jeff noel – Page 818 – Disney Brand Loyalty Keynote Speaker

Boasting world class means what when looking at the big picture?

in the hundreds of visits to Apple stores, jeff noel never thought the floors were remarkable

world class consistency — Apple employee said Apple has three quarries so every floor in every store is the same

Nuwanda attended a meeting in which a person got very serious and direct about being “world class”. Condescending in tone, actually. As if they had a clue about actually, personally being world class.

And yet this condescending person, by any measurable standard, is completely not world class.

Who among us is qualified to talk about “world class” performance anyway? Someone who’s read a lot of books?

You’re kidding, right?

And what stops us from applying world class to everything, not only what we have a passion for?

“Think about that”, Nuwanda said…

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Social media relationships build more slowly when posts are short and pithy

common sense insight tells us, distracted driving, of any sort, is ridiculously unsafe

Social media relationships build more slowly when posts are short and pithy. It’s challenging to make what works in person, work online:

The most important time to bond with a new baby is the first few months. The best time to bond with a new employee is the first few months. Funny how a little common sense can make a big difference. – Lee Cockerell

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Common sense Insight: The really important things in life are ridiculous obvious.

Blind-sided by the nicest thing that could ever happen?

No, wasn’t told there is now a cure for Crohn’s Disease. Nor that world hunger and injustice have been eradicated. Wasn’t promised world peace will be here by the weekend.

Something else happened yesterday. Something nice. Really nice. At work.

Will probably share the news in 100 days or so, I felt compelled to share this video (embedded in this morning’s Seth Godin email). What we can all derive great pleasure from is the fact that excitement and hope for the future is alive and well.

And as Walt Disney has taught me, “Keep moving forward”.

This is today’s rare second post.

PS. Sooner or later, it becomes crystal clear. Life is not a dress rehearsal. Live like you mean it! Yesterday we said, “Tomorrow”.

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Nuwanda, remember him? Or is he a she? Doesn’t matter.

Nuwanda Chronicles — follow where the path leads… or not (and remember, life is not a dress rehearsal)

Nuwanda, remember him? Or is he a she? Doesn’t matter. Nuwanda is a character here at jungle jeff. Nuwanda once received an astonishingly excellent annual work review:

No one works harder, thinks deeper, cares more, or reaches higher than Nuwanda. In a cookie-cutter world, Nuwanda is a craftsman.

This quote arrived minutes ago and supports the notion small acts – which seem insignificant to us as we do them – are truly the only way to build your life’s cathedral.

Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. – Swami Sivananda Saraswati

I know you are busy. That is likely to never change.

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