Decade solstice?

Sunrise at 7:11 AM today. Photo: approximately 7:00 AM today.

Here’s an intriguing excerpt from a daily business email recapping the hottest news…

Insigniam, a consulting firm, founder Shideh Bina wrote this “response”:

More than any decade I can recall (in the six I have lived through), the next decade will be defined by how well we, as leaders, and as citizens, respond to challenges and threats to our foundational beliefs, structures and institutions. Will we respond with wisdom, courage, accountability and creativity to our climate, our political storms, our vast inequities, our soon-to-be obsolete skills base and our deeply engrained biases about each other and about how things “ought to be”? If we respond well we can turn these threats into glorious, transformative opportunities. If not, we will preside over tragedy. The transformation required to prevail also requires a transformation of ourselves as leaders and how we think and act. The decade has not been written, the pen is our hands.

Shideh Bina

Personal vibrancy and personal transformation begins when we convince ourselves that balance is not a myth.

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Wellness whiplash

As a general rule, everything takes longer than expected. If Disney Ran Your Life podcast is no exception.

Wellness whiplash is when we regularly apply decent focus and discipline, but cave during the holidays, or anytime, when our stress is peaking.

A key insight is knowing there will always be stressful life situations. Some are predictable and others surprise us.

Personal vibrancy, in layperson’s terms, balance, is the key to defending everything you’ve worked for and everything you hope to maintain and grow.

Loving how If Disney Ran Your Life podcast is evolving and becoming a wise and self-directed resource for people on a journey to control the controllable and let go of the uncontrollable – and of course, the wisdom to tell them apart.

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Balance is not a myth

Recording If Disney Ran Your Life yesterday at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort and Spa.

Balance is not a myth.

Living like it is a myth – think about how low we set our bar for accomplishing personal vibrancy.

Scary.

But since “everyone’s doing it”, it can’t be that bad, right?

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Never dreamed i’d become an avid morning person

Sable palmetto Palms
Florida State Tree, in the wild.

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it. — Richard Whately

My day is made between 5 – 7am.

The thought of sleeping past 5am makes me anxious.

Maybe i have issues or blindspots.

All of life is give and take.

In 1999 i became a Disney Institute (DI) Keynote Speaker and Facilitator.

DI multi-day programs began with breakfast at 7am. Facilitators arrived by 6am to set up and have the classroom doors open by 6:45am.

This is how i became a morning person.

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Words that matter in organizational vibrancy

Disney cultural architect jeff noel
Everything speaks means all we do and don’t do tells the story about what we value.

 

Words that matter in organizational vibrancy:

Culture.

Intentionality.

By design.

Architected.

Blueprints.

Give a person a fish, feed her for a day. Teach her to fish and the rest is history.

i’m not here to hold your hand and tell you what to do. i’m here to show you your true north, how you get there, and convince you to go.

While trying to convince you reminding you this is your obligation as a great leader, it’s up to you to get there and if you decide not to go, well, i’m reminding you you have to live with not going.

 

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