Decisions – Page 4 – Disney Brand Loyalty Keynote Speaker

As a leader, we must make decisions not everyone agrees on

Breakfast at Cracker Barrel — Frosted mugs for the milk.

Breakfast platter — Plates of food falling off the table.

Coliseum of Comics YuGiOh Tournament — Neither of us knew they’d be closed. Makes sense though.

As a leader, we must make decisions not everyone agrees on. Yes, we could have gone back and delivered more boxes of food. Would could have made return trips for hours.

The van put it to a vote. As the tie breaker it was easy because:

The first ministry starts at home.

Don’t abandon your Family for work to be done. There’s a time and a place. Try to balance them.

There is a standing Sunday commitment to attend our Son’s tournament.

Not everyone has the same priorities. Not everyone has conviction. Not everyone has balance.

Do the best you can. Forgive yourself. Move forward.

Life is not a popularity contest.

But if it was, you’d want your Family to be your biggest fans.

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The paradox of creativity

Disney Leadership Keynote Speakers — Second round of rough drafts completed yesterday.

If fear is our enemy to being creative. Then creativity is the antidote for fear.

Nothing slays fear like action.

Failure is progress.

Inaction is not progress.

It really is this simple.

Just passed 100 days since retiring from Disney and things are starting to gel. They’re gelling because big decisions are being made.

Fear fades away like a distant memory.

Doing business differently. — Paying in advance and double her going rate.

Paying in advance and double her fee seems as natural as breathing. Fear, not lack of creativity, keeps this from being a common business practice.

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The joy of being the boss

(photo: A surprise, and astonishingly brave and inspiring speech just three days before Christmas: Calling out the hypocrisy on the vatican Cardinals.)

First Christmas in 30 years where there are no worries about getting time off to spend with Family.

The responsibility of being self-employed hasn’t fully sunk in.

But the joy of being the boss has.

You don’t realize the weight (of corporate tradition) until it’s gone.

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Maybe what we are doing as leaders doesn’t matter (at all)

(photo: Old middle school scoreboard… may never be used again)

Many things to measure as a leader to influence prioritized decision making.

Some things we measure will never matter.

And some things we can’t measure may be the only things that matter.

Good luck leaders.

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Being Brave Means Making Lots Of Decisions You’ve Never Had To Make Before

Hardly a Baby Boomer alive that doesn’t feel they could write a book about their life. Hardly a Boomer alive who doesn’t dream of independence from the corporate world. Hardly anyone middle-age who doesn’t think they can do things better than the current system. Being brave means deciding to Go!

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