Are We Having Fun Yet?
What is your favorite Disney Park attraction? Better yet, on which attraction do you find yourself having the most fun? For me, the answer has always been Disneyland’s Space Mountain. There are arguably better, more advanced, and more impressive attractions.…
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Advance
Half-a-billion bucks! That’s how much Disney’s newest roller coaster, located just inside Epcot, cost. Let me rewind for just a second…half-a-billion bucks! For a single stand-alone attraction. Five-hundred-million dollars is approximately half of what Epcot in its entirety (all 300 acres) cost…
The Privilege of Forgetting
Do you ever get frustrated at your own forgetfulness? Welcome to the club! Over the years, I’ve managed to forget $5,000 in cash at an ATM machine, both an iPhone and an iPad on the roof of a car, even…
Taking Chances
Want to hear something ironic? I’ve just returned from a near-perfect trip to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. I emphasize the location because we were originally scheduled to fly in on Wednesday, September 28, the day MCO (Orlando’s airport…
All Roads Lead to Resiliency
Have you ever heard the expression “All Roads Lead to Rome”? Well, when I taught my history classes, and especially my government courses, I often joked that “All Roads Lead to Disney!” At first, my students thought I was joking.…
The Wisdom of Walt D’Isigny
Statistically, the name is not at all common, yet it seems everyone knows the name “Disney.” Out of 350 million plus people in the United States, fewer than 5,000 have the surname Disney. Nonetheless, it is a name synonymous with…
Becoming a Free Lancer
Do you ever have trouble making decisions? Especially big ones? That was me a year ago. Should I stay, or should I go? It was not an easy choice. I had been in higher education for more than two decades…
You Think You Can’t!
As we get ready to enter the fourth economic quarter of 2020, I want to ask you a question: Is your business thriving or barely surviving? Are you sinking or soaring?