September 2022 – Page 6 – Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker

Spring Grove mindset

Dear Son,

Spring Grove, Pennsylvania revolves around a massive, 160-year old Paper Mill.

Your Great Grandfather worked there. Your Grandfather worked and retired there. Your dad worked there for two summers during college.

Spring Grove is a small town, never needing a traffic light. Eventually, however, it got its first traffic light on the East end, a flashing yellow caution light, in the 1990s or maybe the 2000s.

road sign — The yellow caution light alerts drivers to the new roundabout that replaced a three-way fork in the road. There is 24/7 Tractor Trailer traffic bringing in lumber and hauling out paper. As the rural area attracted city folk, it became increasing difficult and dangerous for school busses, trucks, and rural residents to coexist without a more fluid traffic flow at this pinch point.

The mindset growing up there was laid back, hospitable, and as stereotypical small-town as you can get. Nothing fancy. Practical. Slow.

Laughman’s Market (and gas pump) was the size of a 7-11. Across from the High School, it parked maybe 15 cars tops. Eventually we got a grocery store, Kenny’s. An Arby’s followed years after Kenny’s.

While our High School was one of the smallest, our geographical region was one of the biggest. Why? Beyond the small town and Paper Mill was nothing but Farms and Farmland. Definitely not a growth-mindset community.

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Culture change velocity

Disney memorabilia — This photo contains a large Disney Contemporary Resort Room art piece. Worked at Contemporary Front Desk when the Resort had it’s first major renovation. Every Guest room had the same piece of art. Over 1,000 of them sold for $5.00 each at what was then called Property Control. i bought two.

Culture-change velocity.

How fast can you change culture?

As fast as you can turn a decades old inactive body into a decades old vibrant body.

All of your progress depends on one single make-it-or-break-it criteria…

Motivation.

Essentially, how bad do you want it?

That’s it.

Good luck.

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Got culture?

disney university — Home sweet home. Culture is the epicenter for brand loyalty.

Everyone has a culture.

By design or by default, culture doesn’t care.

But you should.

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Global Entry

Kuwait Towers restaurant table view — Guess how Stitch and Jeff Noel’s bead jar got to Kuwait. Now, guess why.

Time to renew.

Does this mean travel is on the horizon?

No.

Trusted Traveler Programs allow Americans expedited access back into our Country.

The time to get something you may need is when you don’t need it.

Perfect example of growth mindset: be proactive

Perfect example of closed mindset: be reactive.

.hpm

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Still crazy?

Teddy Bear on TEDx stage — How many Teddy Bears have you seen on TED?

Still crazy?

Yes, still crazy after all these years.

While it’s a classic song, today’s energy has nothing to do with the lyrics and everything to do with the title.

It’s a crazy proposition to be positive about everything.

In jeff-land, it’s not crazy, it’s essential for mental vibrancy.

What’s crazy in jeff-land is not being positive all the time.

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