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Who’s in charge of Disney creativity?

Not trying to be disagreeable, but if i was…

Fear is the number one barrier to innovation.

dad

Boldness has genius.

Courage has genius.

Risk has genius.

Failure has genius.

Theory is only genius when the first four things i mentioned are in play.

Otherwise, theory is for amateurs.

(but you already knew that)

You’re welcome.

Insight:

Q. Who’s in charge of Disney creativity?

A. Every single Cast Member.

Bonus insight: Same is true for who’s in charge of Custodial and Customer Service.

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Life’s roller coaster

9-second video: World-class “keep out” sign. Everyone knows what a tattletale is. Everyone hates a tattletale. Video from a walk during a client visit.
10-second video: Australia Zoo a few days ago.

Life is beautiful and broken. Personal vibrancy is your portable first-aid kit.

dad

Vibrancy deflects adversity.

Vibrancy delays adversity.

Vibrancy softens the blows of adversity.

Vibrancy accelerates recovery from adversity.

i say this based on 6.5 decades of personal experience, which includes 4.5 decades without personal vibrancy.

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All hail the basics

Parking lot light pole banner
As basic as it gets.

We know what to do. We struggle with focus and discipline.

dad

Over-focus on all the things you used to under-focus on or ignore.

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Career legacy?

Airline seat selection page
Have always said that exit row aisle seat is “second-class” first class. If you can’t get first class, this is the next best thing.

Because we’ve never been to Glacier in the Winter is the exact reason we are going.

dad

While we are technically straddling Winter and Spring we are also technically arriving in Winter.

Booking our trip today feels liberating.

This is such a non-typical thing we are doing.

Why? How?

Well for starters, in our lifetimes, we’ve never done it.

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What would you add to work?

Thank you note on candy wrapper
Such a simple phrase. Such a powerful riff.
33-second video: No fun, no appreciation. It ain’t rocket surgery.

i love being decently unpredictable. Perhaps even annoyingly unpredictable.

dad

The genius in being unpredictable is that it is 100% predictable.

Now you know.

Predictably unpredictable.

You’re welcome.

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