Category: Disney Leadership Book

Better to be an inspired mistake?

Walt Disney World welcome entrance
No place like home. At a red light reflecting on how often i drive past here each week.

 

Better to be an inspired mistake or better to be perfect?

Taking risks is risky. So is playing it safe.

On a drive home from Orlando Airport, i stopped at a red light at one of our hometown’s biggest intersections.

In a random moment, a relatively deep thought, triggered by the Walt Disney World sign and Hurricane Matthew, revealed an insight.

Insight: Underneath the surface in a post like this is the hidden intentionality that allows a person to follow their dreams – by subconsciously reminding them to plant those ideas in fertile soil.

The reason i frequently drive by this sign is that in 1984, my wife and i packed up everything we owned and relocated from Washington State to take a calculated risk that we could carve out a life at Walt Disney World.

Excuses were abundant then. They remain plentiful now.

Excuses were not allowed then. They are also not allowed now.

Ever.

 

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Such a fun and exciting journey

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This is such a fun and exciting journey. Photo: Notes from the CEO’s request.

 

Such a fun and exciting journey.

An executive request for two strategic options for moving her company forward in 2017, but with the mindset of approaching it as if it were my company.

There’s a third option not on the note, executive coaching.

 

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Plan B thanks to Matthew

Southwest boarding pass
Hurricane Matthew created the need or a plan B.

 

The scariest hurricane season (in the 32 years i’ve lived here) i can remember was 12 years ago (2004) when the eyes of Charlie, Jean and Francis came to Walt Disney World in a six-week window.

Imagine experiencing three powerful hurricanes going over your home in six weeks.

Now, Hurricane Matthew keeps creeping West, toward Florida’s Eastern coast.

My client mitigated the worry of my original connecting flight through Baltimore being canceled and thus leaving my Family to weather the storm without me.

My client didn’t even flinch at rebooking (and paying the change fee) me on a non-stop to Tampa and suggesting i rent a car.

Emotion trumps everything when it comes to loyalty.

 

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Let your walking be the evidence

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i like having a name tag to wear, post-Disney, even though all my official Disney name tags have been retired.

 

If you were accused of charged with being passionate, would there be enough evidence to convict you?

The risk experiment to use the iPhone 7 Plus as my presentation laptop succeeded with flying colors, as did the experiment to use the iPhone 7 as the remote control slide advancer.

 

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This website is about our mental attitude. To easily leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s physical health website, click here.

 

On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

 

5 years worth vs 3 encounters

Hyatt Regency Louisville
Little did i know when i took this that two hours later i would receive a catalytic comment in the exact location (2nd floor, far left wall art).

 

5 years worth vs 3 encounters.

Imagine…

You’ve had an executive coach for five years.

In only three face-to-face encounters with a new person, you’ve been pushed more than in the past five years.

Would you switch coaches even if it cost you more?

 

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This website is about our mental attitude. To easily leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s physical health website, click here.

 

On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.