Common Sense, Not Common – Page 11 – Disney Brand Loyalty Keynote Speaker

Jack Canfield’s #1 Advice Tip

Do you have a story you’d like to tell? You know, could you write a book? Do you dream of writing a story, writing a book? Me too.

On a recent call with Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup For the Soul co-author. His number one piece of advice for aspiring authors?

Write the book!

A few more nuggets tomorrow. Quit waiting. Do something. Carpe diem!

As I head out the door this morning, I’m going to keep repeating to myself, “Be authentic!”

Corporate buzzwords, like Leadership Toolbox, sound great. Heck, there’s no shortage of great sounding.

But there IS a shortage of great doing.

Leadership and career tools and tips won’t work unless you do. Duh!

This is what’s known as a blinding flash of the obvious.

Some of you will migrate from using tools, to actually creating tools.

This is known as transformational change, and tools are designed to facilitate this.

But few of us are organized enough to get there.

If you would like to be world class at something, anything, you need two things.

I describe them briefly, here, in this 42-second you tube video at 35,000 feet.

They’re really simple.

Remember though, simple doesn’t mean easy. Good luck.

Who said we shouldn’t have to go into the office on Sundays?

The worst time management advice ever invented?

To prioritize your schedule.

No seriously. Ill advice.

Poison.

Far better to schedule your priorities.

If you don’t understand this, go get some fresh air and try this again later.

Unless you’ve got something more important to do.

(next blog)