Life – Page 19 – Disney Brand Loyalty Keynote Speaker

Work Life Saver

Balance can ruin a career, and it can save a career.

I heard a story about Walt Disney’s wife, secretary and even his physician, all saying, “Walt, you need to get a hobby or you’ll work yourself into an early grave.”

Having the distraction of a hobby can actually make you sharper, more focused, more creative, more observant.

And if your hobby not only fuels your passion, but also teaches you more than you could have ever imagined, imagine that!

People who study Walt Disney’s life know that he was labeled by many as crazy. And that he insisted on nothing short of perfection. Always aim for perfection he’d say, and settle for excellence.

This is how life works. We face countless challenges. People may call us crazy, demanding.

They may also call us passionate, purposeful, visionary.

A real, work life saver.

The Ultimate Short Cut

The Road To Excellence Has No Finish Line

We see it everyday, don’t we?

Everywhere you look, people are trying to sell us easy, quick and painless solutions.

Come on people. When are we going to wake up?

Know what the ultimate short cut is?

If I have to tell you, you won’t understand or believe it.

You’re going to have to figure it out for yourself.

Finding Our Passion

Finding our passion and pursuing our dreams with sheer determination is something we all dream about.

When is the best time to ease off the dreaming and ramp up the doing? It really depends. There’s so much to consider. So much to take into account.

Have you given up?

Eventually, most people give up. I almost did too. Then a small child was born. He changed my life and my purpose. He was and is the catalyst that inspires me to work tirelessly.

Over time, my five daily blogs have slowly, but surely been getting better. It’s funny sometimes, to think that many readers have no idea how hard I work in my professional position with a Fortune 100 company.

All this blogging is extra. Ya with me? Extra. What are you doing that’s extra? That’s hard? That’s difficult? That you love so much you can’t stop?

My blogs are so basic and simple it’s almost embarrassing. When there’s some “spare” time, I’ll be looking to take another step to jazz up the blogs. I’ll be clicking here for more WordPress Theme tips.

Do you let what you can’t do stop you from what you can?

Speaking Of Leadership

Speaking of leadership with it’s titles, status, perks, benefits, bonuses, responsibility, accountability, opportunities…

This “bonus” (today’s second post) jungle jeff blog post shares my response to a faithful jungle jeff reader.

We are all leaders. Every last one of us. Even if it doesn’t seem so.

We all travel through life with the exact same “currency” – time.

Mistakes are gifts.

Past mistakes become worse when we don’t open them up as the gifts they are, and reflect on the reason they happened, and the opportunity they represent.

To me, failure is never opening the gift.

The gift-giver is actually ourselves. If we cannot thank ourselves for our mistakes – our opportunities – we lose.

Stay strong, dig deep, find quiet space, and open your gift.

Then send yourself a thank you note

Look At All These

Look at all these things we have to do:

Buy Insurance
Buckle our Seat Belt
Say Thank You
Brush Our Teeth
Be Nice to Others
Lock Our Doors Before Bedtime
Do a Great Job at Work
Blah, blah, blah

But, ask us to think about our personal vision statement, and you might as well ask us if we can grow a money tree.

Why is that? Am I missing something?