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Do you have a personal standard?
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How many emails are sitting in your inbox right now?
Do you have a personal standard?
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It has taken three tries to get to the two-hour mark in Apple’s WWDC 2015 keynote recording. Only 23 more minutes. Being organized means having the patience, and commitment, to invest four time chunks to get it done.
Apple is changing the world. If you’re not following Apple, you may be missing a huge motivational opportunity.
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Yesterday, my birthday, was really cool because it included a trip to the bank to deposit a paycheck.
Over-manage the same things others either under-manage or ignore.
That is Disney’s business secret.
That is my personal secret.
The difference between under-managing and over-managing is what it takes to be world-class.
Confidence doesn’t fall from the sky. It’s built and reinforced, one thought, or one blog post, at a time.
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Over-managing the same things most under-manage or ignore.
For example, certain traits that Disney is famous for.
Having Disney characters express the full range of human emotions, like Mickey Mouse above.
Having humans express the opposite of typical business emotions, like me above.
Walt taught me us that laughter is no enemy to learning.
Walt said we should take what we do very seriously, but that we shouldn’t take ourselves too seriously.
PS. i’m naturally drawn to over achieve. My goal was to get Mike Reardon, far right, to laugh.
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