Tag: TED

Props to props

If i tell you, you’ll never remember. If i help you figure it out for yourself, you’ll never forget.

dad

Seth’s presentation began with him telling a clarinet story while he opened a clarinet case and attached the mouthpiece. He never played a note. But he held the instrument until the end. The empty case remained on the high-top table too.

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Classical paradox, TED Talk

Your commitment to excellence should be palpable.

dad

Compliance is intellectual buy-in. Commitment is emotional buy-in. The difference is palpable. Ps. If you are skipping the video because it’s 21 minutes, you are doing yourself a disservice. Trust me.

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Play the hand you’re dealt

26-second 2020 video: A TED Talk revelation.
Table view from Kuwait Towers restaurant
April 2019. Lunch the day before TEDx Talk at American University of Kuwait.
TEDx Talk stage with teddy bear in red dot
Jack the Bear had a supporting role in the 2019 TEDx Talk.

In cards and in life, you must play the hand you are dealt.

You can let go of a few cards and replace them with cards that may or may not serve you.

Risk and reward is a continuous environmental life-reality.

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Future TED Talk

Walt Disney quote on a conference room wall
Some things are obvious.

Let us check for grade accountability with five questions. Each question should be answered only from the leaders you personally know. Do not use historical figures or movie characters, or people your friends work for. 

  1. Who is the most intentional leader you personally know who over-focuses on consistently demonstrating the best leadership behaviors?
  1. Who is the most intentional leader who over-focuses on operationalizing your employee culture through your organization’s heritage and traditions, traits and behaviors, language and symbols, and shared values?
  1. Who is the most intentional leader who over-focuses on continuously exceeding your customer’s expectations?
  1. Who is the most intentional leader who over-focuses on making their profession a remarkable art form?
  1. Who is the most intentional leader who over-focuses on continuously thinking inside the box?

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Excuses trump passion

retired man and college student in Magic Kingdom
March 15, 2020 – the day Covid-19 indefinitely closed Walt Disney World. Ben visited Magic Kingdom one last time before heading home from his abruptly-ended College Program.

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We are all born with a society-enhancing purpose. Most fail because excuses trump passion.

dad

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