The Human Motivation Equation
I was reading another article on PersonalBrandingBlog.com last week and was inspired by Sharmin Banu’s article on finding your own unique aspirations.
It triggered me because one of the frequent questions I‘m asked by clients and prospects is about how they can motivate employees to perform better and take more initiative on the job. My …
Can an SNL Skit Make You Reexamine Your Life?
Have you ever gone to your high school reunion, or seen an old friend on Facebook, and wanted to ask, “what happened to you?!”
A Saturday Night Live skit last week had me thinking about this. The premise was a game show called “What Have You Become?” Three contestants, who had all been told they’d …
Pioneers Have Passion, Settlers Accept Stagnation
Do you have passion? Do you have something you love to do or want to achieve, and you are constantly working and thinking about how to get there? Or are you marching in place, content to be in motion without actually getting anywhere in life?
I’ve realized over the last few years how important passion …
Motivation Is Required To Succeed
Recently, I had an eyebrow-raising call. My Prospect said outright that although she knows her services are exactly what her clientele needs she cannot convert them to clients. After a lengthy discussion, I offered a number of suggestions of how to improve the process.
Categories of ambitionThe content of my program was discussed to …
Are You a Victim of Yourself
Are you getting in your own way? Are you sabotaging your own success? Are you knocking on your own door of achievement but refusing to open the door to let yourself in?
Meet Eric, Karen, Bill, and Deanna“I’m not one of those people.” Eric tells me. “I’m way beyond that. I’ve got my own …
Help… I’m in the Dark!
Who was the idiot who coined the expression, “Get it right the first time?” How many of us ever get it right the first time? One of the “laws of achievement” is that we’re not supposed to get it right the first time. When we work hard at something and fail (get the wrong results), …
Personal Branding Interview: Daniel Pink
Today, I spoke to Daniel Pink, who is the New York Times bestselling author of A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future, and the author of the new book called Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, which arrives in late December. This is one of his first interviews before his …