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Is your work performance excellent?

Painting business sign — Sanibel Island contractor. You can guess why it caught my eye.

Outliers try to change the status quo. Most fail. This is why the crazy ones inspire us.
dad

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Dirt pile leadership

A three year old boy playing on a dirt pile — Sunset dirt pile extravaganza.

We come from the Earth and to the Earth we return.
dad

As crazy as it sounds, we are stardust.

We are so insignificant.

We are here, in the Universe, for a nano-second.

A spec of dust gone in an instant.

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Worst case at work

Garmin In Reach mini — Months before we head to Glacier, already envisioning the “boys” wanting to hike on their own. A second Garmin device would allow satellite tracking and texting if we are on different trails/summits. Glacier is a wild place. The wild is unforgiving. Be prepared. Bought a second Garmin GPS device a month ago.

Two choices for your own business. Quit your day job. Burn the midnight oil.
dad

Many want to “be free” from the corporate rat race.

Quit your job, forfeit steady income and insurance, and go all-in (and walk away from your organization) like your life depends on it. It will if you do it this way. You will be tempted to (have to) make financially-based decisions versus values-based decisions.

Stay devoted to your organization and slowly and steadily build your own organization. You will work more hours and make sacrifices not required for a single career. You have the luxury of steady income and insurance. You also can make values-based decisions versus financially-based decisions.

Please remember that 95-ish percent of startups fail after a few years. Just because you think you can make it work—your odds are dismal.

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Professionally over-confident?

Seven Disney Cast Members posing for team photo — Disney’s Grand Floridian Concierge team, late 1990’s. Your’s truly far right.

Disney concierge team — The Royal Palm Club, Lodge Building Concierge Service.

You quickly become forgotten after you leave.
dad

At work, there’s a decent line of people waiting to take your place.

Am i over-confident in my career?

Sometimes.

Perhaps more than i am aware of.

There’s even a chance i’m chronically over-confident at work.

Now that i’m thinking about it, gonna have to say consistently/always over-confident at work.

A potential blind spot.

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Quietly making noise

Disney Institute classroom marque — The final custom Disney Institute multi-day business program i delivered.

teddy bear and Disney pamphlet — Jack (left) stamps “i was there” and “Tell-A-Cast” stamps the time.

Disney Institute classroom — Long-time colleague in Resort Operations and then also at Disney Institute.

Disney Keynote Speaker Jeff noel with colleague Mark Matheis — Mark and i served together at Disney’s flagship Resort for Disney Resorts worldwide—Disney’s Grand Floridian Beach Resort and Spa

Dream on.
Aerosmith

Aerosmith was my first rock concert. Harrisburg (PA) Farm Show Arena. High School sophomore, 1975. The Kinard brothers, Tim and Tom, “weight guys” on the track team, invited me.

i was quietly making noise in the weight room. Tim and Tom, and Dana Rosensweig (also a shot put and discus athlete) were literally the only others at school who could squat more than me. This young sophomore sprinter, a nobody in the weight room, was a squatting phenom. Train kept a rollin’…

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