(note: this post was written 100 days ago on March 20, and edited this morning)
A new era of leadership begins for many people.
Working at Walt Disney World for 30 years, my number of gay and lesbian friends is countless. Today’s youth are so much luckier to be growing up in today’s more open and accepting world than my colleagues in the video.
(photo: Last week’s visit to Disneyland, and a last minute thought to create this mashup of Land entrance and World ID.)
CEO of You, Inc.
Does the sound of that inspire, overwhelm, or frighten you?
It may do all three.
In fact, if it doesn’t do all three, check for a pulse.
Here’s the secret though, inspiration is the name of the game. Being radically inspired must be paramount.
Period.
You own your destiny. You own your excuses, regrets, second chances and opportunities. And as CEO of You, Inc, you own your permission to go or not go.
Prevailing wisdom says you cannot be a prophet in your hometown. In this case, the hometown is Disney and Disney Institute (DI).
As a DI speaker, you are paid a couple hundred bucks a day. Everything else goes to the Organization. It’s the way it works. No harm, no foul. It’s clear and if you don’t like it, you can leave.
But if you leave, then what?
Real life in real time really truly comes to life.
Or not.
Depends on the person’s will to succeed and the value they bring.
Yesterday’s Fortune 150 client paid the going rate for a world-class (Disney) Keynote speech. If you’re not familiar, it starts at $16k and goes up from there. Call anyone who can offer such compelling content and request a quote for a (Disney) Keynote Speaker.
When you become the Organization, you skyrocket past a couple hundred.
It takes guts to ask for such a fee.
It takes a prophet to earn that fee.
The world has always become a better place by having courageous people do things that matter, in spite of their fear and doubt.
Yes, i’m talking to you. If you hate cubicle nation for any reason (and there’s a diverse list of reasons), get busy working on becoming the Organization. Become an entrepreneur.
It took over six years to earn my first dime, but it was a big dime.
i’m here to feed (for free) your desire to overcome those million obstacles and excuses you keep staring at.
This may be hard to believe, but it doesn’t need to be.
The book, Mid life Celebration, has changed people’s lives. It’s short, pithy and can either be a tender loving hug, or a kick in the as$. Not too many humans that don’t need both. The first few pages are free on Amazon. Not trying to sell you a book.
It was written as a life guide for a little boy in case something bad ever happened to his dad. Can’t get more direct nor more lovingly authentic than that.
Intentionally left out the link to Amazon. You get why, right?