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Master Your Motivation

Lead Change Blog

Motivation is at the heart of everything you do and everything you want to do but don’t. Unfortunately, the ways we typically motivate ourselves don’t work. Traditional “motivators” such as fear, guilt, or the promise of a reward provide low-quality, short-term energy.

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The Unknown Motivational Factor

Lead Change Blog

If there is one thing that you can always count on when leading people, it’s that they know how and what motivates them. The most common motivational factors are family, financial, recognition or career progression, but sometimes it can be something out of the norm. Intrinsic motivation is where someone is motivated internally.

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Busy, Busy, Busy: How Fake Urgency Overwhelms You.

Rich Gee Group

Critical tasks require immediate attention but are optional to our long-term goals. Important tasks are those that contribute to long-term objectives and personal missions. When you mono-task, you pour all your energy into one activity, dramatically increasing the quality of work and reducing the stress caused by context-switching.

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Master Your Motivation

Skip Prichard

3 Needs of Motivation. She’s an expert in motivation, a bestselling author, and a senior consulting partner for The Ken Blanchard Companies. Her latest book is Master Your Motivation. In it, Susan tackles motivation in a fresh way. Optimal motivation is driven by three needs: choice, connection, and competence.

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15 Attributes of Positively Energizing Leaders

Leading Blog

W HEN YOU HEAR the term positive leadership , it is easy to get cynical and think it is all happy-talk and disconnected from reality. Relational energy is brought to you by virtuous actions like generosity, compassion, gratitude, trustworthiness, forgiveness, and kindness. They assist when others fall short. But it isn’t.

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How To Take Control Of Your Business & Future

Joseph Lalonde

Visualize the outcomes you wish to see and have both short-term and long-term objectives that you’re always working toward. Getting ahead in business and your career will require a lot of your time, energy, and focus. You must have a lot of natural energy and at your best if you want to find long-term success.

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Motivating people: Getting beyond money

First Friday Book Synopsis

Bob''s blog entries Conference Board Elizabeth Mohr Employee Engagement: A Review of Current Research and Its Implications John Gibbons Martin Dewhurst Matthew Guthridge McKinsey & Company Motivating people: Getting beyond money some nonfinancial motivators are more effective than extra cash in building long-term employee engagement Many financial (..)