Disney Employee Engagement Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five different sites.
A couple nights ago we had “movie night” at our house and chose Disney’s “Alice In Wonderland”, with Johnny Depp.
Early in the movie, Alice is sharing with someone that her Father would dream six impossible dreams before breakfast. A typical morning for him.
Alice’s Father was a dreamer.
Are you?
What would have happened if Martin Luther King wouldn’t have been a dreamer?
Don’t listen to your lizard brain, listen to your heart.
What would you say? Does it roll off the tip of your tongue like honeydew vine water?
Or do you hesitate?
“If your goal isn’t impossible, you’re not reaching high enough”.
(you do know that’s the tag line here at Lane 8, right?)
Heck yeah, I have no idea how I’m going to help raise money until a cure is found. It does feel impossible.
Until I remember why I’m here.
Getting in shape, whatever that means, is something most people know to be a reasonable and desirable goal.
But doing it is next to impossible for many people.
Do you know why?
Do you know the secret to overcoming what most can not, will not, and do not overcome?
Crazy thing is, both those questions have been answered here at Lane 8, at least a dozen times in the past 14 months.
“Ever worry about being too fast?”
This is usually not anything that crosses a runner’s mind.
And if you’re not a runner, think of it this way, “Ever worry about being too good at something you’re working hard to be good at?”
Um, let me guess, “No, it never crosses your mind. Why would it? Who doesn’t want to be really fast, or really good?”
Exactly.
Except.
Except when too much too soon could be detrimental to your long term success.
Heading out for a five-mile run. I sure hope the fourth mile isn’t under six minutes.
Not yet anyway.
One of the secrets I’ve learned is that it’s better to simply get started and do, rather than worry and wait.
Yeah, at risk with a business card as “unprofessional” as this is that people won’t take you seriously.
However, what’s also at risk with some really slick, professional business cards is they will also get neglected, not because they aren’t professional, but rather because they’re boring.
Many people think if they do things a certain way, then everything else will fall into place.
Maybe. If you work for an established organization.
And maybe if all the critical tools and resources – marketing, legal, human resources, community relations, public relations, media relations, finance, advertising, hiring, organizational structure, vision, mission, brand, etc – have long been established.
Maybe, but, if you’ve ever dreamed of being an entrepreneur, you are in for a rude awakening.
Same goes for health.
Here’s to hoping your phone never rings in 2010 with this, “Honey, it’s for you. It’s your wake-up call.”