leadership – Page 91 – Disney Brand Loyalty Keynote Speaker

What, No Pixie Dust?

A comment on yesterday’s jungle jeff post started me thinking.

His question to me was, “No Pixie Dust”?

It was “missing” from my personal Leadership Top Ten List.

He made a good point and I thought for a moment, “How could I have forgotten Pixie Dust”?

Then, just as quickly, if not faster, the answer hit me.

Pixie Dust IS Passion. Period.

What’s Magic about the way Disney does things is their PASSION to:

Create the highest quality products and services.
To stay focused on why they are in business – to serve their Guests
To stay disciplined to “keep their eye on the ball” – Quality

Passion IS Pixie Dust.

Always was. Always will be. Thank you Walt Disney for your vision.

By the way, Vision and Passion are my respective number one & two top leadership values.

Guess what’s number three? Communication!

Looks like a coincidence, doesn’t it? The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Carpe diem, jungle jeff 🙂

PS. Does your own Vision send shivers down your spine?

PSS. What if it did? Can you comprehend that? I hope so. 🙂

New Disney Institute 1 & 2 Day Programs

There are new Disney Institute One and Two day programs coming in August and September, this time to The Disneyland Resort.

Here’s the link: New Disney Institute Programs, from the email I received yesterday.

Not on their email list? Click here to sign up.

Thank goodness it’s Monday. I can’t wait to get started. Seriously.

The privilege to work, sure beats the alternative. At least that’s what I think.

I also think the people and organizations that will be ahead of the pack when these turbulent times turn around, will be the ones who are making plans, right now, to be the leader.

Make it a GREAT Monday, because if you don’t, who will. If not today, when? Carpe diem, jungle jeff 🙂

jeff noel Intrigued by Air Tran’s style

Walt Disney and jeff noel.

Two crazy (in a good way) men.

Both lived much of their lives with many people thinking and saying, “He’s crazy”!

I often have to clarify for our eight-year old son, when I say something “crazy“, that I meant it as a figure of speech.

Rather than clarify with text this time, here’s a You Tube jeff noel video. At the end of this post, I may or may not share an additional crazy insight.

Carpe diem, jungle jeff 🙂

PS. Please know that I’m not endorsing Air Tran, but rather, making some simple observations that impressed me. How can that ever be a bad thing – the observing things that impress you, I mean?

Explaining the Impact of Twitter, Friendfeed and Social Media 2.0

Lance Armstrong, seven-time Tour de France winner and cancer survivor, used Twitter to announce the birth of his son yesterday.

Lance Armstrong gets it. I get it. Question is, “What about everyone else who’s focused on excellence”? Having said that, now may I challenge you to click the next link?

Explaining Social Media slide show. It’s only 37 slides from Slide Share

This is one of the best, and most provocative insights to web 2.0

I ask myself at the end of everyday, “Did I give it my all, and leave nothing on the track“?

Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂

PS. Explaining the Impact of Twitter, Friendfeed and Social Media 2.0. Be sure to click the full screen icon for a much better view.

I mentioned on my LinkedIn profile a week or so ago that I’d reveal the unacknowledged, biggest fear humans have. And by the way, it’s simply my opinion – based on 50 years of dreaming, doing and teaching.

Still wanna know what it is? Is the truth something we should fear?

It’s OK to be afraid. Fear is a gift to help humans survive. It can also paralyze us, imposing the opposite effect, and destroy our potential.

Drum roll please…………………………………..

And the number one, (and invisible), human fear of all time?

The Fear of Living!

When this was revealed to me, I discounted it. Seriously. I denied that I was living my life “in fear” of living.

I’ll bet a dollar that many who read this will immediately dismiss the notion. This is exactly why I call it invisible, or unacknowledged.

That’s what I think, which actually means nothing to anyone really. I challenge you to make up your own mind.

Here’s what I ask myself every moment of every day: “Am I living as if I want to leave a legacy for my organization“?

The challenge at work and at home, is to figure out how to live without regret. Not doing it, is what really scares me. Carpe diem, jungle jeff 🙂