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Hard Things You Have to Do to Be a Great Leader: Part Four

Congratulations! You made it! No, not to the end of 2020 (although the end of this endless year is finally in sight). To the end of our popular four-part series “16 Hard Things You Must Do to Be a Great…

Hard Things You Have to Do to Be a Great Leader: Part Three

Welcome to Part Three of our four-part series “16 Hard Things You Have to Do to Be a Great Leader.” An anonymous email that was going around several months ago inspired this series, and I start each article with some…

Hard Things You Have to Do to Be a Great Leader: Part Two

Hi, my name is Jeff. Every anonymous addiction group meeting starts with this same familiar greeting. I know because I’ve attended a few. Turns out, several Disney Addicts Anonymous groups exist online, and they have never been more popular than

Hard Things You Have to Do to Be a Great Leader: Part One

There is an anonymous email going around titled “16 Hard Things You Have to Do to Be a Great Leader.” Usually, I am not a fan of anonymous; however, there are a couple of exceptions. First, at Disneyland, tucked away…
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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?

That’ll Work!

How many of you remember the Avis ad campaign, “We Try Harder”? I certainly do! And for good reason. The slogan launched in 1963, the year I was born, and lasted until 2012…almost fifty years.

DWD… Doesn’t Work, Dude!

If you are a business owner, and part of your business isn’t working, that’s okay. Keep reading. If you are a career worker, and part of your career isn’t working, that’s okay. Keep reading. If you are a dreamer, and

Be Better

So what did I do while I was recuperating? I slept, mostly. A lot. At one point, I slept for thirty-six hours straight. Now I am down to “just” three naps a day, which, if I am being honest, isn’t

The Top Ten Disney Patriotic Connections

Walt Disney once said in an interview, “If you could see in my eyes, the American flag is waving in both of them and my spine is growing this red, white and blue stripe.”

Go and Sit on a Park Bench

Jeff asked me to share something with you and I started to write something and then I thought of Dr. Disneyland himself telling his Park Bench moment and thought I would share a section from my book.

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