Category: He’s Just Lucky

Blaming Lee Cockerell for this

AV check at Marriott's Orlando World Center
AV check at Marriott’s Orlando World Center

 

AV check at Marriott's Orlando World Center
Yesterday’s AV check at Marriott’s Orlando World Center

 

Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker jeff noel
Just getting started.

 

Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker
Gave Barb a copy yesterday even though she didn’t ask.

 

During yesterday’s speech there was a moment where recognition was highlighted. And in the moment, raced to the back corner of the stage and grabbed from the small backpack the world’s best leadership book, Creating Magic: Ten Common Sense Leadership Strategies From A Life At Disney, by Lee Cockerell.

Told the Fortune 150 audience that the only reason i was standing in front of them now was because of Lee Cockerell.

Not a hard sell. Rather a seed planted for them on their executive leadership journey. And a small attempt to repay Lee for my biggest post Disney career break.

Insight: Was organized enough to have the book handy should an opportunity present itself.

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#LifeAtKohls

Orlando Motivational Leadership Speaker
Great rallying cry.

 

Saw spectacular opening and closing sessions, and four really good speakers. It feels good to be back in the saddle again.

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Our only chance of thriving is to fight like hell

Envy Labs Orlando
Envy Labs Orlando

 

Envy Labs Orlando
Envy Labs Orlando

 

Envy Labs Orlando robot mascot
Envy Labs Orlando robot mascot.

 

WordPress Core Team contributor David Laietta.
WordPress Core Team contributor David Laietta. Love his shirt.

 

WorldPress Orlando Meetup at Envy Labs
WorldPress Orlando Meetup at Envy Labs last night.

 

Twitter direct message
Chance meeting and connection at seminar.

 

Biggest roller coaster under construction on Orlando's International Drive
The Orlando Eye is under construction on International Drive.

 

This is one of five daily posts i write. Today’s other four posts are hiding something.

The issues and challenges that occur daily, endlessly.

Teaching a 14-year old to wire his brain to make every problem an opportunity or a challenge. And that bad things happen to everyone, all the time.

Our only chance of thriving is to fight like hell.

To get and stay in fighting shape: mentally, physically, spiritually, career-wise, and at our home base.

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Being world class organized is essential to Disney’s success

Lee Cockerell's new book Time Management Magic
Each of us would literally drop what we are doing to help the other.

 

Lee Cockerell, Executive Vice President (retired and inspired), Walt Disney World Operations, is as good as they get.

In my 30+ years (’82 – ’14) at Disney, he’s the best operational leader i’ve seen.

Period.

His third book, Time Management Magic is available now.

Dear Son, what’s also Magic is how your dad has gone from being an insignificant Cast Member among the 40k Lee led for a decade at Disney, to being on his short list of people he trusts.

And it happened organically, unintentionally.

Never an ulterior motive.

By accident, really.

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