i love this place

Disney Keynote Speaker Jeff Noel
Every Cast Member learns on Day One the supreme goal of all customer interactions. And then we talk about the bullseye every day for the rest of their Disney career. Disney is not even remotely interested in hitting the target. The bullseye is the only goal.

i love this place. i love this moment.

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Every Cast Member learns on Day One the supreme goal of all customer interactions. And then we talk about the bullseye every day for the rest of their Disney career. Disney is not even remotely interested in hitting the target. The bullseye is the only goal.

Note: During my Disney career from 1982-2014, never once called a Guest a customer. Using customer in this post to speak the language of ‘outsiders’, the unindoctrinated.

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Should we lower our standards?

Who in their right mind spends this much time, thought, energy, and money on something as unimportant as themed trash cans?

Should we lower our standards?

Each of us is a VIP.

A Very Individual Person.

Each of us has a set of standards for our life, compartmentalized by big life choices (mind, body, spirit, work, home).

While life’s five big choices are independent, they are also co-dependent and symbiotic.

Take work/career.

You have your professional standards.

They serve you and are the foundation for all your professional accomplishments, your skills, and productivity.

Would you, or should you, lower them?

Yeah, i don’t want to lower mine either.

So where do we go from here?

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Is the industry standard something you have to accept?

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Is the industry standard something you have to accept? Photo: quick note scribbled on my monthly calendar.

 

Speaking of failing to succeed…

Are you a purple cow?

No?

Then why should anyone pay attention to you?

The aspiring Disney animator jumped at the chance to speak with me (for free).

Our conversation was yesterday while walking to the gym.

One of the first things he shared was a story of him dragging his mom to the wall he had drawn on, “Look mommy, it says I am an animator.”

From that, later in our conversation, i suggested that maybe what makes him a purple cow is his ability to pretend and (possibly) to get others to pretend.

He was astonished and inspired.

What’s your purple cow?

.think .differently

 

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What is the speed of excellence?

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Imagine Disney being Disney without the highest standards – standards so high, others can’t even comprehend. Photo from three weeks ago.

 

What is the speed of excellence?

The challenge with speed, that is overlooked by harried CEOs, is the pace may seem appropriate, but the direction is off course.

Age-old conundrum: don’t mistake activity for productivity.

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None of this was part of the plan

Disney Hilton parking lot
The Hilton on Hotel Plaza Boulevard was literally empty last night. And the reason i took the photo was to remember where we parked, not to highlight the business downturn.

 

Benihana table
Hilton’s Benihana table for eight, just like at Epcot., a few miles down the road.

 

Orlando Magical dining
Orlando Magical Dining is from August 25 through October 1, 2017, at various local restaurants, but none of Disney’s official restaurants partake in the program.

 

Benihana heat vent
Benihana heat vent…it caught my eye.

 

Benihana heat vent
And i immediately made the comparison to Teppan Edo at Epcot’s Japan Pavillion.

 

None of what happened was part of the plan. We simply had a reservation for 6pm to have a nice Japanese meal.

We arrived early, were seated right away, and by 6:45pm we hadn’t met our chef.

By the way, none of the chefs were Japanese.

It made me think how that would fly at Epcot.

(It would crash and burn.)

Anyway, Chapin and i (Cheryl was in Pennsylvania) agreed that if our entrees didn’t begin by 7pm, we’d leave.

He had homework.

And an hour is a long time to wait in your seat.

Six minutes to spare, at 6:54pm, our chef began, and we enjoyed his style and our meal.

We did agree to skip dessert to save time and i had the check taken care of before we finished our entree.

Looking forward to returning to Teppan Edo.

It’s our Family favorite “Disney” restaurant.

Last night’s experience was good.

It was not very good, and it certainly wasn’t great.

Good and very good aren’t good enough.

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