The main reason i stopped climbing the Disney ladder

Lee Cockerell Disney window
Lee was near the very top.

 

Walt Disney window at Magic Kingdom
The highest rung on the ladder.

 

Top Disney Service Speakers
One window on the ground floor is for every Cast Member who ever was, is now, or will be. Coincidently, i’m on a plane right now heading to Glacier National Park.

 

The main reason i stopped climbing the ladder at Disney Institute was the observation that the rungs above my role didn’t produce joyful, healthy people.

Crazy, huh?

Keep the extra money and “better” title.

Joy can’t be bought.

But it sure is fun to have it every day.

Especially when it comes with the territory.

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All or nothing

Personal triumph
Not quite to the two mile mark, he’s (left) trailing a teammate (upper right) by roughly 200 meters.

 

The all-or-nothing scenario faces most of us every day. And often, all day.

It can be challenging (ok, more like impossible) to deliver at a high level all the time.

At Disney, however, we believe this culture of excellence can (and must) be architected with intentional structure and processes – to facilitate exactly that – high performance, all day, every day.

Was inspired by a 10th grader smashing his season (and lifetime) best 5k personal record by 3-minutes and 20-seconds.

Unless you’re the boy or his parents (and maybe his coaches) the obvious question is, “So what?”

So what does this mean to any of us and our continuous challenge to raise, at every level in our organization, every employee’s willingness to accept and deliver at an exceptional level all day, every day?

 

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

 

Hey jeff, don’t forget your clock is tickin’

Going to the sun road
Going-To-The-Sun Road

 

Going to the sun road
Perhaps it is.

 

Going to the sun road
Wow.

 

Mindlessly going from one day to the next, thinking that sometime in the future we’ll become serious about getting our priorities straight, once and for all.

How’s that working out so far?

Live like you mean it means something to you or it doesn’t.

Which is it?

Truth is, we all flow in and out of sunny (smooth) days and cloudy (turbulent) days.

Life’s “weather” should never dictate our joy, gratitude, resolve, or attitude.

 

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

 

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.

 

If your goal isn’t impossible

perseverance
You are a runner and writer but not in that order. Cross Country race Saturday, read your book (what you’ve written so far) yesterday.

 

If your goal isn’t impossible, you’re not reaching high enough.

Reading the first 30% of your book yesterday blew me away.

 

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

 

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.

 

Grooming you to be your own boss

Dreams and action
From LinkedIn yesterday.

Dear Son, as you begin today’s first day of 10th grade remember the big picture – i’m grooming you to be your own boss.

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

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.