Tag: Vision

66 – 80

Thought Cheryl and i would spend 40 years each at Walt Disney World. Can you imagine one couple serving and leading (and having fun) for 80 years combined?

Turns out our 66 combined years of Disney Service is perfect. Cheryl with 36 years and me retiring 10 years early with 30 years of service.

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My decade-early departure (retirement in 2014) was a six-year plan spurred on by two things:

First, a catalytic Disney layoff in 2008-09…the Real Estate and Banking collapse (the Great Recession, akin to the Great Depression).

Second, the realization that i should have a Plan B in case this ever happened again.

Historical note: It did happen again in 2020 when Covid-19 decimated Disney operations world-wide. Roughly 30,000 Cast Members in Florida and California were laid off and eventually terminated. Disney Institute went from approximately 170 Cast Members to about 20.

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What is your desired mental accomplishment level?

Jeff Noel Keynote Speaker
Five industry-neutral organizational pillars.
Post it note about Disney creaytivity
Improvement mindset is the DNA that runs through every great organization.

What is your desired mental accomplishment level?

Pick the level number you desire for your mental vibrancy, using a 5k runner analogy:

  1. Olympic Gold
  2. Olympic podium
  3. Olympic finals
  4. Olympic Team USA, qualify
  5. Olympic Trials, qualify
  6. Nationals Gold
  7. Nationals podium
  8. Nationals finals
  9. Nationals, qualify
  10. College Varsity Team

Can make this list more nuanced, and definitely add more layers. But want to stop at 10 general layers.

Note the obvious difference in common sense effort, dedication, and motivation required to jump from one level up to the next.

And the jump from level 10 to level one is exponential.

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Vision is the 1st of 19 blueprints

September in Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park (GNP). St Mary Valley, heading West.

You can’t staff vision.

John Maxwell

The foundation for all great leadership is a clear, concise, and compelling vision.

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My Disney Organizational Vibrancy blueprints have five categories and 19 blueprints.

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Two most powerful questions?

Logan Pass sign
Glacier National Park (GNP). Logan Pass. July 30, 2017.

You see things; and say, “Why?” But I dream things that never were; and I say “Why not?”

George Bernard Shaw

The third most powerful question in the world…’So what?” This challenges others to put up or shut up. All in, or not all in – those are the only two commitments.

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Don’t set your dreams aside

Frozen characters
Walt Disney World’s Theme Park operations last day, due to Covid-19.

If Disney Ran Your Life rekindles personal dreams.

The dream of eliminating all negativity.

The dream of being physically vibrant.

The dream of feeling peaceful and contented.

The dream of making a remarkable work contribution.

The dream of living a simple, organized home life.

Thank you for not setting your dreams aside.

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