Be unwilling to be comfortable backing off

Apple Store pre-opening staff meeting
Yesterday morning at 9:55am.

 

Disney University Lobby
Yesterday at 2:30pm.

 

Apple has held the Most Admired Company designation eight consecutive years.

There’s one Company that would like to give them a break from the top.

Exceptionally high expectations don’t make a company, or a person, arrogant.

Be unwilling to be comfortable backing off.

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Who is personal Facebook for?

Business meeting at Publix
A colleague and a close friend.

 

Personal Facebook was designed for close friends to stay connected. A brilliant way to maximize the potential of social media.

Unfortunately, humans, generally speaking, are needy people. Few people would turn down the opportunity to be popular and liked by lots of people.

This led to the Friending of more people than we can manage.

Over time, we also realize that no one really cares about our intimate details.

No one that is, except our friends.

We get friends and aquintences and colleagues mixed up, thinking it’s all the same.

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It’s the same for all of us

Disney Instructional designer and Disney professional speaker
These two met in 1999 and have remained thought partners ever since. Photo: yesterday outside the local grocery store.

 

Everything i do is either going to raise my average or lower it.

Same with you.

The choices we make.

The effort we put in.

The things we read.

Our thoughts.

Our dreams.

The people we hang to with.

Leadership isn’t about maintaining our average output, it’s about making our output better.

An output much better than anyone, including ourselves, believes is possible.

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Lunch was exceptional because it was at Disney

Disney Bus
Yesterday at Disney.

 

Disney parking lot tram
Yesterday on the way home from lunch.

 

A friend, and potential client, is visiting Walt Disney World to attend a Disney Institute multi-day course on Creativity and Innovation. (i used to teach this, along with the rest of the DI curriculum)

We were going to head right to Disney’s Hollywood Studios when i called an audible.

Let’s visit some things you’ll never get to see as a Theme Park Guest.

We capped it off with an amazing lunch at The 50’s Prime Time Cafe.

The food was delicious, but more remarkable was the Cast Member interaction.

Stunningly exceptional.

And it reminded me what a vibrant organizational culture does for a brand.

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Will Podcasting go from fad to art?

Windermere Prep School website
Couple days ago from an after school meeting about the Arts.

 

Will Podcasting go from fad to art?

If it does, it will need to first move from fad to trend.

If podcasting lasts, the ones who break the mold create art will be the ones people will gravitate to.

A notable podcaster and i have been talking at length. Yesterday i told him that i believe he will benefit more from working with me than i will from working with him. At least initially. He agreed, and we struck an agreement.

He was going to purchase and send a special microphone from Seattle to Orlando. i offered to buy it (which i did) myself from Amazon. It will be here tomorrow.

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