Intentionally waited until bedtime to be a leader

High School freshman studying
He spent the entire weekend preparing for finals week.

 

Intentionally waited until bedtime to tell him, “Your work ethic and focus impressed me this weekend.”

Wanted him to take that feedback to bed with him to ponder his behavior and hopefully begin to understand that there are times when the characteristics he demonstrated this weekend will serve him as an adult.

 

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Personal leadership involves doing things that are invisible to most

Salvation Army pickup truck
Snapped this photo from our riding lawn mower yesterday morning.

 

Salvation Army pickup truck
Donated our dining room table and six chairs.

 

Personal leadership involves doing things that are invisible to most. In the corporate world, donating money, volunteering time, hosting fundraisers, and a list of other common ways to give back, are all marketed very carefully to the public.

Why?

Because it’s a great public relations strategy.

To do it invisibly would be considered a missed opportunity.

Oh well.

Note: The readership here, in the big picture, is so small, it’s the equivalent to it never happening.

 

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The client said, “You should tell that to everyone.”

Winter Garden Theater at dusk
Spent three days here this week doing work that matters.

 

The client said, “You should tell that to everyone.”

It seemed important, but i didn’t think the audience would care. The client did. That had me rethink my opening remarks.

“i’m going to share with you 30 years of Disney experience. i could speak for 30 straight days about Disney content and not talk about the same thing twice. Today i’m going to share the most important essence in just two and a half hours.”

 

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Assuming is a dangerous leadership blind spot

Disney Leadership Speaker
Real people not actors.

 

In retrospect and in this current moment as i type this, i’m reflecting on how many activities and how much laughter, and how much think-until-it-hurts time we experienced the past two days.

With few exceptions, it was pervasive.

It rarely, if ever, gets any better than that.

i’m sharing because it’s a perfect example of preaching what i practice – intentionality.

 

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You cannot live on thoughts (intentions)

Disney World Christmas parade filming
Enjoying the morning and appreciating the privilege to live like i mean it.

 

Disney World Christmas parade filming
As a Cast Member, this is a typical work day occurrence.

 

Disney World Christmas parade filming
A final photo before running home.

 

 

You cannot live on thoughts (intentions). You can only live on actions.

No one builds a life (or a reputation) based on what they’re gonna do someday.

 

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