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Betting on lucky

Highline Trail — Hiking Glacier National Park.

Betting on lucky?

Most of us do.

But lucky never happens.

Well, it does happen…and something or someone goes viral.

But Facebook, Amazon, YouTube and Usain Bolt are a microscopic part of humanity and business.

And their luck was the result of a lifetime of focus and discipline.

The rest of us (all of us) need a much better plan than a lucky break.

Bank on a lifetime of focus and discipline.

Focus on the basics (mind, body, spirit, money, hq).

Discipline yourself to never waiver from that strategy.

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It always gets harder before it gets easier

Art of Disney store — Walking back from lunch yesterday, just wanted to see if there was anything new.

It always gets harder before it gets easier.

Embracing this is the best way i’ve found to keep going.

The classic, “This too shall pass.”

Being a business owner for eight years, the stakes are higher as word gets out. By the way, the first six years i was quietly building and intentionally not telling anyone. Not until i retired from Disney did i go public with my business. That was only 19 months ago.

Business books offer advice to help entrepreneurs, but there is something about real life experience books can’t even begin to explain.

Note to self: There are prudent legal issues that will need to be addressed as your business grows.

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

This website is about our mental attitude. To easily and safely leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s physical health website, click here.

Today my attitude must insist

Disney Customer Service Keynote Speakers — “Ft Lauderdale, FL – ADA 2015 – Attendees during Friday’s sessions at the gMed Summit here today, Friday June 19, 2015. Attendees and users learn the latest developments in the gMed suite of tools for gastrointerologists and their practice. Photo by © MedMeetingImages/Todd Buchanan 2015 Contact Info: [email protected]”

My attitude today is this:

Today’s audience will walk away never thinking about customer service in the same way again.

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

This website is about our mental attitude. To easily and safely leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s physical health website, click here.

Dear Son, karma and luck are distant cousins

Sunrise near Walt Disney World — Yesterday, a Sunday morning (November 8, 2015) while working for two hours to keep up.

Dear Son, karma and luck are not the same thing. They may seem similar but there’s a distinct difference.

Karma, good or bad, attracts like-minded karma.

Luck, good or bad, does not attract like-minded luck.

We choose karma. We do not choose luck.

The notion that the harder you work the luckier you get seems romantically true. But luck and hard work have nothing to do with each other.

Hard work allows you to fail faster and more often. Failing strengthens your resolve and it also strengthens your creativity – both are essential in overcoming the things everyone must overcome.

Hard work, over time, builds something that can easily get mislabeled as “luck”.

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This website is about our mental attitude. To leave this site to read today’s post on my physical health website, click here.

Becoming excellent is too much trouble

Vanity license plate — The world moves forward thanks to overachievers.

Blogging is way over rated. So is running. And prayer too, while we’re at it. And anything else that the experts tout is good for us.

You know why?

Because most people’s efforts are half-hearted at best.

Walt Disney’s professional life was a life that was incredibly “all in”.

Please don’t misunderstand, most of us start out all fired up. It’s just this whole notion of dedicating our lives to it. That’s the trouble with becoming excellent, it takes so much freakin’ effort.

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