Wisdom

Happy Friday

So much to say, so little time.

Ever feel like that?

If you’ve become a regular reader of jungle jeff, THANK YOU. I welcome your input on how to make this more relevant and useful. I’ve always said, “The road to excellence has no finish line.”

Wish I had the wisdom to know how to create the perfect blog. You know the one, a blog that exceeds every one’s expectations.

What is wisdom anyway?

In the spirit of sharing and inspiring, click on WISDOM, to see a short video with insights from some wise people you’ll recognize.

Hope your day is full of wise choices and inspiration. May I challenge you to make it that kind of day, because if you don’t, who will? Carpe diem, jungle jeff 🙂

Walt Disney is alive!

Really?

April Fools.

Actually, he is alive. Very alive. Seriously.

He’s alive in the hearts, minds and spirits of most Cast Members.

You know why?

Because Disney nurtures, develops and grows their Disney Culture, purposefully.

If they weren’t methodical in how they work so relentlessly to manage and perpetuate their culture, guess what would happen?

Their culture wouldn’t be nurtured, developed and grown, by default.

Can you start to even remotely comprehend the staggering differences between a corporate culture that is purposeful versus one that is by default?

If you don’t know this by now, you should. The purpose of this blog is to provide daily, small nuggets of leadership and career insight and wisdom. Think of jungle jeff as a place to visit to get a daily reflections on excellence.

What do you get from this?

You get: a nudge, an idea, energy, inspiration, motivation, a little spark, some excitement in your day, a reality check, a chance to dream big dreams.

You will also get some thought-provoking questions. Yes, my style as a professional speaker is one of professional antagonist. I’m aggressively unfancy, yet hard-wired to “Do Something Great” every time I see an audience of willing participants.

What do I get out of this?

The joy of serving others.

And maybe, the chance to help you and your organization, “Do something Great“!

I have one purpose, to make you happy by showing you a way to achieve your big organizational goals.

Make it a GREAT day, by design, because if you don’t, who will? Carpe diem, jungle jeff 🙂

What is wisdom and why is it so valuable?

Are you wise? Am I wise? How do any of us really know?

While I may or may not be wise, I do work very hard to take what I teach and use it personally. Why? Two reasons. To show how common sense ideas can be applied anywhere and because it actually makes my life better. Period.

Simple example, but I encourage you not to be tempted to dismiss it’s significance. I never capitalize my name. That’s a whole other story waiting to be told.

Back to the questions and the point.

What is wisdom? How about this thought:

“In the absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.” — anonymous

WOW!

Seriously, wow!

A few weeks ago (here’s the link if you want instant access: www.junglejeff.net/?p=257 ), I wrote a post that contained the essence of this quote.

Do you know how long I lived my life strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia?

Wwwwaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy too long.

Now, not so much. Not perfect by any means. Never will be.

But!

But, I am more razor-focused on World-Class delivery and content than ever. Razor-focused.

I often wonder what took me so long to figure out the difference in results, when I’m razor-focused, compared to when I was loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.

Make it a GREAT, razor-focused day, because if you don’t, who will. Carpe diem, jungle jeff 🙂

PS. Tomorrow, the story of no caps. Maybe.