Episode 42 Nine People’s Favorite Thing

In this episode, Tricia expresses concern over her ability to keep her daily to-do list organized (which didn’t seem to be a problem in the pre-COVID days of her life). This prompts a brief discussion about just what are the best ways to stay organized, get things done, and not get bogged down in the processes? Well, they aren’t quite sure in this episode—but do feel a determination to get their post-COVID lives organized and up to speed again.

Tricia shares the story of the time in college when she was required to take a Physical Education class, signed up to take a racquetball course, somehow forgetting about her depth perception issues that keep her from every hitting virtually any ball, and most assuredly, a racquet ball.  Her only solution was to hide in the locker room.  For most of the semester!

Which is better, to aim for winning the attention and respect of 90% of your audience, or 10%? Rob offers an answer—and explains the reasoning behind it.

In their careers at Disney World, Rob and his wife Kate perform in some venues that are designed to simply be a fun experience, not necessarily offering the most amazing and impressive acting or choreography you’ve ever seen in your life. However, Disney also offers a few shows where the goal is to please and truly impress the 10% who will truly appreciate and never forget it—not the 90% who simply thought it was “good.”  Rob explains the validity of both purposes.

Quotes

“There were people sitting on the edge of their earbuds.”—Rob  (Um…what?)

“I’d rather be nine people’s favorite thing than a hundred people’s ninth favorite thing.” – a line from [title of show] (see credit below under Resources).

 

Resources

The Eisenhower Decision Matrix  https://www.gloveworx.com/blog/using-eisenhower-decision-matrix/ “How to distinguish between urgent and important tasks, and make real progress in your life.”

[title of show]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_of_show  “A musical about two guys writing a musical about two guys writing a musical of which they are currently in.” – Rob

Voctave – an outstanding, nationally recognized vocal accapella group. You can find them easily on YouTube!