1. 1. Life LessonsWalt Disney
2. 2. Walt Disney is well-known for his influence in the entertainment industry during the twentieth century. Walt co-founded Walt Disney Productions with his brother Roy O. Disney and became one of the most famous motion picture producers of all time. Here are 15 life lessons from Walt :
3. 3. Life Lesson 1 : Keep Things in Perspective Your family is your first business, and they should never be neglected in pursuit of "a dream." Your family must be part of your dream, and should remain within your focus. Never become so consumed in business affairs that you neglect the individuals whom you need most.A man should never neglect his family for business.
4. 4. Life Lesson 2 : Ask For Help You cant possibly know everything and should stop acting like you do. Walt lived through two world wars and saw the invention of countless gadgets and machines designed to make life easier. No one person could keep up with it all. Walt knew this and asked for help and advice from experts.All youve got to do is own up to your ignorance honestly, and youll find people who are eager to fill your head with information.
5. 5. Life Lesson 3 : Action Always Trumps Inaction A plan is good, a good plan is even better, but if that plan doesnt get put into action its as useless as a four fingered glove. Learn to get into action, start today, whatever youve been postponingjust do it. If you wait for the perfect time, youll never accomplish anything.The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
6. 6. Life Lesson 4 : Keep Trying In todays world, were often hampered by a number of negative events. Is this truly different than Walts day? Probably not as much as we would like to think. The rights to his first cartoon were more or less stolen from him. He didnt pout in his easy chair for the rest of his life. He got back up and Mickey Mouse was born.Everyone falls down. Getting back up is how you learn.
7. 7. Life Lesson 5 : Work Hard This is, or should be, common sense. After all, Walt grew up in an average working class family and saw his dad go to work daily. Dont look for shortcuts. Be willing to invest time and effort into a job well done and success will follow.People often ask me if I know the secret of success and if I could tell others how to make their dreams come true. My answer is, you do it by working.
8. 8. Life Lesson 6 : Dreams Really Do Come True It takes courage to fail and try again until success occurs. If you have courage, or can cultivate it, you are on your way to your dreams of wealth and success coming true.All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
9. 9. Life Lesson 7 : Do What You Love You must follow your passion, if youre doing it just for the money, it probably wont last. Passion is what gives you the strength to overcome the obstacles associated with every dream. Passion is what keeps you going when everyone else is tiredmoney can't do that for you, only passion; passion is power.Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.
10. 10. Life Lesson 8 : Do the Impossible Walt Disney said, If you can dream it, you can do it. Life is too short to spend it doing the possible. Learn to pursue the impossible, pursue what others say cant be done, pursue what has never been done before, pursue your dreams, and turn them into a reality.It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
11. 11. Life Lesson 9 : It Takes a Village Isaiah wrote, Without a vision, the people perish. But I think its worth noting that without people, the vision will perish. Never forget that you need people; never forget that your life is about serving others. When you serve others, you serve yourself.You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.
12. 12. Life Lesson 10 : Competition is Good Competition makes you stronger, it makes you better, it keeps you on your toes. Never shrink away from competition; never fail to see the value of competition. Your competitors can provide you with more value than your friends. Learn from the competition, and you will grow.I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it.
13. 13. Life Lesson 11: Know Your Priorities And Stop Worrying All the success in the world wont be worth anything if your priorities are backwards. This is excellent but difficult advice to follow. However, youll save yourself time, energy and possibly an anxiety attack if you do.Why worry? If youve done the very best you can, worrying wont make it better.
14. 14. Life Lesson 12 : Get Better Daily Everyday you should become a little better than you were the day before. If you can become one percent better daily, you can recreate your life every 100 days. Learn to get better daily; look for ways to improve, to be kinder, more intelligent, and more helpful.Whenever I go on a ride, I'm always thinking of what's wrong with the thing and how it can be improved.
15. 15. Life Lesson 13 : Continue Education The level of success beyond college graduation is often in direct correlation to the amount of time spent reading. Read fiction, non-fiction, biographies and how-tos .just never stop learning. Power comes from knowledge and knowledge comes from books. It always has and always will.There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates loot on Treasure Island.
16. 16. Life Lesson 14 : Do It For Others Whenever Walt Disney created animated shorts back then he never did it just for himself; but instead he would always find ways in which he could share his work with others. Walt Disneys works teach us a lot of things, such as the value of love for friends and family, hope for the good and his most important lesson: good will always triumph over evil.
17. 17. Life Lesson 15 : Never Just Settle With Your First Success After creating Mickey Mouse, Disney didnt stop at just him. Instead he went on and created Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Pluto, etc. He was never content with what he had done because he always wanted to achieve more and grow with his dreams. He also didnt stop with just one Mickey Mouse design, he kept redesigning his creation so that it would be better every time.If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse.
18. 18. Here are 15 invaluable lessons that you can learn from Walt Disney. His success has definitely served as an inspiration to a lot of people and even after his death, his legacy still carries on.Thank You Very Much Sompong Yusoontorn