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Great Disney Leadership traits
Tag: Business
Patience and pain can turn into astonishing opportunity
Turned the corner on a steep and impatient learning curve.
Thank goodness for trust. It allows patience and pain to be an opportunity rather than an illness.
In reality, i was unprepared for having to negotiate six-figure cultural transformation contracts.
Why?
Because it was never part of my future.
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The business of blogging
Fancy graphic design can be an insidious place to hide.
Why?
Because it’s tempting to disguise boring with polish.
If the point of your website is a one-time visit, then maybe.
If the point is primarily content creation (daily, thought-provoking content), better to focus on real versus shiny.
Stories and relevance are far more important than bells and whistles.
(Photo: Does a fancy headstone make the person more important or easier to remember? i’m going with, “No.”)
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Ever work invisibly on a game changing idea?
Have been working invisibly for the past week to create the right questions and the right vision to help someone who wants to change things.
My mission is to convince him to take an expensive risk that has no guarantee.
Why would anyone spend either side of $250k for something that cannot be guaranteed to work?
Why?
Because they want to become the category, not be the best in a category.
Taking risks is risky. So is playing it safe.
If we do nothing, we know what to expect.
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The value proposition for seeing things differently
The email from a former client came through while working, about 1pm yesterday.
“Time for a quick call today?”
“Sure.”
When you do the right things for the right reasons and see profit as the reward, not the goal, Magic happens.
PS. Update 100 days later (today) a speaking contract came out of this conversation.
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