Disney Brand Loyalty Keynote Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five different sites.
Why do bars and pubs stop serving customers when they are drunk, but Quick Service Restaurants continue to serve obese people?
Leadership excellence starts with the person dressing you each day.
Why are our Nation’s children obese?
Plain and simple. Ineffective leadership.
How do we expect kids to be healthy if we aren’t.
“Fight the battle not the plan. The plan goes out the window after the first shot….oh and by the way, the enemy (whatever or whomever that may be) has a vote in the outcome of the battle.” — Skip Gaskill
Whether it’s fighting to regain your health, or regain your market share, you are in for the fight of your life, for the rest of your life. Good luck.
PS. A special thank you to Skip Gaskill for his contribution to today’s jungle jeff blog post. Skip simply left a comment a few days ago that was so powerful, it needed to be shared.
PSS. These are unprecedented times. Traditional thinking and game plans are not feasible. It is not my place to offer advice. Only to challenge you to discover your own.
“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Dissatisfaction may be the motivation you need, if you don’t want to end up with a pile of shoulda, woulda, coulda.
Maybe it won’t.
The quote here is from Skip Gaskill, United States Marine, and a college roommate about 100 years ago. He wrote two comments on yesterday’s jungle jeff blog post.
Skip, your edginess, your dissatisfaction, and everything else you wrote inspired me, and I’m certain it did others as well. In your honor, as a United States Marine, I’m reposting your quote for everyone’s benefit.
“Some people wonder all their lives if they’ve made a difference. The Marines don’t have that problem.” — Ronald Reagan, 40th US President
And it seems as if people like it when I talk about how much hating bull can be a good thing.
Any idea how hard it is to be on fire, every single day, with a passion for excellence?
On the trip home from Hartford, Connecticut last week, while in the Orlando International Airport Men’s room (which smelled like a pasture), it hit me.
There is no way people can expect themselves or others to be passionate about something they themselves aren’t.
Duh, right.
So if you don’t like what you do, who you do it for, or both, get away from it. Of course, this is tougher in a down economy. But a down economy is the best time to prepare for the upswing.
It will come. And if you are waiting for it, you are already behind. Now is the time to make your move. And even now may be a bit on the late side. But what if you continue to wait?
Sad indeed. No pity from me. You’re a grown up. Figure it out. Read. Study. Observe. Stay up late. Get up early. No one else is going to do this for you.
Stop looking at leadership and the organization as a parent.
I have a great optometrist if anybody needs one.