Quotable – Page 9 – Disney Brand Loyalty Keynote Speaker

No one can do all this, right?

Disney look book photo examples of good show — Disney Look Book, 1988. Easy to recognize that Contemporary Resort logo behind that former Jungle Cruise Skipper.

2007 Disney annual performance review — Insert your name in every blacked out space and how does this sound to you?

Jeff, not everyone on the Disney Institute Executive team likes you. When we’re in meetings, zip it.
Wayne Gagne, Disney Institute Operations Leader

Wayne changed the trajectory of the second half of my 15-year Disney Institute speaking career. When he shared this one-on-one feedback, i was a 24-year Disney leadership veteran. Nothing i did 24 years into my career was neophyte thinking.

Insight: striving for perfection, with the reality that excellence is the best you can do, you forget that perfection is not everyone else’s goal.

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The truth can set you free

1973 Bioy Scout Jamboree Troop photo — 1973, National Boy Scout Jamboree. Days earlier, we spent a night at Swiftcurrent Motor Inn and took a half-day Red Bus tour of Glacier National Park. It was my first visit to Glacier. i’m in second row, second from right.

You cannot fail by taking risks. You only fail by conforming.
dad

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Fun is mandatory

6-second video: Sent this to “hands-down” my best CEO client.

6-second video: Just having fun. Life is good.

12-second video: Apple Music or Theme Park Music? Both are amazing.

disney university sign — Just time-stamping the “i was there” shot.

Fun at work isn’t mandatory, unless you make it a non-negotiable.
dad

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Dear Blank Canvas

Too funny, didn’t take this screen shot for the blank space. Took it to remind me to research how to add altitude to the Apple Compass app.

Dear blank canvas, thank you for being everywhere i look.
dad

It’s as easy to see everything as a blank canvas as it is to see all the great ideas already taken. Both are simply repetitive, habitual thinking. One inspires your creativity, one kills your creativity.

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College Day 4 work

Quite about blessings — Resentment is a blessing because it helps you see the value in being clear about expectations, or moving forward without any. Or a combo of both.

Silent expectations lead to resentment.

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