Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five interconnected sites.
Attitude is not just about being positive. It’s also about determination. And patience.
Even the self-discipline of humility.
It also encompasses belief.
Our ability to commit to a belief system. Deeply. Unswayed, even at the threat of death.
Yeah, it’s that powerful.
Disney banks it’s entire future on it’s culture.
If Disney ran your life, they’d insist you do the same.
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A Disney flashback. How fast should we drive during midlife?
Had a Disney leader (Guy Smith) in 2000 request that at every one-on-one meeting he wanted his direct reports to share one example of how they ‘drove 65’ the previous week.
In this metaphor, we assume the speed limit is 55 mph, and his theory was we could exceed the posted speed limit if we weren’t reckless, and avoid getting pulled over.
In the spirit of continuous improvement (the DNA of Walt Disney) he wanted at least one example of how we pushed the envelope with a colleague, the audience (as a professional speaker), or our (Disney Institute) business practices.
That was 16 years ago and i still use it as a daily (weekly seems way too infrequent) personal challenge.
You are the CEO of You, Inc.
Your growth, development, and attitude is your responsibility.
Wow, the things that are so easy to take for granted.
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Some people think my retirement from Disney means it’s time to sit back and just enjoy life. This is not true.
Retired means only one thing right now. It means i’m only working one job, not two.
As painful as it was to leave Disney after 30 incredible years, the desire to do this has become more important:
Speeches and consulting for organizations that want to change the world.
Photo above is from yesterday’s lunch at Mid Life Celebration’s HQ – listening to Jimmy Buffett, enjoying the birds chirping and the breezes blowing.
Then it was back to work.
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DisneyRetiree.com
Relax and enjoy the Magic?
Yes, and…
Life is good as a Disney retiree.
Many think i’m astonishingly lucky and have no idea…
Still working as hard as ever, but only at one full-time job – Mid Life Celebration.
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Our ability to control our attitude is greater than anyone will ever be able to convince us.
It’s way greater than we have allowed ourselves to believe.
But here’s a little secret.
There is no secret sauce.
There is a sauce, but it ain’t a secret.
Worked at Disney for 30 years. Spent a lifetime learning from the best inside the Disney organization. Spent 15 years at Disney Institute teaching Disney’s business insights to global companies.
Disney’s secret sauce is simple and not a secret. It’s the relentless discipline to always focus on overmanaging things others undermanage or ignore.
Organizational vibrancy is the result of being intentional where others are unintentional.
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