The secret ingredient is optimism

Mickey and Minnie Mouse
Yesterday, the Castle forecourt was uncrowded, sunny and bright, loud, and Magical.

The secret ingredient is optimism.

This hit me yesterday while spending four hours, unexpectedly, at Magic Kingdom. Optimism is our (Disney’s) super power, not Magic.

i misjudged Walt Disney World’s closing by one day, and am so glad for the error.

Seriously, thinking about a Disney-less world, it was almost like heartbreak.

Our world needs Disney.

Our world needs optimism.

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Podcast summary

spent dandelion
The ultimate design for every living creature is to reproduce. And perfectly, there are beautiful and wondrous exceptions. Some march to the beat of a different drummer and contribute in endlessly special ways.

If Disney Ran Your Life podcast assumptions:

  • Personal vibrancy yields balance
  • High Disney-style standards will not be lowered
  • Participation in the 72-hour challenges is expected
  • Each episode builds on the previous episode
  • You must believe balance is achievable
  • You must teach what you learn and do

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Magic Makers needed

Magic Makers Group
On a call yesterday with Pete Blank, he shared this website. i know a bunch of these Disney folks. Wishing them well. Lots of mouths to feed.

Magic Makers needed.

Our world needs more Magic makers.

So grateful i’ve opted for simple, lean, and over-focused.

.think .differently

Excited to be meeting our son at the dining hall after his last class today. We’ll take a short break in his dorm room and then walk to see the world premiere of Disney/Pixar’s Onward.

Being an army of one is tough work. Doing hard work also yields benefits uncommon to the corporate world. Namely, flying 900 miles to see a world premiere Pixar movie with your college freshman son.

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Hei Moana, share some Magic

Cinderella
Cinderella making Magic Happen.
Miguel from Coco
Miguel from Disney Pixar Coco, making Magic Happen.
Disneyland parade float
Five Cast Members are required to move the float forward.
Todrick Hall
Todrick Hall co-composed the songs for Magic Happens. He sat a few people to our right.
Disneyland crowd control
Minutes after the world premiere of Disneyland’s Magic Happens parade.

Hei Moana, share some Magic.

Ok.

These photos do just that.

Did you see what i did with the title?

Used a word from each of today’s previous three post titles.

Magic does happen.

If you over-focus on the same things you used to under-focus on or ignore.

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The Show must go on

Jody Maberry and jeff noel
Recording Season 5, Episode 2 yesterday from Disneyland.
Jody Maberry and jeff noel
The top photo shows a window with a view down into Disney’s California Adventure.
Dream trinket at Disneyland
Dream? Of course. Why? It gives us hope.

The Show must go on.

One of our (Disney) key world-class organizational principles is separating backstage from onstage.

If people knew how relentlessly hard we must work all day, day after day, people would not believe it.

It’s cool to be a business advisor who can help outsiders bring world-class Disney business principles to their own organizational culture.

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