a candy store to earn money to buy extra papers for extra money that Elias didn’t know about) -Disney frugality -> Walt’s most memorable Christmas gift was a new pair of steel-toed leather boots to replace his worn-out shoes -Elias ordered 14 year-old Walt to the basement for a beating for being “too insolent,” but Roy pulled Walt aside and told him to resist. Walt went downstairs, and Elias followed. Elias yelled and grabbed a hammer to hit Walt, but Walt rose up and grabbed his father’s hand and took the hammer. After this, Elias never touched Walt again. -Roy took a parental role for Walt and Ruth (buying toys and candy, taking to the movies, trade stories, etc.)   1912 -Roy left home in the middle of the night for Kansas -Walt in 5th grade at Benton Grammar School -Walt’s best friend, Walter Pfeiffer (lived on Bellefontaine) -Walt had a curfew of 9pm for the paper route, but he’d sneak out to the Pfeiffers (family of performers) -Walt’s principal, Mr. Cottingham (1938 Walt invited entire student body to watch Snow White for free) -Walt/Walt skit in school talent show, “Fun in the Photograph Gallery” -“The Two Walts” skits and comedy routines at amateur night contests in Kansas City at Agnes Theater -Walt did impressions of Charlie Chaplin, drew cartoons, and told stories -Walt continued to draw throughout school (margins of textbooks, perfect Teddy Roosevelt on chalkboard, school posters for events, cartoon advertisements on glass slides for Agnes Theater) -Just as he had for Doc Sherwood, Walt drew cartoons for Bert Hudson, owner of a barbershop, in exchange for free haircut or 10-15 cents, and Bert Hudson would hang the pictures in a special frame. -Amusement parks in Kansas City: Fairmount Park “Fairyland per Ruth” (giant dipper rides, 9-hole golf course, zoo, swimming/boating on lake, 4thof July fireworks show) Electric Park (one of the largest amusement parks at the time, band concerts, thrill rides, spectacular nighttime fireworks displays, steam-powered train that circled the park, named from 100,000 electric bulbs transformed nightly)   1914 -Summer/Fall 1914 moved to 3028 Bellefontaine 2-story house (still along paper route)   1916 (Walt 14) -Elias allowed Walt to begin taking Saturday art classes at the Kansas City Art Institute in the downtown YMCA building (learned basics of sculpture and casting) -First feature-length film seen: silent movie of Snow White, starring Marguerite Clark   1917 (Walt 15) -March 1917- Elias sold newspaper route for $16,000 to invest and buy shares in jelly-canning firm, O’Zell Company of Chicago -Elias, Flora, and Ruth moved to Chicago to head up construction and maintenance at company’s factory. Elias became O’Zell executive -Walt stayed with Herbert and Roy in Bellefontaine Street home (Herb married with 1-yo daughter, Roy unmarried bank clerk) -June 1917- Walt graduated from Benton School (school ended at 7th grade) -Principal Cottingham gave Walt a $7 prize for a comic character Walt had drawn -Roy joined Navy in June 1917 after America entered WWI (2 weeks after Walt graduated) -Roy got Walt a summer job as “news butcher” for Van Noyes News Company (selling newspapers, candy, and tobacco to passengers on Santa Fe RR, brief education in business; quit after 2 months) -At end of summer, Walt moved to Chicago with his family -By day attended William McKinley High School in West Side Chicago, near Disney’s house on Ogden Avenue. -Walt worked as cartoonist on McKinley HS magazine, The Voice -Winter 1917 until Spring 1918- Elias paid for night classes at Chicago Academy of Fine Arts (Walt convinced Elias it had “educational value”). Walt’s first exposure to live models, but he realized his talent lay in caricature, not being a “fine artist” -Leroy Gossett and Carey Orr, Chicago newspaper cartoonists, mentored Walt and inspired him to pursue career as newspaper cartoonist   1918 (Walt 16) -1st Girlfriend, Beatrice Conover -Walt worked part-time at O’Zell Company from the time school let out for summer until July   World War I -Walt tried to join the Navy with friend, Russell Maas, but rejected for being too young -Walt tried to join Canadian Army with his friend, where age limit was lower, but Russell was rejected for poor eyesight (wore glasses and Walt didn’t want to join without Russell) -Turned down for post office job because too young (got job same day by wearing father’s hat and false moustache and returning to same man) -September 3, 1918- Bomb went off in Chicago Federal Building where Walt was walking through the post office after finishing his mail run (Bomb killed 4 and injured 30) -Walt tried to join Red Cross’s American Ambulance Corps (age limit 17) with Russell (fake names: St. John brothers). Plan failed when asked for passports, and Russell’s mom told Flora -Walt asked parents to join Red Cross. Elias refused. -Walt enlisted on September 16, 1918 (changed his birthday from 1901 to 1900 on his certificate after his mom had it notarized) -Walt’s training at Camp Scott (Chicago South Side near University of Chicago) cut short by influenza epidemic, contracted within days of starting training. Walt, Flora, and Ruth sick, and Flora took care of them at home (Hospitals considered unsafe). -When Walt recovered 3 weeks later, his unit shipped for France with Russell. -A month and a half later, on November 4, 1918 – Walt returned to Camp Scott, reassigned to new unit and sent by train for training at Camp King, located in Sound Beach, Connecticut. -Walt trained with Ray Kroc (15 year-old ambulance corpsman, lied about age also) -November 11, 1918 –Armistice signed at Compiegne, France (War ended) -November 18, 1918 –Walt shipped out for Le Havre, France aboard SS Vaubin (converted cattle ship) to be ambulance driver -November 30, 1918 –Walt landed in Le Havre, France. Took train from coast to Paris, where he