Tag: quote

Don’t always

13-second video: Post dinner at Gran Destino Tower.

i don’t always go to Walt Disney World, but when i do, it doesn’t take long to get there.

dad

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Sign it with excellence

homeowner driveway construction
To an outsider (me), this looks good.
homeowner driveway construction
This team puts their back into their work. It is impressive.
7-second video: It all seems professional.
Concrete driveway crew
Tuesday, March 14, 2023. The pouring begins, six-inches deep, removing the need for rebar and wire mesh reinforcement (according to Shawn, the drainage contractor supervisor). Shawn was not here the entire day.
8-second video: Let the pouring begin.
18-second video: Almost done.

Hard work doesn’t equal excellence. It can, but it isn’t automatic.

dad

Hard work is recognizable. Flaws are too. So is excellence.

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The little things

38-second video: Out for a 10-miler today.
Walt Disney quote
Social media screen shot. Source unknown.

Know what i tell you is from decades of experience. None of my success happened quickly. None of my failures lasted long.

dad

It takes a long time to become an overnight success. And once you’re on top, everyone is gunning for you. Manage your success against your attitude, health, peace, get-to-do, and priorities.

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Visions of promises

12-second video: A small gesture of recognition, appreciation, valuing, and encouragement (RAVE) to good friends and follow (and former) Disney colleagues.
Four seasons resort business card
Yesterday. On a tour.

i promise to over-focus on the same things i used to under-focus on or ignore.

dad

What are the outlandish promises you’ve made to yourself (and/or others)?

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Disney Magic

It’s not the Magic that makes it work, it’s the work that makes it Magic.

Mary Flynn (my Disney Institute colleague and former Hallmark Greeting Cards writer)

It is a blessing to have started at Disney Institute (DI) in 1999 after 15 years serving in Disney front-line leadership operations.

Why?

First, i was at Walt Disney World (WDW) (hired 1982) before the “Disney Decade” (1990-2000) and lived through WDW’s exponential, and transformational, growth.

Second, i joined a boutique, small (10 facilitators and one ops manager/leader), unknown group of DI business leaders who’s sole responsibility was (still is) to share the ‘Business behind the Magic‘ to ‘outsiders’.

Finally, a couple years after joining DI, DI went on a growth trajectory that gave me a Disney and leadership education like no other. Someday, there may be a Disney Business Books series inspired from this Disney education.

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