Disney Brand Loyalty Keynote Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five different sites.
August has been very challenging.
August has been very rewarding.
There were lessons learned that neither the teacher nor the student were prepared for.
This makes the world of business challenging, exhilarating, exhausting, and sometimes, almost not worth it.
But focus, discipline and a clear, concise and compelling vision will pull you through the dark moments.
Every time.
(scroll down for yesterday’s post or cash in at HQ blog)
For many, including me, the traditional work day is over. That’s what time it is. Quitting time.
Did you give 110% today, even though it was Friday and you no doubt had a very long, trying week?
If you do not love what you do, you most likely didn’t give 100%, let alone anything extra.
What time is it?
Time for your employer to find your replacement?
The typical MBA program lasts 2-3 years.
The Internet MBA program I’m taking requires three years of arduous work with only two grade options:
Just passed the half-way mark.
Tracking towards the pass category, but have no guarantees.
Have you ever approached any major life milestones with an all or nothing effort?
Tomorrow you’ll see some mid-term “grades”. Today, you can see a humbling project report number here.
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To teach is to learn twice.
Are you teaching others?
This jungle jeff blog is about Money, and our contribution to society.
Do you teach those around you the relative significance to pursuing, discovering, and then harnessing their contribution to society?
You can cook the french fries, you can manage the restaurant, or you can own the franchise.
Each level has a certain skill set, a list of pros and cons, as well as a list of expectations.
Society pays us accordingly for that.
With money, we can buy food, shelter, transportation, insurance, help others, etc.
Are you teaching others?
Misery loves company.
Them and they are four letter words.
Can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen.
Leaders, many of them anyway, fail because they have such a hard time being criticized, even if it’s constructive.
I posted an April Fools bit for jeffnoel.com, but took it down minutes later, after a close friend said it wasn’t funny.
I thought it was, and still do. But took it down anyway.
Okay, so I’m worried about what others may think with a single April Fool’s blog post? Now imagine what President Obama must have to deal with.
Just the other morning, this was in our local Orlando Sentinel. It’s about the insane press one Central Florida Urologist is getting, because he said Obama is bad.
Great leaders must be so passionate about their purpose, that they are willing to take the negative criticism. Otherwise, they will never make it.
Great leaders know that the sky is the limit and small minds will always say otherwise.