Entrepreneurial vision

Disney Conference Keynote Speaker
Room transformed after lunch.

 

Disney Conference speaker
Time to ‘mic up’. My “handler” was exceptional. Former IBM exec.

 

Teddy bear prop Disney Speaker
Setting the “visual aid” in a convenient space before Guests arrive.

 

Disney Conference Keynote Speaker
Conference means “Speaker”.

 

Welcome slide at Customer service conference
Welcome. Almost “show time”.

 

Disney Conference Keynote Speaker
Waiting in the back with my “handler”…as my introduction concludes.`

 

Entrepreneurial vision.

 

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He asked when was the last time i looked at his website

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    Five daily blogs for 2,300+ consecutive days.

 

i asked him yesterday, “When was the last time you looked at my website?”

The hunch was correct.

It was before (and maybe never) i spent $700 to meet him in person.

He came highly recommended.

There is only so much i can do.

An entrepreneur should be ready for anything, including the obvious:

  • You will need to work harder than you have in the past
  • There are no guarantees
  • In the absence of direction from others, create your own

Without his appreciation for me “not quitting my full-time career” for six years while building an entrepreneurial business “in my spare time”, it’s going to be easier for me to be unimpressed with anything that looks like the lack of initiative on his part.

 

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Leapfrog and way smarter

Steve Jobs revealing iPhone
Audacious isn’t always a bad thing.

 

Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone in 2007 and told the audience…

We wanted to make a leapfrog product that is way smarter than any mobile device has ever been and super easy to use.

The biggest problem with smartphones was the user interface; the keyboard. It cannot change from application to application and if you come up with a new button you can’t add it because the phone has already been shipped.

 

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Be intentional about turning people away

Disney's Boardwalk Resort art
Oh look, a real live miniature horse in the palm of his hand. Photo: Disney’s Boardwalk Resort lobby art, yesterday.

 

Say this to yourself (a couple time if necessary)…

i do not copy what’s out there and i am never going to please everyone.

The biggest commitment you will ever make is this one:

Do i want to be the best in the category or do i want to be the category?

Setting the bar low and reaching it is not the same as setting it ridiculously high, failing, but knowing you gave everything.

 

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Monday office hours

Disney World Character props on truck
i love living so close to Walt Disney World.

 

Monday office hours.

Being an entrepreneur allows many freedoms.

The most important freedom is being able to decide how intentional you want to be about over managing the things others (including your former self) under manage or ignore.

Not only do you get to decide when you work, but you also get to decide what to work on.

There is definitely some administrative catching up to do after a two-week writer’s retreat.

Rather than run around like crazy today, i slowly and methodically began two days ago (over the weekend) preparing for today’s priorities.

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