chauffeured military officers around Paris. -February 1919- Transferred to Neufchateau (150 miles east of Paris) and ran errands for the canteen that served troop replacements passing through Neufchateau. Later drove relief supplies to war-ravaged areas. -Made extra money by painting discarded German helmets to look like battlefield souvenirs (Sent money home to Flora via American Express with instructions to buy Ruthie a watch and save rest in bank) -Walt started smoking (Eventually became 3 pack-per-day habit by end of life)   1919 -July 1919- Walt reassigned to Paris -August 7, 1919- Walt applied for a discharge -September 1919 –Walt’s ambulance unit disbanded -October 9, 1919- Walt arrived in New York Harbor on SS Canada -October 10, 1919- Walt discharged from Red Cross -October 11, 1919- Walt arrived in Chicago -Beatrice wrote Walt letters while he was in France, but she was engaged when Walt returned to Chicago (got married in April 1920), and Walt declared himself “through with women.” -Walt had saved $600 from his earnings in France ($300 from a craps game in Neufchateau) -Walt declined Elias’s job offer at O’Zell and set his sights on becoming a newspaper cartoonist.   The intro and outro of this podcast are public domain songs obtained from freemusicarchive.org. Intro- The Royal Vagabond by Jockers Dance Orchestra Outro- Hello Central, Give Me Heaven by Byron Harlan   Thanks for listening! Subscribe to get all the latest episodes, and share this episode with someone you think would enjoy it!

Pat Williams is a co-founder and the Senior Vice President of the NBA’s Orlando Magic. He is the father of 19 children, including 14 of whom are adopted. He has climbed Mt. Rainer and run more than 50 marathons. In 1996 he was named as one of the most influential people in NBA history. He played professional baseball before becoming an executive. In 1983, he won the NBA World Championship as the General Manager of the Philadelphia 76ers. Williams has authored more than 100 books, with his most recent book being “The Intersection of Success”.  Website:  PatWilliams.com Twitter: @OrlandoMagicPat Facebook: OrlandoMagicPatWilliams All of Pat's books are great but these are my personal suggestions: The Success Intersection: What Happens When Your Talent Meets Your Passion Leadership Excellence: The Seven Sides of Leadership for the 21st Century How To Be Like Walt: Capturing the Disney Magic Every Day of Your Life  Who Wants To Be A Champion?: 10 Building Blocks To Help You Become Everything You Can Be! The Paradox of Power: A Transforming View of Leadership You can get a FREE Pat Williams audiobook download and 30-day free trial (new subscribers) from our friends at Audible by going to www.audibletrial.com/SuccessIsAChoice. 

Walt Disney always used to say, “Dream, dare, believe and do.” But so many men get stuck at the “dream” phase. My guest today is John Formica, who used to work for Walt Disney World Resorts, and now many people know him as “the ex-Disney guy.” He's an international speaker, business consultant, and author of “Making the Customer Experience Magical Now!” Down under, they named him Australia's best experience coach. For John to take Walt Disney's advice and “Dream, dare, believe and do,” it took a brush with death. It came on the side of Mt. Rainier when a companion slipped on ice and nearly pulled his entire climbing group over a cliff. Dream big, go big: Our clients are sick of dreaming. They want to take their lives to the next level of freedom and fulfillment. Click here to apply for your free 30-minute Freedom Breakthrough Session. After surviving that experience, he decided it was time to do something more with his life. On the red-eye flight home, he filled a beverage napkin with plans for his new career, and on seven sheets of paper he figured out how to tell his wife. Guess which was harder. His point now is that it shouldn't take almost dying on the side of a mountain for men to wake up from their dreams to dare, believe and do what they know they should do. If you have dreams, but are afraid of daring to follow through with them, listen to this episode. If you want to hear the story of John's harrowing experience on Mt. Rainier, this episode's for you. And if you just have trouble taking action when everything else is aligned, click play on the player above to get started. Listen to this episode to hear John Formica discuss with me going beyond dreams into an amazing new reality and more: The professional influence of Walt Disney on one dreamer. How to make things happen when you're hitting a wall. Why you should surround yourself with positivity. What it feels like to literally hold someone's life in your hands for 22 minutes. Why someone told John 860,000 people would have to die for him to get a job. How a guide was ready to let John die to save two more lives. The moment when everything started working for John (Hint: It involved hiring a coach!) How one statement undid two years of John's hard work. Why committing to your dreams doesn't necessarily mean quitting your job. Getting out of the babysitting business as a leader. Making more time for magic in your life. Books and resources mentioned in this episode: Some of the following links are affiliate links. If you click through and purchase Rusty Lion Academy may get a small commission. “How to Be Like Walt: Capturing the Disney Magic Every Day of Your Life,” by Pat Williams “How to Win Friends & Influence People,” by Dale Carnegie “Making the Customer Experience Magical Now!” by John Formica How to contact John Formica: Go to johnformica.com. Find the magic in life: The men we coach are successful, but feel like they're missing the magic of a freedom-filled life. Unchain yourself from the things holding you back by applying today for your free 30-minute Freedom Breakthrough Session.