How motivated do you feel right now?
Start of a new year, a time to set goals, make commitments, start new things, stop old things.
You’d think that most people are pretty motivated right now.
Well, research suggest otherwise.
A Gallup study conducted in September 2023 revealed that globally only 15% of people are motivated in the workplace.
In Europe that falls to 10% &
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The ancient Greeks used to define courage in a certain way. It was not based on war or endeavour, but on daily life.
They believed courage was needed in greater quantities for each day, even just to get through one.
They thought that courage was needed when your resolve & hopes of sharing new ideas were challenged. When someone disagreed with you, then courage was needed to enter into a battle of ideas.
What makes a great leader? Presence? Credibility? Probably all of these things & more. But what are they?
If you read enough books, you’d think being outgoing & openly confident.
But what if this just isn’t you? Does this mean you’ll never get to where you want to be?
Not. At. All.
Presence, Credibility; compared to who?
If you’re a keen cook but compare yourself to a Michelin starred chef,
Success directly impacts the way we feel about ourselves. As leaders we are often expected to bring in huge, strategic, long term goals which take time and success can be a while off, impacting the view you have of yourself. So, try these;
Look out for quick wins.
Do things that you like to do.
Set small, achievable goals.
Do one thing at a time to completion.
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I have a dig bick. You that read wrong. You read that wrong
too.
Shocking isn’t it?
Not the message, which after all makes no sense at all, but
the fact that we can get it so wrong. The reason, as you have probably guessed,
is all down to one simple thing: our brain’s persistent and hard-wired tendency
to take short cuts.
What you have just read comes directly from Professor Damian
Hughes book,
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We all have those times when we struggle to find the energy to perform. You know, you’re working hard, life is full of things going on and eventually it catches us up.
There are so many books out there, theories, motivational guru’s, all advising us on how to find our mojo, how to recharge, how to reach fulfilment. In my profession I’ve probably read them all, seen them all and heard them all.
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Well, I’ve absolutely got Olympic withdrawals. Maybe I’ve not helped myself in the fact that I watched hours and hours, days and days of coverage, taking in sports that ordinarily I wouldn’t watch, let alone the ones I always do. But the Olympics does that to you doesn’t it?
There’s something about watching people who have dedicated four years of their lives to that moment. Four whole years of early mornings, late nights,
