Appetite for better

Glacier Park history
We could still be riding horses. Glacier National Park’s Lake McDonald Lodge.

 

Appetite for better.

This is something i have learned to harness and thrive on from a lifetime at Disney.

The drive to be the best in the world.

The life of learning to live with never being satisfied, because you’re always wondering, “What if we tried this?”

It’s commercially evident watching the 2016 Rio Olympics which began three days ago.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

 

Walt Disney World Performance Excellence 1994

Began writing the first Disney book yesterday, 100 days behind schedule. It’s not the Magic that makes it work, it’s the work that makes it Magic…

Wait, there’s more …scroll a little farther…

 

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Walt Disney World Performance Excellence 1994

From a 1995 Orlando Sentinel Disney article.

The goal of the program – or process, as Disney managers prefer to call it – is to improve the company’s service, to go beyond what visitors expect.

It would do so by setting higher standards for employees and making them more accountable. But the program also includes such changes as allowing every employee to make on-the-spot decisions about how to appease an unhappy customer instead of having to consult a manager.

”What we’re trying to do, broadly, is celebrate all of those aspects of our culture and training that lead us to excel,” said Judson Green, president of Walt Disney Attractions. ”At the same time, we want to reinfuse some new thinking, new behavior and new values that we thought would be particularly important as we look out over the next 10 years.”

He set the process in motion a couple of years ago, calling it ”performance excellence.” The approach grew out of the tough times Disney World experienced in the early part of the decade.

Business was declining, in part because of economic slowdowns in the United States and abroad, and later because of some high-profile crimes in Florida. But Disney also faced increased competition from other destinations and from the cruise industry.

 

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This website is about our physical health. To easily leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s spiritual health website, click here.

 

On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

 

New website colors have been intentionally chosen

Disney's Jungle Jeff Keynote Speaker
The key to Disney’s success is from being intentional where others are unintentional.

 

Disney's Jungle Jeff Keynote Speaker
The blue in the sky and Cinderella Castle blue are similar.

 

New website colors have been intentionally chosen.

Yesterday was a rest day from exercise, intentionally.

The quickest way to stand out in a crowded world of talented people and businesses is to do one simple thing:

Over-focus on the same things your competitors under-focus on or ignore.

You can even have a story around why and how you chose your colors.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

 

This website is about our physical health. To easily and safely leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s spiritual health website, click here.

 

What’s our obligation?

Food For Families Thanksgiving Day deliveries

 

(photo: A meaningless picture to someone not emotionally attached to this annual tradition… a photo we dismiss immediately.)

Emotional attachment is the key to loyalty. In business and in personal life.

We rarely make the connection between business and personal life.

Yet they are exactly the same.

Staying motivated to do our best when we are there – at work.

What about doing our very best when we are not at work – say health and wellness?

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Competition or commitment?

Orlando Based Motivational Speakers

 

(photo: random photo while dining at fast food restaurant… totally appropriate to use when discussing organizational vibrancy)

Demanding excellence is a commitment, not a competition.

Do not strive for excellence.

Do not hope for excellence.

Do not wish for excellence.

Demand it.

From everyone.

Period.

End of story.

This is overkill or obnoxious depending where you are in life.

For others, and even for some companies, it’s the DNA of their life’s work.

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