Will anyone complain if we make things easier to understand?

Quote about insight
Insight allows you to see things that others may miss (Physician’s x-ray lab wall)

 

No one will complain if the teacher makes things easier to understand. Not the audience anyway.

But folks that think more is more, folks that are much less prone to refining, and folks that have incredible disparity between what they teach and what they do in real life – they will be the first to complain of an excellent teacher’s methods.

And so it goes.

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If you’d like to go to my LinkedIn profile and endorse ‘simplicity’ that would be swell. It’s right there next to the other two skills listed: determination and humility.

Freaky short story about what I told a colleague the day of the pain

Lee Cockerell and jeff noel 2010
First sentence in Lee Cockerell’s best-selling Creating Magic is the last one in this post

 

Freaky short story about what I told a colleague the day of the pain:

Me (10am): Hey, having a weird, constant pain for about two hours now. If I keel over and the paramedics ask questions, you can share that with them.

When he asked if he should see about a replacement speaker I said no.

Tough guy right? I can handle this. Did I really think it was potentially paramedic worthy? Not really. Just prudence kicking in.

Insight: It’s not the magic that makes it work, it’s the way we work that makes it magic.

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Only a heretical professional speaker would never give the same speech twice

large stadium seating
Excitement and unpredictability are universally desirable

 

Only a heretical professional speaker would never give the same speech twice.

What the speaker loses in scalability, consistency, comfort, and predictability she gains in engagement, authenticity, excitement, and trust.

The leader’s job isn’t to maintain the status quo, the leaders job is to break the mold.

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Is it too much risk to ask someone to consider the next few days as the most important?

An early (2008) jeff noel LinkedIn profile summary
An early (2008) jeff noel LinkedIn profile summary

 

Is it too much risk to ask someone to consider the next few days as the most important in their career?

We attend classes and seminars as part of our career development.

Could the ones I deliver be in fact the most important of someone’s entire life?

Not only could they, it’s my obligation.

Most speakers forget this, if they even believed it at all.

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This is the single piece of advice the leadership speaker gave to the young manager

Wireless lavalier microphone
The insightful and energetic Disney presenter had an identical shirt and lavaliere microphone as seen here

 

The eager audience was enjoying a stunning lunch at Disney’s Yacht and Beach Convention Center Grand South Ballroom late May 2013. As planned, 20 minutes into the lunch the Disney speaker began a 50 minute Leadership keynote to share Disney’s Leadership best practices, from the founder’s early days to today’s reality.

In the end, the top company official was overheard telling the presenter he knocked it out of the park.

A line of audience members waited their turn to speak with the Disney presenter. One Guest, mid-20’s, relayed how hopeful he was that maybe his executive leadership might make some highly impactful, common-sense changes based on the presentation. The wise Disney speaker gave one simple recommendation – don’t wait.

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