Category: Dear Son

iPhone Fire

Eons of time. Fire has never changed. Yet everything changed when we first tamed its use.

Was fire the first iPhone?

dad

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No talking please

culture quote by Disney Keynote Speaker Jeff Noel
Battle cry. Business partner. Truth. Call it what works for you.

Don’t talk about a positive attitude, simply be consistently positive.

dad

Today’s quotes need context. Picture a person (i pictured my younger, pre-40-year old self) who constantly thinks about and secretly wishes for personal transformation.

Picture this same person lacking deep motivation to change. Why? Because change is work, discomfort, proficiency digression.

Nobody willingly signs up for that.

Plus…

It’s acceptable to make a general human-trait stereotype: We hate change, we are creatures of habit, and finally, we are excellent procrastinators.

Fair?

Yes, fair.

Now envision a reverse stereotype: We love change, we are creatures of habit, we are excellent initiators.

Notice the middle trait doesn’t change.

We will always be creatures of habit.

Become the positive stereotype simply by habitually (daily) becoming the positive stereotype.

Here’s life’s ultimatum…

Nothing changes if nothing changes.

Have fun today.

.think .differently

Lean into discomfort.

Taste it.

Taste being comfortable being uncomfortable.

Every day.

All day.

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Mindful observations

Team Disney sign
Your backstage attitude should mirror your onstage attitude.

Be mindful of how your attitude improves or sours as you climb the ladder to success.

dad

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Trademark question so what?

Disney Institute Keynote Speaker and his trademark question
Audiences are always distracted, then weirdly confused. Why? Disney Institute (DI) business insights where supremely entertaining. DI participant’s “fog” frustrated me to find a solution to get them laser-focused on their personal application.

Inspire yourself with your consistently excellent thoughts.

dad

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Organizational anatomy

Disney Institute Speaker Jeff Noel and Mickey Mouse
Last Disney Institute graduation, October 2014, with Mickey Mouse before retiring.

Organizations have an anatomy. Organizational culture is the circulatory system.

dad

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