Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker
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Yesterday, I forgot to add one important point.
It’s not really the happy people that are so annoying, it’s actually the ones that are REALLY happy, all the time!
You know the ones. They seem to have their act together and they get all the breaks, and don’t have near the worry and stress that we have.
Am I right? Are ya with me?
They are. There’s no question about it.
You can picture someone in your mind right now, can’t you? They are so annoying.
What boggles my mind though, is, “Why?”
If you want to do great work, work that matters and makes a positive difference, work that multiplies and spreads, you are going to have to choose.
Do you ever think like this?
Do you want to make a difference, but find it challenging to get started? Have you gotten started, but find the path difficult?
This is why you are going to have to choose.
How does your day start? Do you have routines? Are they working well for you, just okay, or are they a disaster?
Routines can set you free, and they can also poison you. Figuring out how to live well is your responsibility, and there is no one right way.
Hard work and tough decisions. One of the many challenges that being alive brings as a prerequisite. We can never give up.
Here’s the catch though, figuring this out and living well, based on intuitively good morale principals, leads us to a better place than if we don’t make tough decisions.
For well over a year, I’ve been writing five daily blogs. Website traffic has steadily increased, with occasional spikes. But this past week has been confusing. The spike has been significantly higher. It reminds me that it takes a long time to become an overnight success.
And that if you’re not careful, it will arrive before you are ready.
Something is happening. Can’t put a finger on it. It’s weird.
Things like this ever happen to you? Probably.
When good things happen, it’s my human nature to downplay our good fortune.
I was watching Lee, the American Idol finalist. As the judges showered him with praise, you could see in his eyes that he was humbled beyond belief.
He went from a store clerk to a future million-seller recording artist. In his mind, this is impossible. He feels undeserving. Unworthy.
Except for one thing.
God has graced him with a gift, as God does with all of us. It’s just that now Lee is crystal clear what it is.
And you?