.think .differently about recommendations and branding

Disney Institute keynote speakers
Disney Institute classroom – in this photo, the Living Seas VIP Lounge (backstage, not open to the public). A staged photo, but you knew that, right?

 

Letters of recommendation are typically superfluous, written by people who the applicant thinks will impress a potential client.

And often, the author has offered to write whatever the recipient would like them to focus on.

If you can’t understand this, it simply means you’ve never had to market yourself or your personal business.

Please don’t get me wrong, there are exceptions.

They’re rare.

And they are also difficult to tell apart from the orchestrated ones.

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AMA Message Last Night

Disney World Logo
Lunch yesterday, November 19 at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort.

 

Disney Pixar Coco Ad
Disney Pixar Coco Ad at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort.

 

Disney Pixar Coco Ad
Closeup. Ps. We have tickets to see Coco on Thanksgiving Day (lower right corner).

 

Disney Pixar Coco Ad
Another closeup.

 

Disney's Coronado Springs Resort.
Real life closeup.

 

Disney World K-9 Unit vehicle
Parked next to us.

 

Disney World Construction cranes
Disney World Construction cranes from our parking space at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort.

 

American Music Awards last night on ABC.

This…

Glorious.

Glorious.

i was born for this.

Born for this.

What?

It’s different for each of us.

And it’s glorious.

Glorious.

You were born for it.

Born for it.

Are you ignoring it?

Ignoring it?

What?

Your purpose in life.

Do you know it?

Are you living it?

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Pushing The Envelope

You study leadership, don’t you? You read. A lot. You watch others, with the intent to learn two things:

  1. What works
  2. What doesn’t

The world is overloaded with wanna-be’s and imitators.

In today’s world, if you want to stand out, you need to do one of two things:

  1. Do what everyone else is doing, differently
  2. Do something no one else is doing

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A Brand Called You

Icons Help Shape A Brand
Icons Help Shape A Brand

Who needs me to draw a map?

No seriously, I hope you’re getting this.  Hey, everyone is busy. You don’t think I know that?  Come on, I get it.

But do others get it?  There is never going to be a time when you will have time. It hurts to hear this, doesn’t it?

So now is the time.  And this is the place for simple, daily reflections on excellence. It has to be a daily habit, or it will never be excellent.

You can be very good, without a daily habit, but not excellent.

My whole point last week, spontaneously inspired by a ten-minute walk outside that Dallas hotel, was what Tom Peters calls: “A Brand Called You”. Others call it ,  “Me Inc”.

Don’t believe me?  Then click here to read an August 2007 Fast Company article from Tom Peters entitled, A Brand Called You.