Legacy vs Innovation

Note card about innovation
The safety, effectiveness, and efficiency statistics are staggering between a roundabout versus a four-way stop. Yet four-way stops prevail.

Are you comfortable with the status quo?

Are you comfortable with being uncomfortable?

By the way, growth mindset thrives on making your comfort zone being uncomfortable.

If you are willing to take consistent, calculated risks, the world opens up to you in a way playing it safe never will.

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Play the hand you’re dealt

26-second 2020 video: A TED Talk revelation.
Table view from Kuwait Towers restaurant
April 2019. Lunch the day before TEDx Talk at American University of Kuwait.
TEDx Talk stage with teddy bear in red dot
Jack the Bear had a supporting role in the 2019 TEDx Talk.

In cards and in life, you must play the hand you are dealt.

You can let go of a few cards and replace them with cards that may or may not serve you.

Risk and reward is a continuous environmental life-reality.

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Do the math

No risk, no art. No art, no freedom.

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Disney retirement anniversary

Disney Customer Service Keynote speaker
Seven years ago, 2015…just getting started on my own after Disney retirement.
Disney Keynote Speaker Jeff Noel
Telling the “What’s your Bear’s name?” story.
Disney Keynote Speaker Jeff Noel
Intentionally making a transition from suit and tie to jacket off and sleeves rolled up. Because the goal was to do something that scared the heck out of me. Had never done it and now that i’m my own boss, post-Disney, i make the rules.

Disney retirement anniversary is one week away.

It’s been eight years since officially retiring.

It’s been 14 years since the decision to retire a decade before i wanted to.

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Life is a career gamble

mid life celebration, the book
Random grab from iPhoto library. There are hundreds of thousands of photos. Been carrying a camera with me way before the phone doubled as a camera.

Life is a career gamble.

The reason we work is to earn the currency that allows us to live, eat, and play. And to afford things like insurance and healthcare that help us when we have troubles.

The career you chose – the work you are paid to do – is a reflection of your personal investment in understanding foundational truths.

Rather than riff about it on this post, will stop and simple say, use this blog’s search function and use keywords that focus on what you believe are personal leadership truths. With 5,000+ posts on this individual website, this is a hybrid master-class waiting to happen. The topic: Personal leadership excellence.

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