Tag: Speaking

Fail like you mean it

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My research statistically supports this image’s claim.

i’ve made more mistakes speaking than most people have given speeches.

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Started saying this “quote” after a decade of Disney Institute keynotes and multi-day sessions.

‘Tis true.

My early-years mistakes were from ignorance. My later-years mistakes where from peddle-to-the metal risk taking to become a remarkably more effective speaker and advisor.

If i wasn’t failing, i wasn’t growing.

If i wasn’t growing, i wasn’t satisfied, nor fulfilled, nor was i having fun.

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California dreaming

bronze statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse
Being in Disney’s California Adventure, for business, after a two-year Covid hiatus reminds me of California dreaming.

Business travel, twice in three weeks, reminds me why i started a business in 2009…

To have more control over being away from home.

Which resurfaces a dream, but not a California dream.

An Orlando, jeff and Cheryl Noel dream.

A dream to travel with Cheryl as a business partner.

And the easy to forget original dream…

To be an Orlando Disney Customer Service Keynote speaker.

Leave and return to my driveway on the same day.

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Know your worth in your market space

Disney Keynote Speaker Jeff Noel
Gave this client a ‘friends & family’ discount back in 2015. My fees have tripled since then. My only comparable competition on price is Disney Institute (DI). But there is a negotiation-free discount menu on my website that DI doesn’t offer.

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Inculturating the willing

Disney business workshop leader Jeff Noel
Cultural transformation is a slow process. Quitting the effort does not speed up the process.

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You and your gang

Disney Speaker
The CEO is standing in the back getting a pic with him and his top 50 leaders. He’s the same one with me at Glacier National Park.

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