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What did he do before Disney?

Mid Life Celebration, the book, and Disney Legacy name tag at mountain lake
Small-town kid. Shy. Athlete. No plans for the future.

What did he do before Disney?

Small town Pennsylvania, born and raised. A Paper Mill town. No stop lights, no grocery store, no fast food.

Captained the High School football team and set school records in Track.

Went to college near Philadelphia to become a Health & Physical Education teacher. This dream was crushed during Jeff’s Elementary School student-teaching experience. The kids ate him alive. He had no command of children. Jeff changed his major which led to an opportunity to intern at Walt Disney World’s Cast Activities Department in 1982.

Married in 1983, 15 months before he and his wife permanently relocated from Washington State to Walt Disney World.

Together, Jeff and his wife Cheryl created Disney Magic for 66 years.

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Feedback source doesn’t lie

Epcot t-shirts
EPCOT, experimental prototype community of tomorrow.

Optimism is rewarded with gratitude and hope; feedback is from nature and markets. Pessimism is rewarded with more pessimism; feedback is a social act, other humans pessimistically supporting and convincing each other.

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Life’s ripple effect

Disney's business thesis
Disney’s Organizational Vibrancy success formula. Adapts brilliantly to Personal Vibrancy.

Improve one of the five and the other four benefit. Neglect one of the five and the other four suffer. Heaven forbid you neglect two, or even three.

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Hone your different

Disney traditions or o'clock
Disney Day One is called Disney Traditions. Was one of 13 hourly Cast Members selected (from hundreds of applicants) to teach this in 1989.

Different means seven Disney books:

  1. Leaders
  2. Employees
  3. Customers
  4. Reputation
  5. Improve
  6. Greatest Hits (from 1st 5 books)
  7. Apply Disney Business Principles to Your Personal Life

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Organizational health GPA?

father and son at Mountain Lake
2019, Avalanche Lake, GNP.

Evaluate your organizational health: leaders, employees, customers, reputation, improvement. Give yourself a letter grade for each. What’s your GPA?

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