Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker
One million+ people globally while at Disney Institute.
You, yes you, have more to give than they are willing to accept.
Have you ever felt this way about a person or an employer?
A great friend or boss would never let this happen.
But what if your friend or boss does let it happen?
I mean, for a long time.
Then what?
Do you have special loved ones that have moved on?
People or Pets that were an integral part of your life?
Hopefully, we all do.
When you think of them, is it with sadness or joy, or both?
Our beloved Canine Son, Carter, has been gone four exactly five months.
He was the Happiest Dog in the world.
PS. Scroll down for today’s 2nd post, “Get Over It”.
Isn’t that what we need to tell ourselves?
Just get over it!
But we can’t, or don’t want to. Or we’ve tried and failed repeatedly.
Instead, here’s an alternative to our old ways.
Move on. Don’t let mediocrity, or fear, stop us from following our dreams.
I mean, why would we?
Unless we are so tied to what other people will think of us.
If our dreams revolve around being of service to others, why would anything stop us?
Slow us down now and then maybe, but stop us? Rubbish.
But here’s the catch, no one will be more excited about our crazy dream than us.
Period.
While it would be nice to have everyone’s approval, acceptance and encouragement, it ain’t gonna happen.
When was the last time a United States President won every single vote, every single State?
When was the last time any elected official earned 100% approval.
Um, never.
Same here. I’m now nearly fully dressed with the necessary emotional battle armor required to follow audacious dreams, the same (but different) dreams you used to have, or maybe still do.
I hear my clock ticking louder and faster than ever. There is no turning back. There is no more worrying about approval or acceptance.
If there was, I’d be like the 97%.
Because at the end of the day, without beating around the bush, only three percent of humans are driven enough to be transformational game changers.
And this is true in the most basic of circumstances, changing ourselves.
Let it begin with me.
Let it begin with you.
We can readily see (we humans are such critics, eh?) the plank in another’s eye and go a lifetime without seeing our own.