Some leaders are late to the dance

Mojave desert sign
Photo from a 2010 California trip for Disney Institute. Space was an obstacle until the 20th century.

 

Some leaders are late to the dance. Hey, life happens. To all of us.

Have you encountered that uncomfortable period in your life when you recognize that your obstacle owns your future?

Here we are nine months after retirement and i still don’t have a website that gives me goose bumps.

Why?

Because i’m a hypocrite?

No.

Because i’m slow and deliberate.

Because i’m willing to change course and go down a path that hasn’t been cleared yet.

Have you ever found yourself staring at an astonishing opportunity that not only was completely unplanned for, but it requires much more work than you want to commit to?

Crazy thing though, the hard, arduous work of creating our art is manageable. But only if we are willing to go slowly and intentionally. This flies in the face of fast-paced, get-it-done business thinking.

And because it looks less bold, less determined, less focused, it has the power to embarrass us. The temptation is to rush, and stress, and compromise.

Go slow anyway because the payoff is huge.

The payoff?

An incredibly scalable process and world-class humble confidence. You’ve always had it but now it becomes even more magnificent.

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Should we quit and stay?

House of Blues sign
Yesterday at Downtown Disney.

 

We all ask this question at least once in our career.

Should we quit and stay?

Is our career over and yet we still have years before retirement?

Meaning, are we stuck where we are because we have given up on “being someone who makes a difference”?

Seriously?

That’s how we’re gonna go out in life?

Bad karma to be brutally honest. Like stealing.

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i can’t afford it

Apple Watch pairing
Yesterday’s setup was easy, and an Apple employee was there holding my hand.

 

Apple Watch pairing
There was a glitch at the beginning, but Jaime walked me through it.

 

There are many excuses reasons excuses why your dream has stalled. Here’s a classic:

i can’t afford it

She can’t afford to hire a marketing person. Not many startup entrepreneurs can.

And i simply cannot afford to be someone else’s (random/last ditch) pitch person. When we can’t afford it because we don’t have the money is no different than when we can’t afford it because we don’t have the time.

And i don’t have the time because getting to the same emotional place as the creator doesn’t have a chance if i wouldn’t die for her idea.

Her’s is a really clever idea, but not worth dying for.

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What happened the last time we did this?

Disney World Convention Resort Hotel

 

(photo: walking to class yesterday, mostly as a student, and always as a teacher)

When was the last time we took a serious, professional inventory of where we are in our career and where we want to go?

And when we did this exercise, did it frighten us or set us on fire with possibility?

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Orlando based professional speakers are plentiful

Orlando based motivational speakers

 

(photo: For the next four days, we will be a classroom full of business people looking to transform our customer service culture)

How many people can honestly say they worked their entire career without having weekend days as normal and consistent days off?

Looking forward to spending Sunday afternoon and evening (working) at Walt Disney World.

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