Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker
One million+ people globally while at Disney Institute.
The difference between those that make the list and those that don’t, whether they be people, organizations, religions, cultures, ideas, patents, and so on, is this:
Here’s what it takes. And I’m well aware there will be people who disagree with this, and people who embrace it.
And if you don’t have it, you will always be following people who do. Here’s the difference:
Passion!
That’s it.
Passion. The secret ingredient. The difference.
Many great thinkers, game changers some call them, have had to deal with ridicule and doubt most of their lives.
There comes a point, however, when something clicks, something comes together and others finally embrace their crazy notions:
There is one significant difference between the people who make the list and those that don’t.
Reach. Relevance. Impact.
Just before the entire Columbia, South Carolina airport power went out, I was filming a one-take-You Tube video of another airport hallway billboard sign.
Had the power not gone off, I would have finished the one-take-You Tube video with, “What I am trying to do is expand my reach, relevance and impact.”
I mean, who doesn’t want to do that?
Or maybe, it’s just crazy talk, or inappropriate, to think that one person might start something that could help make the world a better place.
“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.
Hard work is a great game plan.
Hope is not a game plan.
Hope is indispensable, please don’t misunderstand the intent here.
But hope alone, is not a game plan, hard work is:
Rather try hard and fail, than to simply hope and never try hard enough.
Resist the temptation to lean on self-pity. Click here if all you want right now is hope. You must have hope. It’s not a game plan, but it is the start.