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What does success feel like?
Success is like being pregnant. Everyone says congratulations, but nobody knows how many times you got f*cked.
Recognition Is The Most Powerful Currency You Have
Recognition is the most powerful currency you have, and it costs you nothing! It is the art of catching somebody doing something good that you want them to repeat.
By criticizing, we do not make lasting changes
The world-famous psychologist, proved through his experiments that an animal rewarded for good behavior will learn much more rapidly and retain what it learn far more effectively than an animal punished for a bad behavior. Later studies have shown that the same apples to humans. By criticizing, we do not make lasting changes and often incur resentment.
Humans don’t desire too many things, but few things people crave with insistence that will not be denied. Some of the things that most people want include:
1. Health
2. Food
3. Money and things money can buy
4. A feeling of importance
The Cure For A Lack Of Self-Motivation Is A Business Partner
Without self-motivation, you’re doomed as an entrepreneur, since there’s no one to egg you on or watch over your shoulder.
If you’re not, the way to mitigate this risk is pretty simple: Get a business partner.
Challenge Employees And They’ll Rise To The Occasion
People love to be challenged. If the challenge is reasonable, or even slightly unreasonable, they love it and they rise to the occasion.
People love to be challenged and they love to show off their skills and talents.
Let Employees Ask About Anything They Want
If you get people talking and challenging each other, you’re going to have the ability to arrive at the right decision so much quicker and so much easier.
Just make it so it’s a human environment. Do not try to motivate by fear, instead motivate by saying: ‘Let’s win. This is going to be so much fun to figure out. Let’s figure it out together.
Look For Clear Ideas That Can Be Explained In 30 Seconds Or Less
It is important to encourage staff to develop ideas. Allow them to describe their ideas in 15 to 30 seconds. If they can be concise and come up with an idea in a really clear way, it means they are onto something.
Bosses Who Think They’re Supposed To Prevent Employee Screw Ups Are Not Motivating
Trust is an important thing. When running the company it’s best to take a following approach towards your employees; I have a lot of confidence in you, I have a lot of trust in you, we’re transparent — we share where we are, where we’re going and what’s going on.
If you think employees are there to mess up, and it’s your job to prevent them from messing up. That’s not going to be very motivating to good people.
How To Motivate Employees
Appreciate People for Everything They Do
There are three keys to getting the best out of others, and the first of these is appreciation. Every time you thank another person, you cause that person to like themselves better. You raise their self-esteem and improve their self-image. You cause them to feel more important. You make them feel that what they did was valuable and worthwhile. You empower them.
Build Your Own Self-Esteem
And the wonderful thing about thanking other people is that, every time you say the words “thank you,” you like yourself better as well. You feel better inside. You feel happier and more content with yourself and life. You feel more fully integrated and positive about what you are doing. When you develop an attitude of gratitude that flows forth from you in all of your interactions with others, you will be amazed at how popular you will become and how eager others will be to help you in whatever you are doing.
Make People Feel Important
Perhaps the most valuable lesson in Ken Blanchard’s book The One Minute Manager is his recommendation to be giving “one-minute praising” at every opportunity. If you go around your home and through your social relationships praising and giving genuine and honest approval to people for their accomplishments, large and small, you will be amazed at how much more people like you and how much more willing they are to help you achieve your goals.
Practice the Law of Reciprocity
There is a psychological law of reciprocity that says, “If you make me feel good about myself, I will find a way to make you feel good about yourself.” In other words, people will always look for ways to reciprocate your kindnesses toward them. When you look for every opportunity to do and say things that make other people feel good about themselves, you will be astonished at not only how good you feel, but at the wonderful things that begin to happen all around you.
Pay Attention When They Talk
The third way to empower others, to build their self-esteem and make them feel important is simply to pay close attention to them when they talk. The great majority of people are so busy trying to be heard that they become impatient when others are talking. But this is not for you. Remember, the most important single activity that takes place over time is listening intently to the other person when he or she is talking and expressing himself or herself.
Take Every Opportunity to Build People Up
Again, the three general rules for empowering the people around you, which apply to everyone you meet, are appreciation, approval, and attention. Voice your thanks and gratitude to others on every occasion. Praise them for every accomplishment. And pay close attention to them when they talk and want to interact with you. These three behaviors alone will make you a master of human interaction and will greatly empower the people around you.
Action Exercises
Now, here are two things you can do immediately to put these ideas into action.
1. Make people feel important. Look for ways to express praise and approval at every opportunity.
2. Second, practice the special art of listening to people when they want to talk. It makes people feel special and appreciated.
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