Blog – Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker

29,000 blog posts

Numbers on a post it note — 29k written. 28k published, as of March 8, 2024.

15-second video: Yesterday. Friday. Quittin’ time for most people. Still thinking, past quittin’ time. Thinking is my highest priority work task. The “Severance question” has to do with an analogy from a recent client conversation.

The pinnacle work effort is when your effort never feels like work.
dad

The top photo is an illustration of what can happen when you love doing something that doesn’t feel like work.

i wrote five daily, differently-themed blog posts for five years while i worked and traveled the globe full-time at Disney Institute.

Every time i thought about starting a morning by skipping writing due to a demanding schedule, one thought always convinced me to not skip a day.

The thought?

This is what i’d be doing if i wasn’t doing this…

Can’t imagine there ever being a morning where i don’t feel like reflecting on what i learned yesterday, what i get to do today, and what i hope for tomorrow.

i knew when i was at the pinnacle of my Disney and Disney Institute career…i’d need/want to start every morning expressing my gratitude for another day by thinking and writing about it.

Will i do it until the morning i don’t wake up for?

Seems like a safe bet.

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Keep being a bright light

Disney toy figurines — Disney. Service recovery.

5-second video: Sent to a Disney Institute colleague. He’s been at Universal for 20 years. He’s world-class all the way.

World-class is not for everyone. Try not to annoy or piss off people.
dad

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Surprises can be delightful

Kane Brown album cover — Heaven. Randomly played during a, “*Siri, shuffle my music*” request.

When your get-to-do is what you’re great at, Magic happens.
dad

.thinking .differently is in my DNA.

Have come to accept it.

It is what it is.

Can trace it back to my earliest memories.

Being contrary is not a desirable attribute.

Being aggressively unfancy is not a desirable attribute.

Promoting and celebrating the opposite of dogma and tradition, another item for the list of “undesirable human attributes”.

This is my sweet spot.

Do what you love.

#truedat

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What what?

Disney theme park app screenshot — Learned yesterday that a theme park reservation is no longer needed everyday. Some days you can just show up.

What makes you come alive?
dad

Learning and teaching. Then serving others.

And in the serving, more learning.

Then, naturally, more teaching.

An endless, glorious, loop.

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They literally hate me

Tree with pink flowers — Home sweet home. That’s what our attitude is, home sweet home.

Talking to me is a burden for excuse makers.
dad

What’s a vibrant person supposed to do?

Lower their standards?

Lower their goals?

Start making excuses too?

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