Paradox – Page 15 – Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker

The amazing paradox of effort in tackling our biggest demon

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First of all, Happy Saturday. New Year’s Eve is two days away, the world’s biggest party night. It transcends nationality, religious, age, and ethnic differences.

This leads us to thinking seriously, or ignoring completely, New Year’s resolutions. The amazing paradox of effort in tackling our biggest demons is that effort and reward are almost always directly proportional.

Work life balance involves our holistic commitment to five simple themes and it’s surprising how few of us have the guts and determination to focus on this correlation by clicking through to the Next Blog (our “physical health” blog)

Two huge reasons why should we do everything differently

Two innocent photos taken while up on the roof the other day…

Doing things differently usually doesn’t require much…but the difference is striking…

Two huge reasons why we should do everything differently:

Nothing new is discovered doing it the normal way
How do you teach a child wisdom, without experiencing both sides?

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Was Elvis the ultimate failure?

Traveling through Memphis yesterday and remembering when Elvis was king of rock and roll, a famous movie star, and quite literally, a world icon.

Near the end of his life something happened. And I wonder if it had anything to do with the price success plays on our perception of reality and our humble place in the world.

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Emerson Got It Wrong I Think, To Be Misunderstood Is To Be Lonely

Trying to help others transform the way they behave around life-work balance is a lonely space. The harvest is great, but the workers few.

Transforming yourself from a warning into an example will be the hardest thing you’ll ever do. Anyone who tells you differently is lying. I wrote this a year ago…

Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The Other Cool Thing

All that stuff I mentioned two days ago at jungle jeff has it’s roots in this idea:

No one can help another without helping themselves.

Many of you are practicing this as evidenced in your blog comments and emails. Together, we can pay it forward, pay it back, plant seeds of hope, offer encouragement, and stay positive in a challenging world.

So while the “numbers” grow, and that’s nice and all, what is really happening is the ripple effect. Thank you for being the engine that makes it possible.