This is the mark of a true professional – of an artist you might say

Pithy quote from famous author
Our obesity epidemic stems from our resistance to change

 

The c-suite executive said, “They were a tough audience”.

“Yeah”, I said, “But it’s my responsibility to overcome that”.

The next day, anticipating more of the same, from different folks in the same organization, I attacked it completely differently.

Same core, simple, key, repeatable messages.

But with a redirected energy aimed right at their predictable resistance.

I changed. Big time.

This is the mark of a true professional – of an artist you might say.

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Bonus post today (scroll down)…

 

Did our life change because the right two people had lunch on our behalf?

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Helping others to rethink, un-think, ‘D-think

 

Did our life change because the right two people had lunch on our behalf?

Last night Cheryl had three colleagues (here on business from the west coast) over for steaks on the grill.

An aha moment happened that revealed this truth – it’s a small, random, seemingly insignificant moment in time that alters the course of our lives.

Had Cheryl’s Resident Assistant co-worker not been caught by the Residence Hall Director (with witnesses) sneaking a case of beer into the dorm, Cheryl and I would have never met in the interview to find his replacement (he was fired).

Had Neal (my first Disney Resorts manager in 1985) and Mary (a Disney Director in 1998) not had lunch, my phone wouldn’t have rung requesting an interview.

What’s a small, simple moment that’s altered your life?

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10 Lessons learned from the world’s most captivating speakers

Even if you’re not a speaker, these ten Lessons learned from the world’s most captivating speakers have transferable world class business insight:

 

 

Benchmarking is most effective when seeing why someone thinks a certain way, not what they do or how they do it, but… “why?”.

 

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