Your big break is right there, but it’s so small, you can’t see or hear it.
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Month: February 2015
The boss said these four things about her
(photo: Two days ago from just outside the Napa Room. Also, she is a he. True story. Taking solace.)
The boss said these four things about her:
In a world full of cookie cutters, she is a craftswoman. No one:
- Works harder
- Thinks deeper
- Cares more
- Reaches higher
Art is that.
Caring more than the others.
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Disney retirement party photo montage for Mid Life Celebration
(photo above: The first to arrive)
(photo above: jungle jeff was the very first role at Walt Disney World in 1982)
(photo above: The Napa Room had intentional significance… view of Magic Kingdom, his first work location)
(photo above: view from adjacent observation deck… Disney’s Flagship Resort and six of his 30 years from two ‘tours of duty’)
(photo above: just beyond Bay Lake Tower, his home. To the right and out of the photo, River Country Water Park, his first role when he returned permanently in 1984)
The retirement party was originally booked for Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports complex. His team welcomed and supported the change to the Napa Room.
On so many levels, it made perfect sense.
We survive or we thrive.
Being intentional is the key to thriving.
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He designs websites to do only three things
(photo: Two days ago at the Orlando WordPress mentoring meeting at canvs, Orlando’s newest office sharing community.)
We met two days ago. He is the IT director for a regional self-storage company. And he designs his websites to let his customers :
- buy
- pay
- contact
Self -storage. Who knew?
Everything his website does is designed to drive his customers to one of those three actions. Period.
He claims to have made $100,000 as a high school senior. He got into designing websites as a competition with his friends to see could be the best.
Asked him if what he had just shared was anywhere on his website. Why? Because it tells a potentially compelling story that may engage his audience to do what he hopes more often.
He also has an eight-year old son and he is not exactly at a healthy BMI for men his age (30’s). His path is probably not going to change unless he has a wakeup call.
Maybe we could barter.
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Younger and less experienced comes with a price
(photo: Yesterday we volunteered at Church and at Middle School and then visited the closest dealership.)
Do you know exactly what you want without having to do research, compare statistics, ask questions, etc? Generally not when we are younger and less experienced.
Working hard in an admirable way for a long, long time has an upside. You gain more control of things you had less control of when you were less experienced younger.
Walked into a dealership yesterday after the Saturday school festival and a few hours later walked out striking a fair deal on a new van. Same van we bought 11 years ago. A vehicle and company we trust.
Didn’t even test drive the vehicle. Why would you need to?
PS. Trusting the maker and trusting the seller are two entirely different propositions. Car dealerships have negative, long-seeded stereotypes. It would be great for the sellers to rupture them.
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