Should high expectations come with the territory?

Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker
August 31, 2016.

 

How would i define my Mid Life Celebration values?

For example, personal responsibility.

  • Respond within 24 hours.
  • Ask. Don’t assume or wonder. Ask.
  • Treat others the same way you’d like.

Need to be ahead of the curve for future contracted partners.

Should high expectations come with the territory?

 

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Don’t let high stakes alter your values

High School Basketball Florida State championships 2016
Windermere Prep has home court advantage.

 

High School Basketball Florida State championships 2016
Final huddle of the game.

 

High School Basketball Florida State championships 2016
Quarterfinals for Florida State High School Championships…47 seconds remaining.

 

When the stakes are high, so are our emotions. Don’t let high stakes alter our values. No compromising, even if it looks like we might lose.

Lose with dignity.

Win with humility and gratitude.

 

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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.

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

 

Speak like you mean it, and be willing to walk away

Speakers Bureau Contract sample
There was a clause in the contract that over-rode this . Signed last night, Jan. 12, 2016.

 

Began 25 minutes behind schedule and ran over my time by one minute, a net loss of 24 minutes. Never complained. Saw it coming and adapted on the fly. This is what a professional speaker does.

Did the client or the audience have any idea?

Certainly not the audience.

Just another day of doing work that matters.

Coincidently, received an email from a different client with great news. The Speakers Bureau’s client agreed to remove their video taping request.

i was willing to walk away from a big contract, rather than compromise my values.

 

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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.

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

 

Every entrepreneur comes face to face with this, even John Lasseter

Disney Parks blog Twitter screen shot
Yesterday.

 

Every entreprenuer comes face to face with this.

Interim ideals and values.

So challenging to stay true to the initial vision when things are being birthed.

And then with the growing pains.

We can surely come back to our ideals and values once we get established and settled?

Maybe not.

By then, our ideals and values will already be defined. Probably for good.

Rare when our ideals and values are not compromised from the very beginning.

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Want to surprise your boss?

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What are our top three leadership values?

 

Want to freak out surprise your boss?

Ask her:

What are your top three leadership values?

Good idea to only ask questions we have answers for, right? If asked (in priority order):

  1. Trust
  2. Respect
  3. Develop

Most of us are so busy going through the motions we fail to have nailed the basics.

Basics like having prioritized values that everyone can remember, and that mean something to everyone.

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