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Fundamental Management is Fundamental Psychology

Tony Mayo

First, people have a hedonic motive, or a desire to experience pleasure and avoid pain. Second, people have an approval motive, or a desire to be accepted and to avoid being rejected. Third, people have an accuracy motive, or a desire to believe what is true and to avoid believing what is false. Popularity: 2% [ ?

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Evidence-based Rules for “How to Set Goals”

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Goal Setting: A Motivational Technique That Works! 2) Specify the measurements to be used. 3) Set the target. 4) Create a deadline or performance period. 5) Priority rank multiple goals. 6) Rate difficulty and importance of goals. 2) Specify the measurements to be used. 3) Set the target. 4) Create a deadline or performance period.

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The Irony of Positive Thinking

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After all, as suggested in other studies conducted in my lab with Julie Lane and Laura Smart , the motive to keep one’s thoughts and personal characteristics secret is strongly linked with mental control.

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Twitter Log XVII

Tony Mayo

© 2010 Tony Mayo Popularity: 1% [ ? You can have them delivered to your cell phone by text message (SMS) or view them when you visit your free Twitter web page. . –Statistician George E. Box Leadership is the ability to get others to do what they do not want to do and like it. © Tony Mayo except as otherwise noted For Executives.

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Why work for nothing?

Tony Mayo

May 10th, 2010 — tonymayo Email This Article Much too often, business owners and salespeople eagerly run off to complete assignments given to us by employees, prospects, or clients. What commission, recognition, or work/life adjustment will motivate our best salesperson? Or assurance of financial stability?

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Twitter Log XVIII

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©2010 Tony Mayo Popularity: 2% [ ? You can have them delivered to your cell phone by text message (SMS) or view them when you visit your free Twitter web page. Tony Mayo Prior tweets are here , at Twitter Logs. I have been posting fewer and fewer tweets because they have been producing fewer and fewer responses. Has Twitter jumped the shark?

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Life Strategy and Executive Coaching

Tony Mayo

… Frederick Herzberg , who asserts that the powerful motivator in our lives isn’t money; it’s the opportunity to learn, grow in responsibilities, contribute to others, and be recognized for achievements. Christensen titled, “ How Will You Measure Your Life? And then, more often than not, they’ll say, “OK, I get it.”