Life Transition (Dec 2014) – Page 6 – Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker

What triggers an epiphany?

(photo: In Orlando, Mountains look different than ‘real’ mountains)

A blog comment recently acted as a catalyst for a brand new thought…

What allows people to not quit on a daily basis? For nearly all of us, quitting seems like a decent choice at least once a day. Could the antidote be having a clear, concise, and compelling vision of the future?

And here’s the epiphany:

Without the vision of what our future looks like, every mountain we climb offers us a view in which we then say, “Nah, that’s not it”.

We need to be clear about what we’re journeying to otherwise the mountain climbing gets old.

This happens in business all the time.

PS. This is from personal experience only.

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Rome was not built overnight

(photo: looks like a Roman warrior, or maybe the person in your mirror)

Rome was not built overnight.

Neither were our dreams.

And how important is attitude for the Romans and for us?

What about persistence to never quit?

And daily temptation to quit?

Never get bored with the basics.

Seriously, this is like for every single day we are alive.

Like today.

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Yes of course she’s weird

(photo: We Are All Weird is a favorite book)

Yes of course she’s weird:

Only one on team to test drive everything we offer our customers
Only one driving an antique car every day
Only one who who weighs the same she did in high school
Only one who starts every single day on her knees
And, she is preparing to die so that her remaining days alive are regret free

She is very intentional where others are not.

Bit of a freak to be honest.

And so at peace.

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Two rights don’t make a wrong

(photo: So many people making so many choices… nothing wrong with a few shortcuts, right?)

Two wrongs don’t make a right, but it sure is tempting to feel sorry for ourselves isn’t it?

When someone mistreats us isn’t that automatic permission to lash back? But then we’d be a hypocrite. Or maybe, just human.

We push the envelope at work.

We empathize with mediocrity – the ones just going through the motions, maybe even a chip on their shoulder – knowing they have a hard life.

The harsh reality for the world, especially the pessimistic, is that everyone has a hard life.

Just because we don’t verbalize our excuses, doesn’t mean our list isn’t a mile long.

Yet we remain silent, not wanting to directly say, ‘Your excuses are invalid.’

We suck it up. We continue to honor our customers and peers like there’s no tomorrow.

On a related note, we wonder if our bosses honored their direct reports and peers the same way, what might happen?

Transformation?

Decent analogy is that parenting’s toughest job is knowing what’s really going on.

Same with leadership.

Most parents – and leaders – are clueless.

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A-List Orando based motivational speakers have more choices

(photo: Whoever wrote this could have used the same color chalk for every word…but they didn’t… this is how simple art can be manifested)

Why would an Orlando based motivational speaker write five daily blogs instead of a single, focused daily blog?

The secret of getting on the shortlist is doing your best work fearlessly for a long time before you get on the list, and (especially) doing it even if you’re not on the list. – Seth Godin

Because being a life balance expert requires specializing in five areas, not one.

It’s five times as much work.

Kinda like trying to attain balance.

Life is hard work no matter if we have balance or not. Balance has a ripple effect that makes everything less challenging.

This is why the work is worth it.

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