Month: June 2020

Cut yourself some?

Slack logo
slack is on a mission to replace email at work. This is my summary, not slack’s. The logic is sound. The scale will require time.

Cut yourself some slack?

Maybe.

Maybe not.

Being prepared is your responsibility.

Every wakeup call, no matter the degree, is your opportunity to pay attention and put structure and process in place to be more prepared the next time something completely unexpected happens.

Obviously, we can’t plan for everything.

Or can we?

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Creating personal vibrancy secret

At Disney, we look for right-fit talent. Right-fit for our culture. We hire for attitude, not aptitude. You need to be a right fit for personal vibrancy – your attitude matches your desire and determination.

The ability to learn, unlearn, relearn, and apply determined, focused, and disciplined effort – these people have mastered their superpower – the ability to adapt, change, and improve.

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Legal exceptions

Disney Institute speakers
Celebration Place, yesterday, April 2, 2020. It was a 26-mile roundtrip from home bicycle ride.
Celebration Place 220 Building
Celebration Place 220 Building, former home to Disney Institute, and my former office too.
Celebration Place 220 Building
Just catching the light in a different way. With Covid-19, the pace of life is slower and it was fun to notice this.

Legal exceptions for Covid-19, in light of the present Statewide mandatory stay at home self-quarantine orders:

  • Grocery store visits.
  • Other essential services.
  • Exercise.

Leaning heavily on daily exercise.

Attitude and physical health are inextricably linked.

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Personally exploit Disney business wisdom

Personally exploit Disney business wisdom in your private life.

What?

Take dates, milestones, anniversaries, launches, holidays, and so on.

That’s what i did yesterday, April Fools Day.

There’s a story around me being a fool to think i could write five daily, differently-themed blog posts for 100 consecutive days. My previous goal for 5-a-day writing was two consecutive days.

Yet accomplishing that goal would provide much needed writing practice to write my first book.

And part of the narrative is how two previous, “No, this time i really mean it” writing attempts failed miserably.

And then there’s retiring from Disney on Halloween so i could say, “After 30 years at Disney, it was really scary to leave.”

Also intentionally chose December 31 (the biggest drinking day in the world) over January 1st to quit drinking. By the way, that was also my third, “No this time i’m really going to quit.”

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All mental systems go for year 12

jeff noel and Jody Maberry
Recording across the street from McArthur Court and Hayward Field in the cemetery at the University of Oregon Campus.

April 1, 2009.

Our son was 8 when i wrote that April Fool’s post (in the red hyperlink above) about scoring zero in golf.

All mental systems go for writing-year 12.

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