Now...if you are French...don't take


Now...if you are French...don't take this personally!

Lesley and I took Katie to Disneyland in Paris for three days this week.

Katie (being seven years old) loved practically every minute of it - apart from some of the rides!

Now...me being me...was looking at how the whole thing worked.

I've been to the Orlando Disney World and its theme parks a couple of times...and I was interested to see how the newest European theme park lived up to my US experiences.

On one front I wasn't disappointed. The attention to detail (as with all Disney 'stuff') is absolutely first-class. From the rides to the places where you queue...everything is exactly as if you were transported into that particular 'land'.

But...for me, my experience was let down by the almost 'surly' expressions on the faces of the guides...and queue 'organisers'.

It was as if they were there just to do their job...and that was all.

Now...I know that this is what they were actually doing...but, as well as not comparing very well with my U.S. experiences, it just didn't quite fit in with the "all-singing, all-dancing" atmosphere that was in abundance around the rest of the park.

In short...it almost ruined the entire experience for me!

So...what's the lesson that YOU can learn from this?

Be congruent. That is...if outwardly you appear happy...yet inside you feel miserable...then you are going to get 'caught out'. Period.

If you're giving the impression that you are listening...but you're not really...then you are going to get caught out as well.

So...make sure that your actions are completely in line with your thoughts - especially when you deal with other people...otherwise their 'sixth-sense' will tell them that something isn't quite right...and you will put them at unease withourt even realizing it.

I know...I've felt that way for the last three days!