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Adversity and Kicking Mickey (post by Kirk Weisler)
“All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.” – Walt Disney
On this day in history… Oct 16, 1923
1923 – Walt Disney Company was established when Walt Disney signed a contract with M. J. Winkler to produce a series of Alice comedies. The company was originally called the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio. Walt and his brother Roy Disney were equal partners in this new venture. Today the company is known as The Walt Disney Company and operates four major divisions: Walt Disney Studios, Parks and Resorts, Disney Consumer Products and Media Networks. What started as a dream between two brothers has thrilled children for decades and inspired millions.
Now I don’t want to get kicked in the teeth….but I would love to begin today to build something that will inspire millions…. or even just one.
Today let us lead.
Today let us teach.
Today let us inspire as we aspire to be and become the very best we can .
Today have a Disney day.
Dreams and Looking Forward (post by Kirk Weisler)
I hope each of you are in the “living” dreams of others…or at least “living your dreams” and working to make them come true. And that you are looking forward to tomorrow.
I also hope that as leaders, as parents, friends, and even co-workers… we are all helping others to look forward to their tomorrow as well. ~ Kirk Out
Grudge or Dance (post by Kirk Weisler)
“Don’t carry a grudge. While you’re carrying the grudge, the other guy’s out dancing.” ~ –Buddy Hackett
No one would ever accuse me of being a good dancer…but I’m happy to report that I am even less adept at carrying a grudge.
Not bragging …just saying… life can be heavy enough sometimes without packing any extra baggage.
The Gate Is Open – Don’t let the Trust Out (by Kirk Weisler)
Today I wan to talk about TRUST.
Without boring you to tears with the details… someone took advantage of my son yesterday and took over one of his FaceBook fan pages. He has gathered a staggering 766,000 likes on it and was just starting to get some advertising offers. Sadly, we apparently need Tom Cruise and the Mission Impossible Team to get help from FaceBook. Literally there seems to be no way to penetrate Facebooks “we don’t talk to our users firewall”. HELP REQUEST!! So if any of you know anyone that can help my Jake get his page back… I would love your help. Thank you.
Now for the today’s thought… (the picture above was sent in yesterday by Marci..-thanks) It was just what I needed after a few frustrating hours trying to get my sons page back. More than that though was the absolute disappointment of being lied to repeatedly and conned by a person who seemingly did it just for the enjoyment of doing it. I felt like someone had broken into our home and taken something valuable… TRUST.
TRUST — I am blessed in the vast majority of my relationships to enjoy high levels of trust. My wife tells me I am “too trusting”…and perhaps she is right. (She usually is). But for my part I like trusting people, I like leading with trust and I like living in trust. I am always embarrassed when I do things that
diminish trust. Things like …forgetting to follow through, return a phone call or e-mail, or even show up late to a meeting. These might seem like little things…but in the world and context of trust…. the little things can be the biggest things of all.
Stephen Covey was once asked how trust might be restored after it was lost or diminished. His reply was simple and profound. He said it takes time, and consistency…but the best way he knew to restore and build trust was to “Make a promise and keep it.” It doesn’t matter if the promise was big or small…only that it was kept. Then after it was kept… a make another one and keep it…. repeat, repeat, repeat.
One of my heroes (a great teacher in my life) said this.. “It is better to be trusted than to be loved”.
I didn’t get it at first…because I was young and thought that being loved and loving others was better was more important than anything. But the more I thought about it.. the more sense it made. Love is important… no question about it. But you can love someone and not trust them… in fact this is very common. So would you rather be loved and not trusted…or trusted and not loved?
I conclude that for my part … I would rather be trusted.
Trust is a must!! Make it a great day… and live it like the gate was left open and you are free to build relationships…of trust!
Kirk Out
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