Career – Page 11 – Disney Brand Loyalty Keynote Speaker

Visited SunTrust first, Magic Kingdom second

What does a small business entrepreneur who’s worked for over six years with no revenue do after experiencing a catalytic career milestone?

Think Super Bowl ending cliche…

“I’m going to Disney World!”

First stop, the original Walt Disney World Corporate Headquarters before Team Disney was opened in 1991, to thank his wife for her support. Then on to Disney’s Magic Kingdom Theme Park (clock tower shows 12:20pm) for a perfectly timed viewing of the Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade and lunch at Columbia Harbour House.

Next stop a trip where it all began on January 25, 1982. And on the walk to Adventureland, a nice chat with a Walt Disney World Research Cast Member.

On the walk out, a chance meeting with the Mayor, who’s campaign slogan is “Pull the lever, vote for Weaver.”

Luck favors the prepared.

Have a Magical Day!

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Are you prostituting your soul for your career ambitions?

Disney Leadership Speakers — Yesterday in the middle of a great discussion.

The two-day session was designed to help management Consultants. We talked briefly about Mid Life Celebration. Everyone in the room said they could benefit from the message of being responsible for becoming either a great example or a glaring warning to the people we love and care about, simply by the way we live our lives.

Shelly (pictured above) spoke of the “career prostitution”, the habitual commitment to do work that doesn’t feed our sense of authenticity. A commitment that poisons our soul.

She left the corporate grind to start an organization that helps single Moms in desperate need.

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Holy cow this is amazing

(photo: It is in the giving that we receive. The long way is the shortcut.)

Do you follow someone with a title or someone with courage?

The weirdest thing yesterday was removing the Disney Institute engagements from the ~~Apple~~ personal calendar for November, December and January.

Weirder still is entering new engagements in their place for Mid Life Celebration.

Holy cow this is amazing.

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Stop and smell the roses (or corn)?

(photo: University of Iowa corn tower next to the Old Capital Building)

Is math really the perfect science?

The value of a single day?

Ask someone who’s counting theirs.

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Houston we have a (money) problem

(photo: Last night at dinner a block from hotel. Big is better? Portion size? Paycheck size?)

Houston, we have a problem because the ladder we are climbing is leaning against the wrong wall.

The reason we begin the corporate climb is because we liked the way we thought we’d feel when we’d have a higher position and therefore greater respect and admiration from others.

How’s that dream working out?

The higher we go, the farther we get from using our first love, our wheelhouse…

They are the rare exception: The people who go on to become incredibly great leaders.

We may know a handful, or less, personally.

Never underestimate the power of joy, versus the drive for status and comfort.

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