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If you don’t have a blog, that’s OK, the article probably won’t mean much to you or your business.
Blogging is much easier and much more impactful than you think.
There are early adopters, laggards, and the people in between (the mass consumption). To be world class in business, you have to out work your competition. Anyone think that’s possible without the Internet? Without Social Media?
If so, there’s a place reserved for you in the museum, not far from the T-Rex exhibit.
Motivation is like a meal. Seriously. But we all forget.
Should an Annual Conference’s motivational effects last all year?
Should monthly meetings keep teams inspired all month?
Weekly meetings? Will the excitement last all week?
Daily meetings? All day?
After breakfast, most humans are ready to be nourished again at lunch. Even after two decent meals, most are ready for a third meal in the evening.
We even throw in snacks to help sustain us. Why?
Because motivation, inspiration and excitement begin to subside within hours, just like meals.
Do you have any idea what this means to you and me as effective leaders?
Excellence is not a risk free journey. Nor is excellence guaranteed, even if you work desperately hard.
I know first hand.
And what I have learned, and in many cases, relearned, is that the road to excellence has no finish line.
We are never at a place where we are finished.
These are lessons Walt Disney learned and worked to his advantage.
Now, I’m teaching our son the key insights of a brilliant man – Walt Disney.
Walt Disney’s ideology taught me how to go from one push up a day ten years ago to the 2009 WMA Masters Track and Field World Championships last week.
My son has seen me apply so many Disney strategies to getting and staying healthy, that he is also inspired to be excellent.
Who wouldn’t want that for a child?
Carpe diem, jungle jeff 
PS. Tomorrow, an insight on the recent change in direction here at jungle jeff. Some of you have commented and I’ll share a sneak peek tomorrow.
Want to know what else we talked about?
Lists.
Pros and cons of lists.
We didn’t get far because we quickly moved to content.
My friend suggested, in his opinion, my blog posts don’t exactly end with a finishing point.
For example, my friend said, “You don’t tell people what they should do”.
And I thought, “Perfect”!
It’s called facilitation.
Carpe diem, jeff noel
Happy birthday to me.
“How old are you”?, people ask. “How old do you think I am”?, I ask back.
The answer is I can’t tell you. You won’t believe me.
Huh?
Exactly.
Many people thought Walt Disney was crazy. I’m just a chip off the old block.
People thought he was crazy because he dreamt dreams that seemed impossible. He questioned things, and many were uncomfortable with that.
He was rarely satisfied. He was always pushing himself and others to think of the next great thing – something that hadn’t been thought of before.
As I reach this milestone today, I consciously give myself more permission to be a crazy man, in the same spirit as Walt Disney.
Anyway, just wanted to wish all you readers a very Happy Birthday, whenever your special day arrives.
Never let your memories be bigger than your dreams. And if your goal isn’t impossible, you’re not reaching high enough.
Carpe diem, jeff
Lance Armstrong, seven-time Tour de France winner and cancer survivor, used Twitter to announce the birth of his son yesterday.
Lance Armstrong gets it. I get it. Question is, “What about everyone else who’s focused on excellence”? Having said that, now may I challenge you to click the next link?
Explaining Social Media slide show. It’s only 37 slides from Slide Share
This is one of the best, and most provocative insights to web 2.0
I ask myself at the end of everyday, “Did I give it my all, and leave nothing on the track“?
Carpe diem, jeff noel
PS. Explaining the Impact of Twitter, Friendfeed and Social Media 2.0. Be sure to click the full screen icon for a much better view.
Indeed! Did you?
Yesterday, I promised to do what I do every day. I also gently asked you to “plant a seed“. Remember? A small seed to take daily, calculated risks to move your great, and maybe impossible, goal forward.
Technology is the way. Period. End of story!
To me, it isn’t one of the issues facing businesses today, it is THE issue!
Last night, reflecting back on the day, it hit me!
LinkedIn is: A 24-hour virtual meeting. A virtual business card. A remarkable tool with unlimited power to market your business.
You can pop in and out of the virtual 24-meeting at any time to see who’s there and what they’re talking about. There are a ton of smart people using it. In fact, there are currently 38,000,000. That number is projected to mushroom to 300-400 million soon.
Studying the Disney organization since I was a kid, it has taught me to instinctively understand that the next great idea can come from anyone in our organization. Or even anyone, anywhere in the world.
All we have to do is pay attention, which is hard at today’s busy pace.
Make this a great day to pay attention. Carpe diem, jungle jeff
This blog has been an inspiring way to look at my personal mission to be a catalyst for positive change.
Writing here, has stretched my thinking, and has absolutely made me a better presenter and professional speaker. Period. End of story.
I am even going to go so far as to say it is, a dramatic leap from my old thinking, and my old performing. Seriously!
The big vision? To become world-class! As a professional speaker.
Remember, I’m the crazy guy who says, “If your goal isn’t impossible, you’re not reaching high enough“!
Make today an opportunity to get one day closer to your dramatic leap in thinking and performing, because if you don’t, who will? Carpe diem, jungle jeff
Would Walt Disney have a blog?
Probably, in my opinion.
Walt always taught his associates to push the envelope and be in front of the competition. Find new ways to inform and entertain our audience.
Do you have a blog?
If you do, great. If you don’t, let me please ask you a few questions, Do you own a cell phone? Do you have an email address? Do you have a mail box or some other way to send or receive traditional postal mail? Do you have a computer?
All of the above, right?
Pretty soon, everyone will have a computer. Everyone. Not just every household, but ever lap will have a laptop – maybe as small as a cell phone. Notepads, those small 8-9 inch screen “laptops” are selling for $250.
The future is the Internet. Whether you embrace it or not, whether you find a million ways to have it help your business or not, it’s the future. I always believe the time to act is when you don’t have too. Get in on the social media phenomenon, or get left behind.
Seriously. I study this stuff and have an eight year old. I want him to come to me for answers, not say, “Don’t ask my Dad, he’s clueless”.
Make it an exciting and meaningful day. There are probably a lot of people hoping for you do be that kind of person today. Carpe diem, jungle jeff