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.
Small plans are okay. As Mother Teresa said, “If you can’t do great things, do small things with great love.”
So then are big plans better?
Think back through your career. Where did you have the most success? The most reward? The most passion? The most determination?
If your goal isn’t impossible, you’re not reaching high enough. You can quote me on that.
The real job, the ultimate goal, of a small business entrepreneur, is to ship.
CTO, New Product Development, Hiring, Firing, Volunteer, Brand Manager, Historian, Cheerleader, Networker, Meeting Planner, Inspiration, Worry, Risk, Reward, Boundary Pusher, Social Media, Linchpin, Purple Cow, Child, Elder, Confused, Certain, Arrogant, Humble…
Ever look back on your life and wonder how you got where you are today?
Do you come from humble beginnings and are self-made? Or, do you come from an established bloodline where wealth is already part of your DNA?
Recently, I overheard my wife and son (9) having a conversation about before he was born and what life was like before we had him, and even before we lived in our current home (18 years now).
Cheryl was explaining how, in our first “starter” home, we didn’t have any furniture and slept on the floor in sleeping bags for a year. We had one car and lived 30 miles from Disney, where we worked as brand new Cast Members in 1984.
Guess who got the car?
“So Daddy rode his bicycle to work every day, 30 miles, one-way, to Disney’s Contemporary Resort…”
CEO, CIO, CFO, CTO, EVP, Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations, Technology, HR, Front Line, Customer Service, Strategist, Planner, Board of Director, Spokesperson, Legal, Accounting, Student, Ambassador, Creative Department, R&D, OD, Social Director, Succession Planner, Tribe Leader.
There, that should about cover all the stuff you are responsible for when you are a small business entrepreneur.
Any questions?