Disney Brand Loyalty Keynote Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five different sites.
We should always remember to take solace in making mistakes, even big ones.
Disney characters were not part of the original vision for Epcot Center in 1982, when Walt Disney World’s second theme park opened to the public. The only place you could find Mickey Mouse was on the drain covers, in the photo above.
How did Disney miss the obvious?
How do we?
Forgive yourself, fix it, move forward.
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(photo: Walt Disney seemed to have a midas touch. Truth is, his creativity was honed from a simple business reality – survival of the fittest.)
The main illusion stopping people from chasing their dreams like they mean it?
Waiting until they are ready.
Being ready is an illusion.
It never happens.
You can prepare, but you can never be truly ready.
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Note: One small example of how Disneyland was a successful failure. Even though he prepared, he realized only after the fact that he hadn’t purchased enough land. He severely underestimated the size of his dreams.
(photo: Hungry ants devouring road kill frog… the ants are in a frenzy to succeed)
Career hunger.
Is it the hunger for more money?
The hunger to prove our worth?
Is it a hunger akin to wanting to contribute to society in a meaningful, authentic way?
Because we spend such a disproportionately large portion of our lives working, not satisfying this hunger is dangerous.
Many of us quit, and stay, for decades.
Is this a self-imposed prison?
Does it devour our soul?
Is it a catalyst to become the artist we were born to be?
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(photo: a shirt like this means something to most Canadians. For non-Canadians not so much. Photo taken at Epcot’s Canada pavilion two days ago, July 8)
You should never get in trouble for making a mistake in trying to do the right thing.
Leaders (including parents), be careful with your busy, demanding schedules.
Life is hard.
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Have you discovered the greatest thing about making mistakes?
Making ‘mistakes’ isn’t fatal?
It’s actually freeing.
Free to try & maybe fail again.
Beats the heck out of wondering ‘what if”.
Go.
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