He waited in the car because last night Orlando went down to 33 degrees.
Off ramp to new Disney Springs parking garage.
When you have high, Disney-like standards, it’s easy to be let down.
Is three weeks an acceptable standard to wait to hear back from a Speakers Bureau?
The ball is in his court. Garnering a 25% commission, it’s fair to expect to have a much higher standard for effective communication.
Poor performers are generally given an opportunity to change, and if they don’t, help them find their happiness elsewhere.
i hate to let someone go.
What we accept by default become or standard.
Yeah, leadership can be unpleasant at times.
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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.
This website is about our career health. To leave this site to read today’s post on my home health website, click here.
This photo is great, all the way up to the point when my conscience demands, “So what?”
So what am i going to do with this information, feel good?
No really, this is a ridiculously serious question and my answer matters.
A lot.
Feeling good does nothing for transforming my business or my life.
In every case, prevailing and traditional thought lowers my bar about what’s possible.
Follow the tried and true, right?
Don’t mess with the recipe for success.
The gurus and experts hand us the tried and true recipes.
Right?
You’re joking, right?
This is where the inspiring photo made me pause and take stock.
i, jeff noel, a keynote speaker, may not be an Uber or Facebook, but in the Professional Speaking world, i’m on a journey in the opposite direction of the tired and true professional speaker best practices.
So what have i done with, you know, “feeling good” about disruption?
For starters:
1. My website is an acoustic version. Boarding on amateurish. Why? Because i’m not trying to impress you with graphic design.
2. No one (that i’ve ever seen) lists their speaking fees. On the first click after landing on my site, boom, there they are. My fees are high enough to scare most people away. Perfect.
3. No video clips of me speaking. Gasp….oh my goodness, are you nuts?
4. No email subscription list. Double gasp. Why? Most people can’t keep up. Decision makers aren’t subscribing to email lists; they don’t have the bandwidth.
5. i don’t share my content online. Rather, visitors discover clear, concise, and compelling questions, paradox, and common sense. The karma is that i solve for what most consider unsolvable. But i do it in person, for a fee. It’s more than fair. In fact, it’s game changing.
Here’s the bottomline: If you are going to preach that you offer something different and impactful, start with your online personality. Predictable and acceptable? Unpredictable and intriguing?
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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.
This website is about our career health. To leave this site to read today’s post on my home health website, click here.
Only in leaving can we discover the Magic we say we believe in. Note: Disney Retiree ID.
If we really believe we are worth more than we are being paid, and it’s been this way for a long, long time, we are faced with two blatantly obvious choices.
Stay, and wallow in our misery.
Leave, and prove it.
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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.
This website is about our career health. To leave this site to read today’s post on my home health website, click here.
Disneyland fireworks from the Disneyland Hotel hotel room. The room was complimentary. Well, it was actually paid for with 32 year of dedicated career service.
Listening to Lee Cockerell’s most recent podcast yesterday, i was struck by one thing in particular.
Lee expressed regret for being so professionally driven, and i had never heard him say that before.
It was in answering some of Joe’s questions that i reflected on the significance of these decisions:
Made a conscious decision (2007-ish) to not pursue any promotions at Disney Institute
Quit drinking in 2001
Began running in 1999
Became Catholic in 1999
Was grateful that our life savings was spent investing in parenthood, with zero guarantee between 1995-2001
Joe is seeking out positive-minded people to surround himself with.
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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.
This website is about our career health. To leave this site to read today’s post on my home health website, click here.
Downtown Disney at Disneyland. Our life becomes amplified with decisive action.
Where would i be if i had not written the first sentence in 2009?
Although it took 30 years to write the first sentence, it only took two more years to finish my first book.
And once it was finished, it took two more years to get the guts to publish it.
All told, a 34-year project.
Where would i be if i had not begun?
Publishing a book is a big deal until you do your first one, then you understand some secrets about life that you would have never discovered.
These secrets have no way of ever being discovered if we wait and do nothing.
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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.
This website is about our career health. To leave this site to read today’s post on my home health website, click here.
