Since returning from Dan's workshop I have been reading a lot about the genius of Walt Disney. Last night I came across this quote:
"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing"
I've taken that to heart and now instead of just talking about it, I'm going to do it.
Time for a nap.
[ November 28, 2008, 02:42 PM: Message edited by: Raymond Chapman ]
Posted by Jake Lyman (Member # 3280) on :
I have a customer that will go over a job and what he wants and his ideas than he will say "well I did the easy part, the talking about it, now the rest is up to you".
Posted by Donna in BC (Member # 130) on :
Sure, but ya gotta know WHAT you're doing in order to do it. Guess that means just do it so eventually you do it right.
Whatever. I could use one of those naps myself today...
Posted by Jon Jantz (Member # 6137) on :
I would reply to this, but I'm trying to "do".
Posted by Raymond Chapman (Member # 361) on :
I think you missed the point...instead of just talking about taking a nap I was going to do it.
Posted by Jon Butterworth (Member # 227) on :
Been there ... done that Ray.
Naps are the best cure for procrastinating!
You wake refreshed and ready to do what yer was thinking of doing and then thought you would do what you thought of in the first place.
I need another nap!
Posted by Dan Sawatzky (Member # 88) on :
What's a nap??
-grampa dan
Posted by Sonny Franks (Member # 588) on :
Well done beats well said every time......
Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jon Jantz: I would reply to this, but I'm trying to "do".
...as Yoda would say:
quote:"Do, or do not. There is no try"
Posted by Todd Gill (Member # 2569) on :
Yoda for President!
Posted by Donna in BC (Member # 130) on :
Your naps are my camping adventures. I get it more than you realize. Posted by Dale Feicke (Member # 767) on :
I wonder......did Walt Disney ever take a nap?
Posted by Raymond Chapman (Member # 361) on :
Sorry Donna, I didn't mean to doubt you.
Dale...I'm sure he did sometime. All great thinkers took naps. Edison was known to work around the clock and just take 10 or 15 minute naps every few hours.
Research is just beginning to show that naps help refresh your brain and make you more productive.
I know that Dan doesn't take naps...but then he's not real.
Side note: Disney was a thinker and dreamer. He surrounded himself with creative people who could put his thoughts into reality. He was the ultimate positive thinker...if you can think it, you can do it. What an experience it must have been to have been a part of those early years.
Posted by Alan Johnson (Member # 2513) on :
Hi Ray, that Disney quote reminds of what I always told the "Kid" that worked with me. He would stand in front of sign and talk about what shade of blue he might use or maybe this or that, until I had enough and I'd say "JUST GET THE BRUSH"! How many times have you just started painting and changed your mind from the original color combo? " Maintain"
Posted by Dale Feicke (Member # 767) on :
Hey Raymond....what are the names of those Walt Disney books anyway? I've always been a big fan of his...and I need a good nap too.
Posted by Bill Biggs (Member # 18) on :
sorry, I got in on this chat late, I was "doing" a nap Bill
Posted by Raymond Chapman (Member # 361) on :
Imagineering Legends - ISBN 13-978-07868559-9 Imagineering - ISBN 0-7868-6246-7 Disneyland Inside Story - ISBN 0-8109-0811-5
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
Us old Pharts love our naps!
Posted by Dan Sawatzky (Member # 88) on :
The Imagineering book is the best of the three... Imagineering - ISBN 0-7868-6246-7. I bought mine back when it first came out and even got it autographed by more than 20 Imagineering greats, some of whom had been there from the start. Many of them were then at the tail end of their careers.
I've long been a big fan of Disney and the folks at Imagineering have had a big influence on me and my career.
I recieved the opportunity to tour the model shop at Imagineering back in the early 90's accompanied by none other than Tony Baxter, Executive Vice-President of Creative. We talked for quite a while and after he looked through my portfolio he offered me "any desk I wanted there." I turned him down in an instant but heard the offer again a couple more times in the next years.
Although I've never regretted my decision to continue working on my own I've occasionally wondered what I might have worked on had I taken him up on his offer.
Even now I'd love to spend some time there, at Imagineering, rubbing shoulders with those incredibly creative folks and seeing the wonderful things they do. I have no doubt I could learn a great deal in a very short time. Although I would love to be there, I have no doubt the structure and huge organization would never work for me personally on an ongoing basis.
But its better not to wonder what might have been and instead live to the fullest where I believe the grass is indeed greener, here in Yarrow...
-grampa dan
Posted by Sheila Ferrell (Member # 3741) on :
'You can't build a good reputation on what you're going to do . . .'
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