i should have known better

Delta flight map
Can’t sleep with legs up against the wall unsupported. Too taxing behind the knees. Totally need the support.

i should have known better. 

Everything i envisioned on this trip, including the vision for the ultimate travel experience was crushed. 

Disproportionate time was spent trying to solve for what seemed like a bad dream. 

Nothing worked. 

And so it goes with air travel. 

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Is the industry standard something you have to accept?

Keynote speaker payment terms
Is the industry standard something you have to accept? Photo: quick note scribbled on my monthly calendar.

 

Speaking of failing to succeed…

Are you a purple cow?

No?

Then why should anyone pay attention to you?

The aspiring Disney animator jumped at the chance to speak with me (for free).

Our conversation was yesterday while walking to the gym.

One of the first things he shared was a story of him dragging his mom to the wall he had drawn on, “Look mommy, it says I am an animator.”

From that, later in our conversation, i suggested that maybe what makes him a purple cow is his ability to pretend and (possibly) to get others to pretend.

He was astonished and inspired.

What’s your purple cow?

.think .differently

 

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How patient and how often?

Disney Keynote Speakers
Selfie-time, 8:03am.

 

conference questions
Breakout sessions thought starters created by the conference sponsor.

 

Westin Vail hottub
Spent an hour up to my shoulders in hot water. Glorious.

 

quote
Always learning.

 

quote
Knowledge isn’t skill. Fat isn’t muscle.

 

Vail, CO
Who knew?

 

Westin fireplace
Only one enjoying the fire at 4:50am.

 

Disney Keynote Speakers
Westin, Vail lobby 4:50AM yesterday.

 

sleep
Five hours hurts, but it could be worse.

 

Vail, CO
Cool stuff.

 

Disney Keynote Speakers
Really thought yesterday would be a typical and uneventful travel day back to Walt Disney World.

 

Disney Keynote Speakers
New record. Cool, i guess.

 

Rocky Mountain National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park at 7:45am yesterday.

 

Rocky Mountain National Park
Zooming in.

 

Rocky Mountain National Park
Bigger zoom. Thanks iPhone.

 

Colorado plains
The Plains begin as soon as the mountains end.

 

High School speaker
Arrived two minutes late at 7:02PM last night.

 

How patient and how often?

Long and draining travel days set you up for an unplanned final exam.

Patience is pass-fail.

Anything less than being patient is not patient (fail).

 

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A Disney Keynote Speaker career-defining moment

Disney Keynote Speakers
Joy. Can you please help me with my joy? i’d like it overflowing, please. Photo: random and unintentional yesterday.

 

A Disney Keynote Speaker career-defining moment is when you are intuitive enough to notice (and act on) what no one else is noticing (and acting on).

Climb the ladder.

How can you not?

Well…

If you pause long enough to keenly observe the obvious, you’ll notice something that is either invisible or, visible and ignored.

People in the levels above you – look closely.

Watch them over the months and years.

Are they filled with joy at what they do for a living?

Look at the Disney Leaders at every level above you.

Are they joyful?

This is not a dig.

This is an incredible insight.

An insight into a massive, world-class organization.

Not intending to ruin any Magic for anyone.

Chapin, be careful. There is literally no organization in the world that is immune from this….

What i realized was that there is no amount of (extra) money that would be worth more than the (abundant) joy i get from being a Disney Keynote Speaker.

 

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Should all Disney Keynote Speakers have a Podcast?

Dan Cockerell podcast
Dan Cockerell’s podcast was awesome. Listened to it while sitting captive at the gate on an American Airlines flight for 120 minutes.

 

 

Should all Disney Keynote Speakers have a Podcast?

Conventional wisdom says yes.

There’s a time and a place for conventional wisdom.

And there’s a time and a place to discover new territory.

Jody Maberry hosts Lee Cockerell’s and, as of a few days ago, Dan Cockerell’s podcast.

Jody was my Guest in Glacier National Park two weeks ago.

It was our first time meeting face to face.

We almost slept in the same bed the night we met.

i’ll leave that story for a potential podcast (with Jody hopefully).

 

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