The privilege of making mistakes, work

Orlando Disney Speaker
GNP. A brisk morning at Lake McDonald Lodge marina. i have a career habit of lugging small plastic Disney Character figures, everywhere. Some trips have included as many as five dozen.

Is it a human privilege to make mistakes?

i think it is.

The privilege of making mistakes is only for people who act.

Why?

Intentional action leads to outcomes.

Outcomes lead to learning.

Learning leads to growth.

Growth is the essence of life.

But only if you want to suck the marrow out of life.

Your call.

Always is.

Never changes.

Ps. Risk like you mean it.

Pss. .think .differently like you mean it.

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Don’t drop the ball

5-second video: Someone dropped the ‘ball’. Probably an adult because i didn’t hear anyone crying.

Wisdom comes from experience.

Experience comes from making mistakes.

Grateful to know this.

Grateful to embrace this.

Grateful to chase this.

Note: Found and told a Cast Member. Went back to the slip hazard until the Cast Member returned with a wet cloth and cleaned up the slip hazard in one fowl swoop. It was impressive. Definitely not his first rodeo.

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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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Helpful career accidents

Disney Leadership speaker Jeff Noel
Circa late-2014 or early-2015. One of the first Mid Life Celebration, post-Disney keynote speeches. Who dat on left edge?

Wisdom comes from experience. Experience comes from making mistakes.

Guess that makes some people geniuses.

Have made more mistakes speaking than most people have given speeches. Meaning, have easily made 1,000 speaking mistakes (accidents) and few people have given 1,000 speeches.

Crave two types of failure.

Unintentional (accidental) failure.

Intentional (over-focused) failure.

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One of our best teachers rarely gets asked for help

Disney Cast car sticker
At a stop light yesterday, observed Disney Cast car sticker.

 

Disney Cast car sticker
Disney Cast car sticker closeup. Love the hidden Mickey.

 

The only way to learn from mistakes (one of our best teachers) is to make them.

The more you make, the more you learn.

 

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