Insist on taking the best risks you can take

Disney Conference Keynote Speaker
This was a silly photo idea last week. i like it though. In the far left shadow hides the photographer.

 

Are you getting your money’s worth?

Insist on taking the best risks you can take.

  1. Expect to fail, expect to lose, expect some pain.
  2. Expect to succeed, expect victories, expect great joy.

You can’t have one set without the other.

We know this, yet behave like we don’t.

i get jazzed by acting like i not only know it, but by embracing it for all it’s worth.

 

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Career regret is a rite of passage

Candy counter
Easy choice.

 

Vegetable counter
Tough choice.

 

There are too many things that need-to-be-done to ever get to the want-to-get-done pile.

Our life inside the corporate machine consumes our time. We become polished at remaining calm under the constant work pressure. This unrelenting pressure ultimately beats the dreamer out of us.

Gone are our youthful ideals about how to thrive and contribute to work that matters.

And along this well-worn path, we sacrifice regular exercise, balanced nutrition, and adequate rest – all in the name of climbing the ladder.

 

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Find a different career lane

Contemporary Resort employees
Two days ago during a 10-mile run. Contemporary Resort employees walking to work in the shadow of the monorail beam.

 

Contemporary Resort employees
Two days ago during a 10-mile run.

 

(If you are already vibrantly excelling at work, you can skip this post.)

Find a different career lane.

If it feels like a rat race, it is.

Don’t like it?

Change.

 

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No sweat means it’s totally appropriate

Disney, creativity, keynote, speaker
Everyone is at Chef Mickey’s for breakfast.

 

Disney employees and Guests
Where Magic lives…(L-R: me, Kate Shubert and Jeffrey Williford from Disney Institute, and consultant Leslie Mullens from Hawai’i)

 

Do at least one thing a day that scares you.

Was it appropriate to drop in on the group during their relaxed and fun breakfast with the Disney characters?

Walked around the resort taking photos and realized that i had cooled down and stopped sweating.

An invitation came via text. The rest, as they say, is magic history.

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Working vacations are necessary sometimes

Sanibel Island Summer sunsets
Awaiting first Family sunset, 2015.

 

Sanibel Island Summer sunsets
First Family sunset (in progress).

 

Sanibel Island Summer sunsets
First Family sunset heading for grand finale.

 

Sanibel Island Summer sunsets
First Family sunset – take a bow.

 

Sanibel Island Summer sunsets
First Family sunset – encore.

 

Working vacations are under rated and over rated.

Just like exerting the lifetime effort (personal leadership) to stay healthy and active. Or to opt for ‘relaxing, taking it easy, and enjoying life’ at the expense of exertion.

The key is to take enough vacations so that the odds equal out that some are working vacations and some are not.

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