Tag: Loyalty

The thought consumed me

disney speaker Jeff Noel sitting on a chair on a stage
Becoming a public speaker was scary enough. Becoming a storyteller, the scariest.

After that, the idea of being a Disney professional speaker consumed my thinking.

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Disney credentials matched perfectly

creative Disney tee-shirt design
Perfect match?

Sometime later we spoke again, and she proceeded to share how my first Disney Supervisor, Neal McCord, had lunch with a Disney Institute (DI) hiring manager and Neal recommended me as a potential speaker because of my 15 years of Disney Operations experience. DI was looking for someone with those exact credentials.

Steve Heise was the DI Director and he wanted to meet me.

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Wisdom lives in your heart and mind

Disney Institute classroom table setup
Time-tested, world-class Disney business insights, done jeff-style.

Satisfaction is dangerous.

They say only the mediocre are at their best every day.

The antidote is obvious.

Seek out timeless wisdom.

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You are intentional, focused, disciplined

Disney characters in the mountains
The effort to get this photo is lost on nearly everyone. Which is why this is such a rare picture.

Because it’s safer, more convenient, and easier to manage the unexpected and unplanned if we just get back to the job at hand, which is to maintain the current level of operational efficiency.

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