It all started with a Mouse

Walt Disney World Sign with Walt Disney quote
The law of attraction, no?

 

January 25, 1982 was his first day working for The Walt Disney World Resort.

He was hired as an ‘Attractions Host’.

He didn’t know what that meant until he arrived in Florida (from Pennsylvania) and attended the company orientation program – Disney Traditions.

Later that day he was told his training would begin the very next day as a Jungle Cruise Skipper in Disney’s Magic Kingdom.

They told him him to introduce himself to the Guests as ‘Jungle Jeff’.

So he did.

True story.

And yes, it did all start with a Mouse.

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A simple bowl of cereal sitting with family trumps all other breakfasts

Delta first class cabin breakfast tray
few flights come with a breakfast like this

 

Unfathomable what it would be like in this economy to be doing something we don’t love to do.

Tough enough when we are doing daily work transforming lives.

This is difficult challenging work in and of itself.

And what if we have to do a significant amount of work that wasn’t something that excites us?

We see this everyday. All day.

It’s our job as CEO of You, Inc to figure this out.

To create at least a 51% ‘get to do’.

The predominant goal is to push our work processes and structure so that our ‘get to do’ feels like 80-90%.

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The three most powerful ways to improve our career

Amazon product rating survey
We can only hope authenticity is a bigger part of the equation than grammar.

 

The three most powerful ways to improve our career because we absolutely can not be untouched by:

  • daily writing
  • sitting silently for long periods
  • teaching others what we know

Common sense, infrequently found – being commonly practiced.

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