Disney Brand Loyalty Keynote Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five different sites.
Last night, sort of by chance, I watched ten minutes of ABC’s new show, Glee. Those ten minutes changed my mind about something.
And also yesterday, while changing a security question, one choice was, “What’s the name of your favorite song?” Led Zeppelin immediately came to mind.
The rendition on Glee last night, and the inspiring lyrics to John Lennon’s “Imagine”, made me rethink the whole favorite song thing.
Yes, definitely, “Imagine”.
“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.”
Do what you fear, but don’t get arrested. Sometimes, if not more often, we must do what we fear to overcome it.
This has been challenging, considering all the places I’ve lived and worked – 35 years in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Idaho, Florida and Washington State.
Bottom line, my thirst for pushing boundaries tends to threaten others. Since turning 50 in June, I have flat out accepted this is who I am – a game changer. Maybe this will be September’s theme. Maybe not.
Let’s go back two days to The Ledge, at the western hemisphere’s tallest building:
Went out on The Ledge five times. Would have done it even more, except it was a very busy Friday night in Chicago.
“So what”? Exactly. So what! I’ve never been more impatient with the status quo.
Turbulent times call for unprecedented creative efforts. In order to teach our son patience, I constantly remind myself to relax and be patient. One day soon, some one will ask, “Will you share your vision with us”?
While I went to The Ledge five times that night, Walt Disney lived his whole life on The Ledge. Wonder if we’re related. Carpe diem, jungle jeff 🙂
Yesterday….(Not the Beatles).
Happy Birthday (yesterday) to Disneyland!
Walt Disney said:
“I knew if this business was ever to get anywhere, if this business was ever to grow, it could never do it by having to answer to someone unsympathetic to it’s possibilities, by having to answer to someone with only one thought or interest, namely profits. For my idea of how to make profits has differed greatly from those who generally control businesses such as ours. I have a blind faith in the policy that quality, tempered with good judgement and showmanship, will win out against all odds”.
If Walt Disney could have envisioned how successful his business philosophy would ultimately become and how far it would take The Walt Disney Company, maybe he would have found a way to quit smoking.
Crazy, yes. Impossible, no.
Walt Disney never used the word, “Impossible”!
Carpe diem, jungle jeff 🙂
Do you love what you do?
Ever heard, “Do what you love and you’ll never have to work another day in your life?”
I hope you love what you do. Where I work, we strive to hire people for positions they will most likely enjoy and are naturally suited for.
It’s called “right-fit talent”.
My wife spent ten years in a very large employment office in Central Florida. I conducted hundreds of interviews myself. So, I know the process intimately.
Want a simple answer? One that’s so easy, even a caveman can understand?
Hire people in positions where they “get to do” more than they “have to do”. It’s unsophisticated and maybe even too simple for senior HR professionals who have their own corporate HR jargon.
Do you “get to do” more than you “have to do“? How about the people who work for you and/or report to you?
Make it a GREAT day, because if you don’t, who will? If you’re a leader, the people around you are looking for “cool, calm, collected – optimistic, hopeful, inspiring“. Carpe diem, jungle jeff 🙂