Tag: development

Make ‘em like you mean it

two retired disney leaders
Two retired Disney leaders. Lisa and jeff. We met at Disney’s Contemporary Resort Front Desk in 1985. Today’s photo is 2025. Lisa just retired after 46 years of Disney Service. She arrived late, after the Disney Leadership gathering thinned out. In fact, Cheryl and i left after this photo. i asked for her mobile because i don’t have it. Took this photo so i could text her my mobile.
man thinking introspectively
Can’t recall why i took this photo.

The beautiful reward that mistakes give us is a lesson we cannot get in any other way.

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Learning’s reminder

LinkedIn leadership post about perspective
When you change what you see, what you see changes. Photo: Random, unknown post in my LinkedIn feed.

Learning creates confidence. However, learning initially exposes how much we didn’t know (but thought we did).

Learning reminds us to lean into our discomfort with being incompetent.

Bonus: Mediocre and poor are synonymous. You’re in charge of your learning and development and a half baked attempt equals the same thing as a poor attempt.

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The training & development trap

The training & development trap…

Training teaches you how to do.

Development teaches you how to lead.

Doing and leading are not the same.

Not even close.

Train for compliance.

Develop for commitment.

You’re welcome.

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The power of education

Apple calculator screen shot
Recently was asked how many words i’ve written while prolifically blogging for 11 consecutive years. At a conservative estimate of 100 words per post, over 2-million words.

Want to feel strong?

Try the power of education.

What?

Educate yourself.

If necessary, take classes.

Otherwise, observe, listen, read, teach, dream, and, write like you mean it.

Tend to your personal vibrancy.

Your mind is one-fifth of the balance equation.

Educate yourself in a balanced way.

And never take your confidence, gratitude, and servitude for granted.

To be confident and grateful, yet not serve others by teaching them through your example – this is true slavery.

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Leading yourself?

Granite Park Chalet
To sleep here 15 days in a Summer of 90 days is absurdly over-focused. No electricity, no running water, no heat (nights in 40’s), no wifi, spotty cell signal, pit toilet.

Leading yourself?

If you’ve been habitually over-focused on your personal and professional development, you are not panicked right now.

Why?

Because the chaos the world is experiencing is normal for you.

You are always experiencing things that are uncertain, taking risks others could take, but never do.

You have already lived with deep fear and even deeper doubt. You’ve failed, learned, and improved. Over and over.

It’s part of your DNA – being comfortable being uncomfortable.

When you quit your job to start your business, you made do with limited resources, uncertain conditions and outcomes, as well as the psychological trauma of probably losing it all. Odds overwhelming do not favor startups.

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