Mistakes – Disney Brand Loyalty Keynote Speaker

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

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

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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Gaining momentum with every decision

Thriving — Being decisive is a catalyst for thriving.

Decisiveness doesn’t always mean making a great choice. But making a choice always tells you something. No choice, no feedback.

Failure is some of the best training time and money can buy.

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.