So What? – Page 17 – Disney Brand Loyalty Keynote Speaker

We worked at Disney’s Contemporary Resort back in the 1980’s

Disney's first Hotels under construction. — Had never seen a photo of this until the Facebook Group.

The Disney heritage stories are as common as the prolific sable palm trees (the Florida State Tree). The vintage Disney photos are often rare. Never saw the photo above until yesterday on the Facebook group, “We worked at the Contemporary back in the ’80’s“.

The Hotel rooms were constructed offsite, but still on Disney Property, by US Steel, in a modular fashion and literally slid into the large A-Frame structure.

The room construction was rumored to be so complete that the carpet was installed and even the light bulbs were screwed into the lamps.

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Learning to let go of holding on to what scares us

Disneyland Walt Disney Apartment lamp — This lamp has remained on since December 15, 1966.

Learning to let go of holding on to what scares us.

Composed and sent 15 emails yesterday to everyone who initiated contact (requesting a keynote speaker) in the first 30 days of retirement.

Following up isn’t scary. Quite good at it. What seems scary is being labeled as a stereotypical salesperson only interested in making a sale.

Overcoming this will set him free.

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Friendly reminder to your CEO

Transitions Signature eye glasses — TV ad last night.

Who’s the CEO of “You, Inc”?

We transition from one busy, ordinary day to the next, mostly driven by our good intentions of getting to the important stuff “tomorrow”.

Friendly reminder to your CEO. Today is yesterday’s tomorrow.

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Merry Christmas 2014 to all you leaders out there

(photo: One of the most important questions the audience should ask themselves. “So what does this mean to us?”)

Leaders set the tone.

Leaders maintain, accentuate, or ignore the tone they set.

Year after year.

Heading out shortly for our 15th annual Christmas morning delivery of Food For Families.

We began this Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter tradition in 1999, the year before parenthood.

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Has the reality of your daily life sunk in?

(photo: Bottom left, sitting on Main Street enjoying a Starbucks breakfast sandwich at 9:30am the day after Thanksgiving.)

Bold question.

Kind too.

Has the reality of your daily life sunk in?

Filled with hope?

Prepared to work incredibly hard?

Yesterday was a bit closer to feeling it here. See photo above.

Today is the last day of the first month of retirement.

The only way to get to this point was to dream, do, dream, do, dream, do…

And along the way, constantly overcome failure, doubt, and fear.

The goal to retire at 55 was made six years in advance.

The goal to carve out a career at Disney was made at the tender age of 25.

It was 30 years to pay off a mortgage and reach the pinnacle of an incredible career.

It was a five day drive from Pullman, Washington to Orlando, Florida in 1984.

And before loading up the car for good, a risk had to be taken.

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