Impossible – Page 5 – Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker

Good morning mind blowing thought

The Lakeland Center — Five in the foreground, two in the center. Five blogs a day for the two most important people in my life.

That feeling when you wake up and realize you are one month away from something that blows your mind.

And you realize that what you began seven years prior has lasted.

And it lasted because, well, you have no idea why.

Except maybe because you had had enough negative self-talk and decided to burn the ships.

PS. No one is immune from negative self-talk, not even the most positive people you know.

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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.

40 days and 40 nights equals seven years

Prevailing customer service wisdom — Photo: Disney Institute’s LinkedIn update yesterday.

Does 40 days and 40 nights equal seven years?

It does.

In exactly 40 days, we arrival at April Fools Day.

And on that day seven years ago, i began what literally seemed impossible.

For 100 consecutive days, write five daily, differently-themed blog posts about life’s five big choices: mind, body, spirit, money, and hq.

We:

No one i know writes five daily, differently-themed blogs. Does this make me a great leader?

No.

Does it mean i initiated a serious change?

Yes.

Does writing five a day for seven years make me a leader?

No.

Does it mean i initiated serious change?

Yes.

Insight: Be careful in judging your efforts and your initiative based on someone else’s standards. Follow the trail or make a trail.

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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.

It’s a slow, arduous, self-conscious journey

Disney's attention to detail — Disney’s Animal Kingdom…the highway number represents the month and year the Park opened. Guests, and even most Cast Members, have no idea.

i spend a lot of time wondering what’s possible.

So i ask myself, “If you could train yourself to become 100% comfortable pushing yourself all day, every day, what would change?”

Wow.

The flood of possibilities.

Simultaneously, i think about my obligation (intentional word choice…obligation is a strong word) to push others.

Again, the (staggering) possibilities blow my mind.

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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.

When you accomplish something you never meant to do

Disney Conference Keynote Speaker — Yesterday i used “Burn the ships” as the driving force behind leaving Disney after 30 years.

When you accomplish something you never meant to do you have the potential to reflect on it in a profound way, but only if you aren’t too busy to miss the opportunity.

Self-reflection may be the most important tool for living a life focused on living in the moment.

Living in the moment is a dream for most of us.

To be present.

Constantly.

When you get to know yourself better, you can appreciate your strengths, which you might otherwise be oblivious to. Realizing the right strength (that had been invisible to you) can set you free to live in a way that astonishes you in it’s goodness.

When you get to know yourself better, you can appreciate that your self-imposed limitations do not serve you, or others, very well. This is a blinding flash of the obvious. This also allows you to shed what is holding you back.

Ultimately, you accomplish something you never meant to do.

Note: Use of personal photos on three of todays’ five posts is for SEO (search engine optimization) experiment.

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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.

What attitude is required to not abandon what seems impossible?

Walt Disney World quote on a sign — Interesting perspective and contradictory to Steve Jobs’ approach.

How do you send the right message to your customers? And for that matter, anyone.

People are so diverse. What they like and don’t like. The reasons are many.

Where is the common ground?

And what attitude is required to not abandon what seems impossible?

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