Category: Quotable

Quietly making noise

Disney Institute classroom marque
The final custom Disney Institute multi-day business program i delivered.
teddy bear and Disney pamphlet
Jack (left) stamps “i was there” and “Tell-A-Cast” stamps the time.
Disney Institute classroom
Long-time colleague in Resort Operations and then also at Disney Institute.
Disney Keynote Speaker Jeff noel with colleague Mark Matheis
Mark and i served together at Disney’s flagship Resort for Disney Resorts worldwide—Disney’s Grand Floridian Beach Resort and Spa
Disney Keynote Speaker Jeff noel with colleague Mark Matheis
Last week of October, 2014.

Dream on.

Aerosmith

Aerosmith was my first rock concert. Harrisburg (PA) Farm Show Arena. High School sophomore, 1975. The Kinard brothers, Tim and Tom, “weight guys” on the track team, invited me.

i was quietly making noise in the weight room. Tim and Tom, and Dana Rosensweig (also a shot put and discus athlete) were literally the only others at school who could squat more than me. This young sophomore sprinter, a nobody in the weight room, was a squatting phenom. Train kept a rollin’…

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How you doin with your work?

clever sidewalk sign
Is this sustainable? Depends on your mindset…and your habits.

Insist on the highest, and simplest, standards.

dad

How you doin with your work?

Simplicity is operational genius; for organizational vibrancy and for personal vibrancy.

Life throws too many things at you to have a packed calendar and complicated decision making processes.

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Age old career questions

Disney speaker Jeff Noel
2013.

Business leadership became clearer after i became an owner.

dad

Age old career questions:

  • What if i’m not connected to the right people?
  • Why aren’t people recognizing my potential?
  • What am i gonna do if i can’t climb the ladder?

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Adventure awaits

jungle cruise logo
What the? This ain’t Glacier. No, but it’s (WDW) also in the three-way tie for third most favorite place on our planet.

Glacier is in a three-way tie for my third favorite place on the planet.

dad

i like that our Son knows his dad’s favorite Pixar movie.

i like that our Son knows his dad’s prioritized top five favorite places on Earth.

i like that our Son knows his dad has left a trail for him in case something bad ever happens.

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Vanity and social proof

Walt Disney and Tom Nabbe sitting on Disneyland fence
Tom is our neighbor, a subdivision over.
three adults posing for a selfie
David (middle) secured one of my first post-Disney Leadership Keynotes.
Disney speaker Jeff Noel with audience
Every speech begins with the audience taking a selfie of themselves and others near them. That’s David on the right taking a selfie, while i take a selfie.
Disney Keynote Speaker Jeff Noel
“Ft Lauderdale, FL – ADA 2015 – Attendees during Friday”s sessions at the gMed Summit here today, Friday June 19, 2015. Attendees and users learn the latest developments in the gMed suite of tools for gastrointerologists and their practice. Photo by © MedMeetingImages/Todd Buchanan 2015 Contact Info: [email protected]”
Disney Keynote Speaker Jeff Noel
“Ft Lauderdale, FL – ADA 2015 – Attendees during Friday”s sessions at the gMed Summit here today, Friday June 19, 2015. Attendees and users learn the latest developments in the gMed suite of tools for gastrointerologists and their practice. Photo by © MedMeetingImages/Todd Buchanan 2015 Contact Info: [email protected]”
family of three at Pixar Elemental premiere
Monday, funday. Capturing the Pixar “premiere” moment.
Pixar movie credits screenshot
We always stay until the theater lights come on.

Vanity and social proof is the challenge of our time.

dad

We love social media.

We hate social media.

Conflicted?

Addicted?

Indifferent?

Resurrected?

Time will tell.

Right?

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