Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker
One million+ people globally while at Disney Institute.
“Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.” — Life Is Good slogan
I used to look for sea shells on Sanibel Island, Florida. You know the ones – the perfect shape and color. The ones that looked like they came from the sea shell store.
Not any more.
Now, I look for ones that are unique and special – broken and beautiful.
Just like us humans.
Broken and beautiful.
Like Tiger Woods.
Like me.
Like you.
But not sure how. It’s kinda deep, and yet it’s not. It’s important, but most don’t see it.
Why? because people are afraid. Fear is a survival tactic that was bestowed on early humans to help them avoid being eaten. What caveman wouldn’t want that?
Want you to know, upfront, that this has only been a revelation in the last year or so for me. And it is the five-a-day blog writing that has awakened the truth. And the truth is, most of us lack courage.
There are true alpha dogs in the human pack, but not nearly as many as you might think. I digress.
Ever listen to people offering advice about what’s important? Next time listen more closely.
Do you hear them using their own examples, struggles, triumphs,? Or do they use someone else’s? Or maybe no examples at all, just theory?
My theory is not much has changed since we lived in caves, except fewer of us get eaten when we walk outside.
“I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 28 occasions, I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot, and missed. I have failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed”. — Michael Jordan
Boy this sure sounds familiar….