Tag: Transform

When i stopped doing this one thing, i changed everything

Famous entreprenuers
Yeah, it’s not very romantic in the early years.

 

My speaking business didn’t make a dime in revenue for the first six years.

In the seventh year (which was only last year) i finally earned revenue (far exceeding any other year).

Who would wait seven years to cash their first paycheck?

Who would leave behind the security and admiration of a 30-year Disney career, risking failure?

Who?

Sure as heck wasn’t going to be me.

But the 2008-09 economic tsunami challenged me in a life-altering way.

You see, i love quotes as much (or more) than most people i’ve met.

Fanatical even.

Connoisseur.

But when i intentionally stopped doing this one thing, i changed everything.

What?

i stopped posting quotes from famous people.

And began posting my own, original, quotes.

i came to realize that not until i took control of what i believed and was able to synthesize and architect it into an original quote thought, then my thinking wasn’t original.

i didn’t invent quotes, but i did harness how i consumed them and then moved from being a consumer to a creator.

Consumers don’t change the world, creators do. -jeff noel  (Tweet that)

 

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Plan

#Plan

Try to imagine anything great ever being accomplished without a plan.

Be honest and clear with yourself that nothing ever turns out the way we plan.

So no excuse for not starting.

Your initial plan is simply a guide, not something etched in stone.

Go decently organized person, go.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

 

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#disrupt

#disrupt

i must be brave enough to become the most simple and most organized person i know.

i begin by disrupting my deeply-engrained habits.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

 

This website is about our home health. To leave this site to read today’s post on my mental attitude website, click here.

 

One hundred days never felt so good

Disney's Celebration office complex
Yesterday morning at my old stomping grounds.

 

Disney Convention marque
DABE: Disney’s Approach to Business Excellence. Yesterday on the way home from Celebration, at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort and Spa.

 

The reward for conquering our fears and doubts is transformation.

It’s what the text books repeatedly tell us, but you know what…the past 100 days have never felt so good.

Zero emails in my inbox, sent, and trash folders at the end of each day for 100 consecutive days.

Why should anyone care?

They shouldn’t.

Unless.

Unless they are being eaten alive, one long and crazy day at a time.

There is hope.

Perhaps this post contains the push.

 

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Like the caterpillar, never saw the miracle coming

green caterpillar
Caterpillar at home 2010.

 

Yesterday, because of my friend’s recovery from surgery (she’s staying with us), we didn’t go to Church nor did we go to Chapin’s YuGiOh tournament.

i also didn’t drive to the airport to fly to France.

Unexpectedly spent much more time on my Facebook Mid Life Celebration page than normal.

Being decently organized allowed for a crushed dream to morph into a huge blessing.

It was in my spontaneous responses to friends expressing their condolences that i became a stronger, wiser, happier person.

Like the caterpillar, never saw the miracle coming.

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