The one negative common theme bad leaders and bad parents share

American phrases
busy as a beaver is an American phrase to describe feeling overworked

The main culprit for being bad at anything is this – not devoting enough time to the human element. Parents, and especially leaders, can become really good at doing things while simultaneously neglecting the needy – the human element.

Just take a moment and think of your own situation. When was the last time you asked someone to back off with all the recognition you’ve been receiving?

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I swear this happened seconds after writing yesterday’s post

I swear this happened seconds after writing yesterday’s post. Good friend, and Executive Vice President (Retired & Inspired) Walt Disney World Resort, Lee Cockerell, sent this video with a special note. I wanted to offer the video to you. The note remains private. 🙂

Guy Kawasaki’s video message about Enchantment is 45 minutes long, I have no expectation or illusion you’ll watch it. The real message today is that I was just cautiously writing about working for Disney and shazam, a nice note and and video from Lee.

Serendipity?

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Did you just arrive from jeff noel.org?

walt disney
if you saw him, you'd immediately know who he was

If you just arrived from jeffnoel.org, this photo and today’s “theme” makes sense. It’s easy to “see” that this is Walt Disney, but what if you were blind-folded and had to guess?

Much of what I write makes sense when you view all five daily blogs. More importantly, life makes more sense when you focus on balancing life’s five big choices, rather than on one, two, or even three components.

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