Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker
One million+ people globally while at Disney Institute.
Making progress is probably the most motivating thing there is, especially when you’ve been stuck for longer than you thought was reasonable.
While working on a Saturday afternoon (yesterday) and into the night shouldn’t happen, i’m grateful that when inspiration struck, i was organized enough to go with it.
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We are all weird. What with our idiosyncrasies. Some of which we are proud of. Others we feel a slave to.
In 2008, at 49, with a 50th birthday more than half a year away, i envisioned a 10-year plan to commence on my 50th birthday: five more years at Disney (for a total of 30), and five years to put a dent in the Universe.
No male on my dad’s side has made it past 60.
This morning i caught myself feeling like i am taking for granted the 3.6 years remaining (until 60).
Important note: Jack Noel lived to be 67. Early onset, rapid-progression Alzheimer’s Disease stole his cognitive abilities by the time he was 60.
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One of the reasons the CPA and i spoke for two hours is because i’m a relationship person. Nothing is more important than trust.
Our conversation began with me asking him to tell me how he got into the business.
Later, i shared that my “word for 2015” is lean.
Simple, direct, light.
Portable, flexible.
Nimble.
Powerful.
Being decently organized helps this vision.
Being unorganized does not.
Yet we’re too busy to change.
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He turned 15 yesterday. A surprise Disney Cruise was planned with his mother since his dad was going to be in France.
A broken toe, and surgery, cancelled the trip he knew nothing of.
We are organized enough to postpone something remarkable for a later time.
Being organized helps us manage the (consistent) things that we cannot plan for.
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Some chores require daily attention and we are the only ones who can do them.
Other chores happen weekly, monthly, quarterly, annually.
Some require experts to complete.
Annual tree trimming seems insignificant until you remember that next month is the peak month for Hurricane season (June 1 – Nov 30).
There are some chores we do once in a lifetime, maybe. One of those was yesterday. A phone call (from Epcot) with the guy that produces Lee Cockerell’s podcasts.
Will it lead to me doing podcasts? It’s a pricy proposition. How do you organize yourself to calculate the risk versus reward?
Oh, and one more chore. Bought a new Macbook two days ago. It’s still in the box.
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