“In today’s global economy, innovations and improvements to products and services are not only happening more rapidly than ever before in history, they are being communicated instantaneously. So, it’s “innovate or die”!”

Productivity starts with doing the right things.

Vision without execution is like a plane without wings, or Dumbo without ears, it just won’t fly.

Walt’s major passion was to provide the finest in family entertainment. For the most part, for nearly a century, the Company has stayed true to that legacy, and has set the standard for the entire entertainment industry.

When you focus on results, you will very seldom see a change in your culture. But, if you focus on a customer-centric culture, you will realize long-term results.

Habits grow from obtaining knowledge, attitude and skills.

Write down your Dream or story; create your own unique Values, Believe in them, and use them to make all decisions; Dare to take some risks; and Do the planning, revisions and details to realize the Dream.

There is an old Indian saying, “When legends die, dreams end. When dreams end, there is no more greatness.” Leaders like Walt Disney inspire their organizations to keep their legends and stories alive.

When values are deeply embedded within an organization, they seldom change.

Twenty years ago if you provided someone with horrible service, it may take weeks or even months for the word-of-mouth message to get out to 15-20 potential customers.

Social media can work to a CEO’s advantage. Someone with a great product in a small town in the middle of nowhere can compete in the world marketplace.

The role of any exceptional facilitator or consultant is to work themselves out of a job.

In the long run, it costs more to provide poor rather than good service.

People are over 20 times more likely to remember a story than a series of facts and figures. A good story touches our hearts.

If your values are not used as the constitution of your organization, or if they are compromised, they become just words on paper.

My mother’s work ethic, her attitude, and the way she treated each and every customer as if they were her best friend were better lessons than could be found in all the text books in the world.

In the best organizations, love is the real “pixie dust.”

Have a good plan, execute it violently, and do it today.

I won’t say that the papers misquote me, but I sometimes wonder where Christianity would be today if some of those reporters had been Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

Home staging used to be optional. Today, it’s a necessity in selling a house.

I want to do just, like, regular art. Whatever is made today on canvas goes up against all of art history. Its the most radical thing.

When I work with filmmakers today, I’m really an advocate for the women’s roles that I see, to make them as layered and as deep as possible. I think many of them are underwritten.

Photography today appears to be in a state of flight… The familiar is made strange, the unfamiliar grotesque. The amateur forces his Sundays into a series of unnatural poses.

Class was like watered down porn today. Vee said

We had already beaten them 4-0 and 7-0 earlier this season, so we knew we were in for a really tough game today.