Speaking of failing to succeed

oak firewood — Yesterday morning the next house over from ours. Motivation is like a fire. You must continuously add fuel or it will go out.

Speaking of failing to succeed…

We need to call out the elephant in the room:

i’m direct and very focused.

This can be good.

It can also be bad.

Depends on the audience (and on the audience’s motivation).

Here’s my challenge, i’m also warm and fuzzy.

We (father and son) need to brainstorm ways to minimize the gap between direct and focused, and, warm and fuzzy.

If i (we) can figure this out, the coaching opportunities soar in their effectiveness.

Why?

Any resistance to my messaging inhibits optimal learning.

Becoming defensive sends all creative thought in the wrong direction.

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The road to excellence has no finish line

Disney Creativity Speakers — Glacier National Park a few days ago at dusk. Lake McDonald Lodge employee beach, just down from our cabin. The employees don’t need much, but they do need something (special).

If the evidence shows that there’s a better way to do this, are you open to changing? – Seth Godin

Taking risks is risky. So is playing it safe.

At Disney, we are never satisfied.

And we are ok with that.

We wouldn’t be who we are without it.

It’s how we solve for impossible.

We like having that reputation.

Hard work, as a collective organization, is its own reward.

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i spy wif me little eye

i spy wif me little eye.

First thing i see when in the classroom is Mike Wazowski.

Then Joy.

The room got punked.

And i loved it.

So excited, it was unreal.

As the minutes ticked by, more and more surprises were discovered.

All i could wonder about was, “What possessed someone to go to all the effort? What was their goal?”

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Take your time but don’t wait

Disney Keynote Speakers — You give yourself an A+ for creating your own learning environment, right?

Take your time but don’t wait.

Your clock is ticking.

Ignoring it doesn’t change things.

Addressing it doesn’t guarantee things.

No one said life was easy.

And no one said you can’t make up your own game plan to live like you mean it.

Make sure your creative ideas have no choice but to flourish.

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Never missed a day and today will not be the first

Never missed a day and today will not be the first.

It’s 10:30pm as i begin today’s five posts.

Left the house at 8:30am this morning to ride 14 miles to Universal Studios for an AV check.

Left Universal at 8:00pm and rode home, the last 40 minutes in the dark.

It was serendipitous that Magic Kingdom fireworks were concluding as i biked onto our driveway.

It’s tempting to simply go straight to bed.

But there is a streak on the line and it feels like it’s worth defending.

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