Not until the student is ready

business word cloud
Convention Center event banner.

 

Rosen Shingle Creek
Rosen Shingle Creek last night.

 

When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.

T-minus four hours and counting.

 

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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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To provoke thinking and facilitate discovery is to earn my keep

Cedar Crest College sign
Many people believe a higher degree will lead to greater opportunity. Do the math. (photo: Last week while running in Allentown, PA)

 

This week will be interesting because today is the first work Monday after the long holiday break. Expecting to hear updates on several important business conversations that got placed on hold for the past 10 days.

Patience, confidence, and optimism are real things when it’s your business. Otherwise, they are merely theories we’ve studied.

This has me thinking about insights that can be gathered from observing where colleagues, who were receiving their company subsidized MBA’s, were seven years ago and where they are now.

No one liked my comments that MBA’s are generally a false hope and an insanely time and energy intensive commitment with literally zero ROI.

i say this with deep respect and admiration for every individual. i also say this because my primary function, and obligation, as a teacher is to provoke people to .think .differently

 

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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.

 

Using prevailing wisdom is Disney’s secret to long-term success

Screen shot of email
Disney business secrets for success.

 

Disney’s business success is based on this prevailing wisdom:

Great organizations over-focus on the same things others under-focus on or ignore.

 

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Let she who has not sinned, throw the first stone

Produce aisle innocent mistakes
Florida Blueberries imported from Lima, Peru.

 

What is sound wisdom?

Who decides?

When a violation is proven, but the violation was literally impossible to avoid, and absolutely no financial hardship endured, nor an iota of brand damage has occurred, and when the violation is immediately corrected, is it necessary to punish someone?

Let she who has not sinned, throw the first stone. And let the punishment fit the crime.

 

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We know this

Disney Executive Keynote Speaker
Mickey Mouse statue at Disney Event Group, yesterday, March 16, 2015.

 

Excellence is a habit, created by what we repeatedly do.

We know this.

And here’s the harsh reality.

To know is to do. To know and not do, is to not yet know.

And by excellence, what’s implied here is balance, wellness, personal responsibility in all five of life’s big choices: mind • body • spirit •work • home.

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