Day 60

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Two months after my first day at Disney we hit Spring Break and Easter.

Everyone works 14 days straight. Don’t even think about asking for vacation.

We could set a single day attendance record in the history of the Walt Disney Company.

Even with everyone working 14 days straight, we still had open shifts.

So when i did a double shift, i’d get off at midnight, get a few hours of sleep and be driving a boat by 8am — until midnight. What’s that, like 16 continuous hours?

Arriving just before 4pm, my Jungle Cruise supervisor was on the dock to greet me at my shift’s start.

He said something that was the first, and most powerful, lesson on setting leadership expectations.

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Slow down to speed up

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Disney Pixar Luca toy characters near Pollock Mountain.

What drives this? The opportunity to pair a visionary leader with the world’s best Customer Service architecture (and most engaging teacher).

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Care like Michelangelo painted

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January 25, 1982. First day of Disney Traditions. It was a Monday.

*Care – for your physical wellbeing – like Michelangelo painted.

January 25, 1982…the 3-day Disney Traditions class at Disney University.

About 70 days later, all hands on deck for the two-week Easter (April 11th that year) peak-attendance season.

It was 14 days straight and sometimes double shifts.

What the front-line Jungle Cruise leader told me was my first big leadership lesson at Walt Disney World.

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Just a little extra

Been teaching our son (now 19) the Disney Way since he learned to talk.

Just a little extra effort.

A ridiculously easy target to hit.

No training required.

Intuitive framework.

Applies to personal life automatically and instantaneously.

And of course, applies to your physical wellness.

Small, seemingly insignificant details and habits that snowball over a lifetime.

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The customer service gurus unintentionally lied to us

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March 31, in the pool three days ago, recording a couple short “business” videos.

The customer service gurus unintentionally lied to us. They didn’t know any better. And this “lie” has been perpetuated since the invention of the “service economy”.

Preparing a TEDx Talk that covers this and solves it too – essentially celebrating a new customer service mantra.

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