Authenticity – Page 9 – Disney Brand Loyalty Keynote Speaker

You’re a zealot and it wears people out

Tim Cook March 2015 Apple event. — Aim for perfection. Settle for excellence.

Notes from the final Disney Performance appraisal in 2014. These are word-for-word (copied and pasted here without editing). They were typed on an iPhone sitting across the desk from the leader during the meeting. Kinda like shorthand because we were talking one-on-one:

Zealot.
Teachable moment is every moment. Wears people out.
Willingly go to extremes… All the time.
Masters at their game… Leadership team.

The fourth line was a reference that i should study and emulate the experts, our departmental leadership team. The same group of experts that the team collectively voted as ineffective as the top issue on the employee survey.

Talk about a blind spot.

It is tiring.

On both sides no doubt.

But so is this, the DNA of Walt Disney Operations:

Deliver an excellent experience to every single Guest, every single time, every single day.

No operational leader ever says, “Anything less than 100% is acceptable today.”

Shifting gears…society’s focus on Easter pales in comparison to Christmas. From this it would be safe to assume Christmas is more important.

Is it?

Case in point, today, Christmas finally makes sense.

Happy Easter 2015.

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They say

Disney Conference Speaker — Laura wrote down many of the things her mentor said.

They say the measure of a person’s integrity is what the person does that no one will ever know. So many colleagues have privately shared gratitude that he had no idea existed.

After 15 years of focused, disciplined, passionate, and intentional contribution at Disney Institute (DI), he left a quiet, indelible mark on DI’s karma.

An influence as soft as water, yet powerful enough to carve through stone given enough time. He had 15 gloriously intentional years.

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Can you build trust and credibility instantly?

Can you build trust and credibility instantly? Yes you can, but only if you earn it. And you can’t earn it if your soul and spirit aren’t soaked in authenticity.

It also helps if your resume is particularly remarkable.

Two days after meeting the co-founder of Dave’s House, Ron sent the message in the photo:

I may have a speaking engagement for you…

Arriving early and staying late at the event where Lee Cockerell was the keynote speaker was unintentionally beneficial.

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Where is the line?

Where is the line between confidence and arrogance?

One person’s boast is another person’s dream.

Or maybe it becomes clearer here:

One Company’s boast is another company’s dream.

Apple has been called the most admired company in the world eight consecutive years. How many great Companies would love to say that?

All of them? Probably.

Boasting? Confidence?

Marketing?

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But if you leave, then what?

AV check at Marriott's Orlando World Center — AV check at Marriott’s Orlando World Center, February 19, 2015

Prevailing wisdom says you cannot be a prophet in your hometown. In this case, the hometown is Disney and Disney Institute (DI).

As a DI speaker, you are paid a couple hundred bucks a day. Everything else goes to the Organization. It’s the way it works. No harm, no foul. It’s clear and if you don’t like it, you can leave.

But if you leave, then what?

Real life in real time really truly comes to life.

Or not.

Depends on the person’s will to succeed and the value they bring.

Yesterday’s Fortune 150 client paid the going rate for a world-class (Disney) Keynote speech. If you’re not familiar, it starts at $16k and goes up from there. Call anyone who can offer such compelling content and request a quote for a (Disney) Keynote Speaker.

When you become the Organization, you skyrocket past a couple hundred.

It takes guts to ask for such a fee.

It takes a prophet to earn that fee.

The world has always become a better place by having courageous people do things that matter, in spite of their fear and doubt.

Yes, i’m talking to you. If you hate cubicle nation for any reason (and there’s a diverse list of reasons), get busy working on becoming the Organization. Become an entrepreneur.

It took over six years to earn my first dime, but it was a big dime.

i’m here to feed (for free) your desire to overcome those million obstacles and excuses you keep staring at.

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