July 2015 – Page 3 – Disney Brand Loyalty Keynote Speaker

Imagine the highs and lows of personal leadership

Windermere 2015 5k photos — Local artists create the t-shirt design – also used for big awards.

Left to right, first place, Mayor Gary, second, and third.

First and second were one second apart.

The third place finisher, Andrew, got beat last year by this year’s 50-59 winner.

After 1,100 seconds, imagine losing the coveted, overall winner spot by only one.

And then imagine an extraordinary, nearly three minute improvement from your time the previous year – that’s what Andrew accomplished.

Or take the 55-year old, running a time faster than he had set as a goal, and faster than when he was 10 years younger.

Leadership covets results.

It’s not the Magic that makes it work, it’s the work that makes it Magic.

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Paint, draw, sculpt, photograph, and so on

Montessori Art Festival — We generally think of art as the creation of something visual.

Last night’s Montessori School (Toddlers to 8th grade) Art Festival was inspiring. And isn’t that the way we frame up (heuristically?) our definition of art?

Paint, draw, sculpt, photograph, and so on.

Think about what you do for a living 20 to 80+ hours a week.

Do you ever think of yourself as an artist?

And if no, why?

If yes, how hard do you push yourself?

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Would you ignore it even if it could change your world?

Notice the photo below, in the upper right corner, the time reads 3:01am EST. This is 12:01am in Cupertino, Apple HQ.

Apple Watch opening day — Logged in and ready to go the second it became available.

If someone came along with tools to allow you to speak up, build a platform and show the way, would you?

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Got guts to do this?

Show up in cut off jeans and t-shirt for a meeting with a CEO?

A meeting that may lead to a six figure contract – either side of this.

What if you did?

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It’s your responsibility to set yourself on fire

Steve Jobs Mid Life Celebration phone — Did Steve Jobs have a premonition about Mid Life Celebration?

It’s your responsibility to set yourself on fire.

Period.

If you’re on fire with the passion to do excellent work, congratulations. And thank the CEO of You, Inc.

If you’re not on fire with the passion to do excellent work, good luck with influencing the CEO of You, Inc. You can’t fire her.

It’s really critical to say the obvious.

Anyone who has succeed at this has done so because of one reason. They have refused to let bullcrap excuses – the ones we all have – determine their destiny.

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