Professionally Speaking – Page 56 – Disney Brand Loyalty Keynote Speaker

Would you get excited for a trophy?

Unique Florida wildflower — This flower was a big surprise at the swamps’s edge.

When this post goes live in 100 days, jungle jeff will be 10 days away from 30 ‘official’ years at Walt Disney World.

Original hire date of January 25, 1982, beginning as ‘jungle jeff’ in Adventureland.

Left when Summer ended and returned for good September 27, 1984.

So excited to reach this incredible milestone.

Would you get excited for a trophy?

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Feeling so privileged to have reached 55 years old today

To see where technology has taken us and to dream about where it will continue to take us… what a privilege.

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Arguably the two most important questions every leader should lead with

University of Iowa mascot Herky statue — What would Herky do? Why?

Arguably the two most important questions every leader should lead with:

1. Why?
2. What would you do?

Go.

PS. The order is reversible depending on the situation.

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Let’s hope he can overcome his deficiency

weather.com screen shot advertisements — There is joy is finally accepting that you are an expert at the things you’ve spent your life doing

Flying in first class to Orlando yesterday, she said she’s a certified life coach and shared the highly esteemed credentials she recently received. She’s also a small business entrepreneur at age 31. Her next three days will be spent speaking at Orange County Convention Center.

It all sounded so impressive.

And then the aha moment…

The person she was talking to has been receiving his credentials from one of the World’s most admired companies for 30 years, almost as long as she’s been alive – yet he has no ‘official certification’.

The message for all of us?

Take stock in our experience – it rivals (and can easily trump) a diploma with few exceptions.

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Direct and in-your-face leadership insights from a woman in charge

Small business entrepreneurs use their vehicles to promote — Small and large businesses use their vehicles to market their products

Direct and in-your-face leadership insights from a woman in charge:

It’s better to have a hole in your team than to have an a$$ hole on your team
A$$ time = if their feet move their brain works (sitting is deadly)
It’s better to have no one than to have the wrong one

Professionally dressed. Professional demeanor. Polite. Cordial.

And then the gems.

As if a bomb exploded granting that profanity suddenly becomes acceptable.

It was fun to witness.

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