Has the Dalai Lama read Lee Cockerell’s “Creating Magic” leadership book?

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Has the Dalai Lama read Lee Cockerell’s “Creating Magic” leadership book?

Doesn’t matter, does it? What matters is do you read leadership books? Perhaps the best one ever written (besides the Bible), is Lee Cockerell’s “Creating Magic: Ten Common Sense Leadership Strategies From A Life At Disney”.

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PS. Books are free at a library , or you can borrow them, or skip a few vending machine visits and buy one on Amazon. Or is there some excuse reserved exclusively for you?

Lee Cockerell’s New iPhone App

Creating Magic Author, Lee Cockerell
Creating Magic Author, Lee Cockerell

Lee Cockerell, Walt Disney World Executive Vice President (retired), and author of Creating Magic: Ten Common Sense Leadership Strategies From A Life At Disney, debuted his new iPhone app yesterday:

Downloaded it yesterday. Do it for yourself or as a gift for someone you care about.

Lee’s Droid app will be out soon, maybe 30 days.

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Disney’s Art Of Animation Resort

Are You A Creative Contributor?
Are You A Creative Contributor?

Whether you love Disney or not, we all have to admit that Disney works tirelessly to provide the highest quality, the most creative and amazingly fun experiences for their Guests.

Walt Disney is a beloved American Icon.  And it’s Walt Disney’s legacy Bob Iger and the rest of the Disney Team is responsible for maintaining and perpetuating.

What about where you work?  What about you? Do you do your part to maintain and perpetuate your organization’s reputation? This Orlando Sentinel article reveals Disney’s latest announcement for a 2012 opening of Disney’s Art Animation Resort.

Stories Make It Stick

Three things Lee Cockerell told me when I asked his advice on public speaking, in 1999:

  1. Be passionate
  2. Tell stories
  3. Use personal examples

Here’s a fourth tip.  Benchmark.  Click here to do that right now.

Make your day GREAT.  It’s up to you.  Always has been.  Always will be.  Be inspired. Or not.