Blog – Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker

Mind your stuff

Bottle of beer — Alcohol will be a servant, not a master. Right?

Getting angry at yourself for making mistakes doesn’t teach you not to make mistakes. It teaches you to stop taking risks.
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Pro-tip: Mind your reactions and your habits.

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This website is about our HOME. This is the fifth of five daily, differently-themed blog posts about: (1) mind, (2) body, (3) spirit, (4) work, (5) home. To return to Mid Life Celebration, the site about MIND, click here.

You know what?

Tourist trinkets — Leaving Disney’s private island, Castaway Cay.

Not needing anyone’s approval is the healthiest thing you can do for yourself. Surrender is the yeast that makes your commitment rise.
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Only a small amount of yeast is required to make bread rise. But skip the yeast and there is no bread, even if you have all the other ingredients.

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Slay urgent

Covid test kit — Picked up something on the Cruise. It ain’t Covid. Cheryl keeps test kits on hand (at home and while traveling).

Envision your life without urgency. Mainly living proactively versus reactively.
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Context for the above quote: Aim for perfection, settle for excellence.

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Make people happy

Disney character interacting with the cruise ship guests — Every Disney Cast Member has a singular highest purpose. Our purpose is more important than our job.

My top three prioritized jobs at Disney: Make people happy, pick up every spec of trash, do the job Disney hired me to do.
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At Disney, purpose trumps task.

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Just prioritize

6-second video: Am i the only one who thinks this is super cool?

Prioritize you priorities.
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Many say health is a priority. But health rarely is prioritized over work. People’s lives transform when they reshuffle this priority order. Same with attitude. And of course, peace and contentment.

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