Tag: Wisdom

A lifetime of deconstructing

Love the Toy Story 4 character. Love that i’ve deconstructed my life and continuously reconstruct it, as seen in this view from Mt. Reynolds (9,156′). This experience crushed the person i used to be with a severe fear of heights.

A lifetime of deconstructing Disney’s DNA so that i can reconstruct Disney’s DNA in brilliantly simple ways in order to be the best teacher.

To teach is to learn twice.

Teach what?

World-class, time-tested, massively-implemented Disney business insights.

My job is to remove the Pixie Dust and Magic from what outsiders think are secrets.

My second job is to reintroduce the world-class Disney basics to outsiders so that they clearly see it’s not a Disney proprietary insight, but simple common sense that uses focus and discipline to flourish.

Focus.

Discipline.

Focus on the basics.

Discipline yourself to never take your eye off of the basics.

You’re welcome.

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Just use what’s around you

Florida inlet from airplane
Florida inlet from airplane two days ago. Unable to identify it.
Wisdom on a napkin
Faculty member joined us at lunch and shared wisdom so profound, it was necessary to capture it.
Wisdom on a napkin
Wait, there’s more.

Just use what’s around you.

You can type on a phone.

You can write on anything.

Always carry your phone and a pen.

A dining hall napkin may be your quickest way to scribe wisdom.

It was yesterday at lunch when a stranger imparted something profound in a way i hadn’t heard before. Instinctively reached in my pocket for the GNP pen.

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Subtle and wise career tips from comedian Brian Reagan

Comedian Brian Reagan
Screen shot, not a hyperlink embedded video.

 

Comedian Brian Reagan
Another screen shot, not a hyperlink embedded video.

 

This 43-minute video is packed with subtle business insight from comedian Brian Reagan.

He’s spent a lifetime honing his art.

Three tips i gleaned (without intending to):

  1. Decide what you stand for (he decided to be a “clean” comedian).
  2. Make as many mistakes as you can in order to perfect your art (he worked every night at a comedy club – for 2.5 years. Other wanna-be comedians didn’t invest a fraction of this effort.).
  3. Be aware about what stirs your soul and explore it (his college speech teacher laughed at his jokes – as he walked back to his dorm, he felt special in ways he never had before).

This clip i’ve hyper-linked for you (above) serendipitously came across my path on Father’s Day.

 

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Attitude

Lake McDonald Lodge
Lake McDonald Lodge inside Glacier National Park.

 

Lake McDonald Lodge
Lake McDonald Lodge hallway. My room is on the right.

 

Things only become a saying or a cliche if they are true.

Do you agree with this?

Remember, these are time-tested.

Passed down from one generation to the next.

Ya with me?

Attitude is everything.

Bonus saying: There are two wolves in life, pick wisely the one you feed.

 

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The key to exceeding expectations

Apple iPhone X delivery
originally scheduled to deliver Dec 1-8.

 

 

Under-sell and over-deliver.

Apple surprised me a couple days ago.

It was delightful.

The key to exceeding expectations is to do things that surprise and delight others.

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