Patience – Disney Brand Loyalty Keynote Speaker

Everything takes longer

Garages, basements, barns…often give birth to game changing products and services.

Everything takes longer than you think it will take.

Use this to your advantage any time you feel like things should be happening faster.

Disney and Apple took a long, long time to become admirable companies.

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How patient and how often?

Disney Keynote Speakers — Selfie-time, 8:03am.

conference questions — Breakout sessions thought starters created by the conference sponsor.

Westin Vail hottub — Spent an hour up to my shoulders in hot water. Glorious.

Westin fireplace — Only one enjoying the fire at 4:50am.

sleep — Five hours hurts, but it could be worse.

Rocky Mountain National Park at 7:45am yesterday.

Colorado plains — The Plains begin as soon as the mountains end.

High School speaker — Arrived two minutes late at 7:02PM last night.

How patient and how often?

Long and draining travel days set you up for an unplanned final exam.

Patience is pass-fail.

Anything less than being patient is not patient (fail).

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Wasn’t fishing for a compliment from the social worker

lightbulb evolution — From the Internet but don’t know who to attribute it to.

i talk and write prolifically about health, wellness, balance, Disney, excellence, death, living, personal responsibility, excuses, and second chances.

In our lengthy conversation, i never shared what i do nor where i spent a lifetime working.

And i certainly wasn’t fishing for a compliment from the social worker.

Spoke with her for 50 minutes. She was a generous listener, a wise counsel.

And at one point she said, “You really have a strong grasp on the issues you face. I talk to many people but I don’t talk to many people who have that.”

While her agency isn’t the right one, she was the right one for the first call.

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Murphy’s law was trying to break me

Graphic design specs — Spent two hours at Kinkos yesterday. Learned that a workbook cover will have a white edge surrounding it unless you pay extra for the “bleed” for an 8.50 x 11.0. i wasn’t looking to learn this.

Murphy’s law was trying to break me yesterday afternoon. How do i know? When something that should be easy, quick, and fun turns into the opposite.

There’s a feeling i get when professionals don’t do their jobs like they mean it. Going through the motions (it happens sometimes) only frustrates me when someone else in the organization knows the ball was dropped, but doesn’t apologize and doesn’t quickly reassure me not to worry about a thing.

Thank you to Moises, team lead, for exuding great karma. The last thing i needed was one more person to get involved, but Moises wowed me with his can-do attitude and ownership.

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Trust your people to find the solution

Disney Customer Service Keynote Speaker — The entire circle needs a creative solution so that it becomes easily readable on a mobile device.

Trust your people to find the solution.

Patience is a virtue.

Learn, and relearn, how to not micro-manage.

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