vision

Why become a category of one?

The way to become a better person is to not try to become someone else. Just become a better you than you used to be – on your mission to become a category of one.

Singing competitions reveal this with beautiful accuracy. Competitions like The Voice, American Idol, and the X-Factor are not looking for someone to sing a cover-song like the original artist. The judges, the record labels, and the audience (us), really want only one thing – a stunning, unique version of the cover that blows our mind.

A song that we would buy a second copy of because it’s so different (and remarkable) from the original.

Additionally, we trust that a singer who can do this is also a singer who will do it with their own songs.

Art.

Art that inspires because it’s different.

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If Disney ran your Speakers Bureau

Bags of sugar — Great leaders don’t sugar coat anything. Photo from Internet, source unknown.

If Disney ran your Speakers Bureau, your experience would be different than the current industry standards.

And second, your Disney experience would vary depending on who the Disney leader is.

It’s insanely easy for a large, growing, and reputable organization to rest on their laurels.

Responding to client emails within 24 hours is not a standard when you are building your business and your brand, it’s the standard, everyday, all day.

Forgetting that is the beginning of an insidious cultural decline that may prove overwhelming.

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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.

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Where does our leadership vision go wrong?

Muhlenberg College stadium — Mules serve a great purpose, but not if you need a race horse.

Text book leadership theory is a poor servant. So are MBA degrees.

Launch something of your very own and you’ll quickly discover what works in the real world and what doesn’t. You’ll also discover what the marketplace is really buying. Hint, it ain’t you’re college degree(s).

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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.

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Nursing Home employee time clock — The biggest excuse is time.

Vision.

If you can’t see the future in a clear, concise, and compelling way, imagine how the people you lead have to squint.

This applies whether you are the CEO, a division or department head, a middle manager, or a front line leader. it also applies to every single able minded adult because we are the CEO of You, Inc.

Perhaps the best investment in your time this year is creating a clear, concise, and compelling vision of the future.

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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.

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Walt said if you can dream it you can do it

Disney Customer Service Speaker — Walking to Disney’s Magic Kingdom Theme Park.

Vision: Work from anywhere, anytime, with a product others will pay a premium for.

Check.

Whatever you are dreaming of as a way to make a living and to do work that matters, may 2016 be the year you take action you’ve never taken before.

Game-changing action.

We are talking quality over quantity.

For example, in late 2008, while working at Disney Institute, i went to my bank during lunch to inquire about how to start a small business. The Suntrust employee directed me to www.SunBiz.org – the rest as they say, is history.

January 1, 2009 i officially became a small business owner.

It would take the next six years before i made my first dime, and seven years to make a profit.

PS. i knew before i started that it would take years to make something happen. That’s why i didn’t leave my full-time job. At 49, i planned to retire at 55.

Six years is a long time to invest time, money, and emotional labor without seeing a dime.

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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.