Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five interconnected sites.
(photo: Randomly selected from a colleague’s desk on last day at Disney.)
Our excuses reasons to justify just going through the motions are even more attractive when the pressure is on.
Take the December holidays. Crazy. Stressful.
Are we completely unaware? Is it predictable? Does our positive attitude make seasonal exceptions to not be so positive?
It’s the paradox of the most joyful Holiday for many Americans.
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(photo: Christmas card arrived yesterday from a client, friend, and fellow Disney fanatic. Losing our childhood enthusiasm is tragic.)
Do we fill our brains, and thus our attitude, with positive, uplifting, inspirational, good and decent books, film, TV, web, friends, Family, community, work?
Not agreeing with certain behaviors, content, and habits, and steering as clear as possible from these doesn’t mean we think the other person is wrong.
A vegetarian doesn’t have to compromise when steak is served.
Same with attitude.
Happy April Fool’s Day eve as this post goes live. (written just four days before Christmas)
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(photo: Store front window display at upscale mall.)
Hanukkah began yesterday. Six days until Milad un Nabi. One week until Christmas. Eight days until Kwanza.
Fun is in the mental freedom.
To work for years – a lifetime really – to create an unquenchable and habitually positive attitude is to enjoy the fun in the freedom and immunity from negative thoughts, people, messages.
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(photo: It’s always a treat to talk directly with the CEO.)
It’s embarrassing how simple these posts are.
And it’s humbling to comprehend how astonishingly correct they are too.
The way we think changes everything.
Because the way we think drives what we see.
What we see changes everything.
Negotiating with CEO’s and Meeting Planners to describe what type of Keynote Speaker they should hire at some point leads to a bottomline revelation…
Client: But how is this going to drive our financial growth and shareholder value?
MLC: You and your team worry about getting your brand on the cover of the Wheaties box (financial). MLC will worry about you winning the Olympic Gold medal (reputation).
At the end of the day, your customers don’t care if you are a money making machine. They only care that you love them. All day. Everyday.
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(photo: Office Depot and the dozens of business finance software choices.)
So many choices. Guess who gets to pick the best one to use everyday?
The beautiful thing about attitude is that we don’t need a committee.
There’s only one person in charge of it.
Great CEO’s read, study, teach, try, fail, try again, and keep trying until they succeed.
Especially the startup entrepreneurs. You know, the ones who quit their job and go for their dream.
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