Quotable – Page 74 – Disney Brand Loyalty Keynote Speaker

Sign it with excellence

homeowner driveway construction — To an outsider (me), this looks good.

7-second video: It all seems professional.

Concrete driveway crew — Tuesday, March 14, 2023. The pouring begins, six-inches deep, removing the need for rebar and wire mesh reinforcement (according to Shawn, the drainage contractor supervisor). Shawn was not here the entire day.

8-second video: Let the pouring begin.

18-second video: Almost done.

Hard work doesn’t equal excellence. It can, but it isn’t automatic.
dad

Hard work is recognizable. Flaws are too. So is excellence.

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The little things

38-second video: Out for a 10-miler today.

Walt Disney quote — Social media screen shot. Source unknown.

Know what i tell you is from decades of experience. None of my success happened quickly. None of my failures lasted long.
dad

It takes a long time to become an overnight success. And once you’re on top, everyone is gunning for you. Manage your success against your attitude, health, peace, get-to-do, and priorities.

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Visions of promises

12-second video: A small gesture of recognition, appreciation, valuing, and encouragement (RAVE) to good friends and follow (and former) Disney colleagues.

Four seasons resort business card — Yesterday. On a tour.

i promise to over-focus on the same things i used to under-focus on or ignore.
dad

What are the outlandish promises you’ve made to yourself (and/or others)?

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Disney Magic

It’s not the Magic that makes it work, it’s the work that makes it Magic.
Mary Flynn (my Disney Institute colleague and former Hallmark Greeting Cards writer)

It is a blessing to have started at Disney Institute (DI) in 1999 after 15 years serving in Disney front-line leadership operations.

Why?

First, i was at Walt Disney World (WDW) (hired 1982) before the “Disney Decade” (1990-2000) and lived through WDW’s exponential, and transformational, growth.

Second, i joined a boutique, small (10 facilitators and one ops manager/leader), unknown group of DI business leaders who’s sole responsibility was (still is) to share the ‘Business behind the Magic‘ to ‘outsiders’.

Finally, a couple years after joining DI, DI went on a growth trajectory that gave me a Disney and leadership education like no other. Someday, there may be a Disney Business Books series inspired from this Disney education.

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Can you lead it?

handwritten notes on a napkin — (Left column) Day One Disney Traditions class: Must know, need to know, nice to know.

Gapingvoid Art in a pyramid shape — One image summarizes the whole volume: Everyone is a leader.

disney leaders — In this photo: The President of Walt Disney World (in charge of 80k Cast Members), a Director-level (entry-level) Executive, and a front-line leader. In 2014, we had about 80,000 Cast Members at WDW, only 200+- were Executives. Cheryl was one of the 200 out of 80k.

Disney Keynote speaker Jeff noel name tag — You lead by dreaming, creating, and inspiring. Yourself and others.

There are capital L leaders and lower-case L leaders. Everyone is a leader.
dad

Every able-minded and able-bodied person is the CEO of their life. Period. End of story. There are great ones, good ones, and awful ones. No matter their performance, it’s their sole responsibility and accountability. And firstly, you are accountable to yourself.

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