Tell us about “Life after Disney”

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September 27, 2017…today’s post reminds me the first six years of my business (2008-2014, while still at Disney), i didn’t make a dime.

 

Good morning New Years Eve.

Ahhh, the final day of 2017.

Hoping when this post goes live in 30 days, my signed contracts will have generated almost as much revenue as all of 2017.

Impossible, right?

To not yet be into the second month of the year (when this goes live) and be just shy of last year’s total revenue is something i never saw coming.

Note: 2017 was by far the best of my first three years on my own, or “Life after Disney” as some say. So to be within striking distance of topping the best year ever is surreal.

Second note: The final seven months (May-Dec) of my second year (2016) i had no contracts – a seven-month drought. Plus, there were no contracts for 2017. This is about as scary as it gets. “Maybe i was wrong about leaving Disney” permeated my waking thoughts.

Hope and faith sustained me when all seemed lost.

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What is career success?

Highline Trail
Going to miss my hiking buddies.

 

What is career success?

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Roots and wings

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Tools (Apple Watch in photo) to get and stay organized for life’s daily challenges and opportunities.

 

Roots and wings.

Technology shouldn’t be scary.

Not planning to keep up with it should be though.

 

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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.

 

Theory is useless without one critical success factor

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This came to me out of nowhere yesterday, after a phone call with a book publisher.

 

Common sense.

Questions.

Paradox.

The three tools of my trade.

 

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This website is about our career health. To leave this site to read today’s post on my home health website, click here.

 

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.

 

Aim to be the best in your category or to become the category?

Walt Disney World's Team Disney Building
Walt Disney World’s Team Disney Building.

 

Aim to be the best in your category or to become the category?

The safe bet would be to aim for category dominance.

The risky bet would be to create the category.

A category of one…

Amazon, Google, Apple, Disney.

 

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This website is about our career health. To leave this site to read today’s post on my home health website, click here.

 

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.