Walt Disney is a legendary man. He contributed some amazing things to societ. Not only did he entertain people, create iconic characters and inspire innumerable artists, he also had a personality that everyone can learn from. Walt Disney was creative and passionate about his work. His creativity doesn’t exactly have a parallel. His passion too is unchallenged. But Walt Disney personality traits transcend the obvious attributes of the great man.
One of the most talked about Walt Disney personality traits is his approach towards his craft. He was passionate about his work but he was not too indulgent in it. He could spend hours creating something, drawing up sketches, penning down characters and thinking, but he did not obsess about them. He was open to criticism, albeit the constructively objective ones and not the cynical ones. His personality made room for everyone’s opinions. Great men are not always receptive of other peoples’ thoughts, ideas or critiques but he was not one of them. He was great indeed and he was also a tough taskmaster but he knew when one must listen to others and then alter the course or approaches accordingly.
One little known fact about Walt Disney personality traits is that he was extremely gentle and caring. Many researchers and biographers have termed him as a workaholic, as a man with only his way or the highway approach and extremely rigid when it came to his work. But what many don’t know is that Walt Disney was very caring. He cared for his family, friends and people in general. He also cared for animals. When Walt was a little boy and lived on a farm, he did not like hunting. He never went out to hunt animals, which was pretty much a custom in his family and very normal in those times. He attended to the needs of the animals on his farm and never hurt any animal, either on the farm or beyond it in the wilds. It is possibly this gentle and caring attitude that made him popular not just among his loved ones but in his company and also propelled him to create unforgettable characters and moments in his work.
Walt Disney also had ferocious tenacity. His pursuit for something better drove him to all echelons so he could accomplish what he had in mind. His vision was almost always realized because of his tenacity apart from passion and creativity.