The 4 Success Attitudes Of Walt Disney

‘Think, believe, dream and dare.’ Walt Disney

There is an attitude that sets apart the mediocre from the majestic. It is called the success attitude.

Did you know that when Walt headed west to pursue his dream, that he sold his possessions – even his camera, to purchase a First Class train ticket, because he wanted to arrive first class? Now that is success attitude exemplified.

Success attitudes don’t arrive once you’ve achieved success. Success attitudes must be present in the midst of your failure or your disaster.

These are the attitudes that will sustain you, and equip you to handle success when it suddenly appears, seemingly out of nowhere, for all to see.

So let’s have a closer look at the 4 success attitudes.

1. Think

To think is to drink from the very depths of your soul. To think is hard work and that is why so few do it. To think is to sink your dream-teeth into the depths of your imagination.

This is where plans are made. This is where dreams are laid. This is where visions are displayed.

Blueprints of your future are forged during these times of focused thinking.

To pinpoint that thinking I have always found it essential to thrust those thoughts into the page. For there they are captured and held prisoner for future reflection and initiation.

The recording of your thoughts forges a foundation for the creation of future edifices that will be formed by applying massive action.

2. Believe

My old friend Napoleon Hill summed up these first two concepts when he wrote ‘What the mind of man can conceive (think) and believe, he can achieve.’

Believe your thoughts. Be convinced by your ideas.

Before being a published author or a successful entrepreneur I had to believe in myself long before anyone else did.

Belief saves you from grief and gives you relief – protecting you from the thief of unbelief.

When you believe you can receive.

Belief beneath – to the depths of your inner man – will sustain you and carry you past all the naysayers and the dream stealers who say it can never be done and it will never happen.

Don’t believe what you hear. Believe what you have already buried deep within your heart.

3. Dream

While you’re dreaming, don’t dream miniscule dreams. Dream dreams that are of maxiscule proportions.

Go on dream the impossible and the improbably dream!

Don’t dream ordinary. Dream extraordinary Dream beyond. Dream above. Dream while you’re wide-awake. Write your dream. Speak your dream/ Do your dream. Align your dream with your passion and watch a love affair ignite.

Even though I have entered my fifth decade on planet earth I still ask myself the question, ‘what do I dream of doing when I grow up?’

Never lose the wonder of a child, nor the dynamo of a dream in your heart.

4. Dare

I dare you. I dare you to be magnificent, magnanimous and marvelous all wrapped up into one.

Go on. I dare you. I dare you to learn that foreign language. I dare you to run that marathon. I dare you to travel to every nation on the planet. I dare you to be a best-selling author. I dare you to create a musical played on Broadway. I dare you to write the most popular blog on the planet in your niche.

I dare you to be a leader and not just a follower. I dare you to do the unattainable, the unachievable, and the not yet done.

I dare you. I double dare you. I triple dare you to dream a HUMUNGOUS dream.

I dare you to surround yourself with a team of people much smarter than yourself and take notes furiously. I dare you to – in the words of Disney – ‘to wish upon a star’, and watch what wonderful things will come your way throughout the rest of your days.

So here’s a question for you – How are you using these 4 success attitudes to set yourself up for stupendous success?

Motivational Memo: The word success has your name written all over it – so go get it.

Peter G. James Sinclair is in the ‘heart to heart’ resuscitation business and inspires, motivates and equips others to be all that they’ve been created to become. Receive your free copy of his latest eBook Personal Success Blueprint at – http://www.motivationalmemo.com and add him on Twitter @PeterGJSinclair – today!

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http://www.2knowmyself.com farouk

quite an inspiring post peter
the fact that he was rejected many times before bringing mickey mouse to the world should remind us all that rejection in many times makes no sense
http://hanofharmony.com The Vizier

Hi Peter,

You are perfectly right. Success attitudes have to be forged in the fires of failure and disasters. Only by going through such hardships can we hope to gain the experience and wisdom to handle success when it happens to us. All the 4 success attitudes of Walt Disney are important.

Dreaming and thinking gives us the vision which we want to achieve. Believing gives us the drive we need to make our success a reality. Daring enables us to take massive action to reach our goals. There is no way we can achieve success if we do not have the right attitude.

Thank you for sharing this lovely article!

Irving the Vizier
- http://www.motivationalmemo.com Peter G. James Sinclair
  
  Thanks Irving for your comments and wisdom. Reach for your dreams. Believe, achieve and receive all the good things that are coming your way with your great attitude.
http://www.motivationalmemo.com Peter G. James Sinclair

Yes Farouk – the only sense that I can ever make from rejection is this: it makes us stronger.

I recall writing my fourth book with 3 rejected manuscripts sitting beside me as I typed. Fire was lit in my belly with every typed word – as I uttered under my breath, to those who had rejected me – Watch me!!!!! – and the result? My first $100,000 check for my first self published book.
http://www.meanttobehappy.com Ken Wert

A wonderful post, Peter.

Walt Disney was certainly an inspiration! I especially liked the idea that at 50, you still ask yourself what you’re going to be when you grow up.

So many people settle down into their semi-enjoyable, or at least not disturbingly horrible, lives and the wheels of their lives groove down into deep ruts and never look up to see what else they can do again.

The only real way to stay young is to continue to grow and stretch and learn and try and look at each day as another adventure, another opportunity to think and believe and dream and dare.

