Disney Brand Loyalty Keynote Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five different sites.
Retired Disney Institute Keynote Speaker and Prolific Blogger. Five daily, differently-themed personal blogs (about life's 5 big choices) on five interconnected sites.
The reason we want bloggers to tell us how to do things, is that we want someone to blame when what we try to do fails.
The secret is in understanding the big picture. And then launch, learn, revise. Launch, learn, revise. Over and over.
The alternate is to quit and then make others miserable with our whining and complaining.
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Yesterday, we talked about our hard work going unnoticed. Truth is, your hard work may also be suspect.
You know exactly what I mean.
Some people are “brown-nosers“.
And then there are the rare few who do things without expectation, and even they are held suspect.
Just yesterday, I experienced it first hand.
In a world too busy for simple, honest and sincere recognition, and in an effort to be the change, and do the opposite from what everyone is complaining about (a lack of recognition), I did something nice for someone. And it came from a grateful heart that pauses, and understands everyone is fighting a tough battle.
But something happened that caught me off guard.
My only hope is that it was simply a reflex, a defense mechanism. I often struggle with accepting grateful appreciation.
Maybe she’s the same way.
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It’s epidemic. Many people are working harder than ever before.
Right?
You’re working incredibly hard. In fact, personally, I’ve never worked harder than I have this past year. Can you relate?
But your tribe notices. And I’m assuming you have a tribe. Most people don’t even know what this means. But you do.
Thanks for noticing. Carpe diem!
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People who are really good (but not perfect) at what they do got that way because of one thing.
They never gave up.
I’m reminded of this every time I feel like I’m hanging on by a thread, a small blessing comes my way, allowing the journey to continue.
The road to excellence has no finish line. Is hanging on, or giving up, your first thought when faced with adversity?
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How long have you been in the workforce, paying taxes? How long have you been loyal to your current employer? We all understand that employee engagement and retention are critical, long-term business strategies.
Yet, being a great leader has never been more challenging, with the tremendous pressures of today’s unprecedented economic downturn.
It would almost seem that as leaders, we could make excuses to ourselves to justify our focus not on our people, but on the bottom line and our very own survival and reputation.
If you’re a parent (aunt, uncle) would you make excuses and rationalize that your children can fall from being at the top of your priority list?
For my wife, it’s been half her life with the same employer. Yesterday, it was exactly 26 years.
As a leader, you show what you value, every single day. Which should remind us that what we do thunders so loudly, others can’t hear what we say.
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