Thank you for the inspiration, Peter.
- http://www.motivationalmemo.com Peter G. James Sinclair
  
  Thanks Ken – let’s all grow young together – inspired, fired and going for the dreams that have been deposited into our hearts. Great days ahead!
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http://www.21tiger.com/ebooks Michael A. Robson

Think?
- http://www.motivationalmemo.com Peter G. James Sinclair
  
  Glad that it made you think!
http://www.Mazzastick.com Justin

I believe that the original name for Mickey Mouse was Mortimer. Walt’s wife got him to change it.

You make some great points in your post, especially about being daring. Risk takers reap the most rewards.
- http://www.motivationalmemo.com Peter G. James Sinclair
  
  Thank God for our wives. Look what she spared us from….where would be without Mickey? Reach for your dreams Justin – you can do it!
http://www.sellingbybuilding.com Mark popp

Great posting! Very relevant for me as I’m starting my own small business. Great advice.
- http://www.motivationalmemo.com Peter G. James Sinclair
  
  Good onya Mark. Glad to hear of yet another adventurer into the world of small business. My one piece of advice that I would like to give you – that I had to learn the hard way….make sure you have a ‘recommended’ mentor or business coach walking you through the process – for it will save you a lot of heartache. They will pay for themselves.
http://entirelysubjective.com Jonas

Hi Peter,

thanks for this concise and brilliant post.
Robert Dilts of NLP University actually modelled Walt Disney’s approach and called it the “Disney Strategy” which he teaches as a creativity and generative problem solving technique.

In his model, it consists of 3 discrete states called Visionary, Critic and Realist which one goes through to arrive at a solution to one’s problem.

Might be interesting for you to look into

Jonas
- http://www.motivationalmemo.com Peter G. James Sinclair
  
  Thanks Jonas – I will certainly look into that – sounds fascinating. Thank you also for your kind comments.
http://truthpassionjoy.com El Edwards

Hey Peter
Talk about God-incidences! I started reading this thinking ‘I know that name’ (yours, not Walt Disney’s!) and then having got to the end and totally adored your ‘I dare you’ section (‘go on, I dare you’ is one of my favourite phrases) and read your bio I had my ‘aha! THAT’S how I know that name!’

Great to see you here and thank you for a super inspiring post. All the brain gymnastics needs practical action to bring the dreams to life but you (and Walt!) are so right, without the thinking and believing the practical stuff gets so hard and stops us in our tracks.

How am I using these to prepare for success? For me, all four are vital. The belief that comes from the very depth of your soul is indispensable. It is the only antidote I know for those days that feel wobbly!

Thanks again,
El
- http://www.motivationalmemo.com Peter G. James Sinclair
  
  Thanks El – God-incidences! Love the word….and our meeting is no mistake – as you already know. From the depths come the great heights. Reach for your dreams for it is my experience that dreams come true to those who dream and apply massive action and a dose of faith towards the fulfilment of that dream.
http://www.meetkevinmartin.com Kevin Martin

This post reiterates that everything must be right in the inside for things to change on the outside. In other words, you can attain success if you have a mindset that says you’re already successful.
- http://www.motivationalmemo.com Peter G. James Sinclair
  
  Thanks Kevin – you have hit it on the head. Get the inside right and the outside will take care of itself.
  
  So many people concentrate on making things on the outside look right when they should first be attending to the state of their heart and their mind.
http://thebooksthatchangedmylife.com marc van der Linden

Now I’m wondering why Walt choose to sell all his possessions, just to be able to buy this First Class Train Ticket? What was in this thoughts to make arriving first class so important?
- http://www.motivationalmemo.com Peter G. James Sinclair
  
  There is a saying – ‘fake it until you make it’.
  
  I have used this principle time and time again. Before I was a best selling author I acted like a best selling author.
  
  Before I made my first sale in my web design business – when I didn’t even have a web designer on my team – on my first day I acted as though I had everything ready to go. I in fact sold 5 websites on my first day – and then came home to figure out how I was going to pull it off. I had those as my clients for the 7 years I owned that successful business.
  
  I also learnt to dress for success long before I was successful – and that at one point required me to buy a brand new suit for just one meeting that I was having with a successful businessman.
  
  As I act – so shall I become.
  
  That Marc – was what was in Walt’s mind! The rest is history.
- http://www.josipbarbaric.com Personal Development
  
  It’s important to act as if you are already what you want to be because your mind begins to think of ways how to perpetuate that state. If you begin living from within your dream, your dream must become a reality.
  
  Some people fail miserably with “acting as if”, because that act in itself only causes them to doubt and worry even more, ’cause they don’t believe fully in the dream. On the other hand, there are people, like Peter, that have used this principle successfully, because they had sufficient faith and suspension of disbelief behind the “acting as if”.
  
  All the best,
  
  Josip Barbaric
Earl Pfeiffer

My Favorite Walt Disney quote that has inspired and impacted my life is: :My Imagination Creates My Reality.” That is my credo… I live by it.
- http://www.motivationalmemo.com Peter G. James Sinclair
  
  Great Earl – loved that – and what a reality Walt created for all of us to enjoy! Keep igniting your imagination with constant use and resultant transformational reality.
Jeevan

Quite an inspiring article…
Thank you:)
http://twitter.com/maritzacollazo Maritza Collazo

Very inspiring. Lovely writing.
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