MOTIVATE OTHERS: WAYS 51 - 60

100 WAYS TO MOTOVATE OTHERS

(RESIVED EDITION)

STEVE CHANDLER & SCOTT RICHARDSON

(226 PAGES)

 

100 WAYS	NOTES
51	TO MOTIVATE YOUR PEOPLE, FIRST JUST RELAX A Frightened captain makes a frightened - Lister Sinclair, Playwright/ Broadcaster - There are only two principles that you need to get to play great music or to live a great life: concentrate and relaxation (Rodney Mercado, Music teacher/ motivator of artists) People do not realize that they’re at their peak state when in the state relaxation.  When we strain for success instead of relaxing, things can be out of control and stumble over.  When people get nervous, they get tense and their performance drops.
52	DON’T THROW THE QUIT SWITCH Most people succeed because they are determined to People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don’t know when to quit. - Geoge Ailen, Football coach - Every human being has a certain little-known brain part called a Quit Switch.  But not everyone knows it.  A human being is built to persist until a goal is reached.  Somewhere along the way we learn about the Switch. The Quit Switch is something to focus on, learn about and make work for you instead of against. The Switch flipping habit is interpreted as willpower, courage, drive or desire.  Make it a habit not to throw the Quit Switch early in any process.  The less of a quitter you are, the more of a motivator you become.
53	LEAD WITH ENTHUSIASM Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm - Ralph Waldo Emerson - Be enthusiastic!  Especially when you have something to fire up your team. Enthusiasm is contagious.  People love to be around it.  It can make people laugh with pleasure. The way to be enthusiastic is to act enthusiastic.
54	ENCOURAGE YOUR PEOPLE TO CONCENTRATE The first law of success is concentration, to bend all the energies to one point and to go directly to that point, looking neither to the right nor to the left - William Matthews, Journalist - By total internal focus on what we are attempting to produce, and excluding everything else, we will be able to perform fantastically in the face of extraordinary odds.  Show your people how to use distraction to focus even more.
55	INSPIRE INNER STABILITY Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself.  It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult - Warren Bennis - People look so hard for stability.  The Key to stability is to look inside of you.  Life is not about what you want.  Life is about doing what others expect of you.
56	GIVE UP BEING RIGHT I must follow the people Am I not their leader? - Benjamin Disraeli - A really strong, motivational leader who is admired and respected is one who does not have to be right about anything. Being right is never going to wetter in the long run.  What matter is achieving something. A Wonderfully great leader bring and the best in their people.
57	WAKE YOURSELF UP Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than death. - James F Bymes, Former Secretary of States - A leader need to build the inner strength to increase the awareness of what life/world/business community is like. Leaders need to understand what people are like today, how they’re perceiving life.
58	ALWAYS SHOW THEM I hear and I forget I see and I remember I do and I understand - Confucius - A true leader, a really powerful leader will consciously motivate others to great performance and will show them how to do it.  A true leader will figure out what they want their people to do and then will go in and demonstrate it. To really motivate, talk less and demonstrate more.
59	FOCUS LIKE A CAMERA Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening then talking - Bernard Baruch - Focused leadership is the ability on the part of a leader to be absolutely focused. The leader who comes into meeting carrying his electronic organizer and while he’s sitting in the meeting, he’ll be returning email, picking up his vibrating call phone every now and then, and also trying to be in the meeting is thinking that they are multi-tasking.  But in reality he’s just not focus. People will feel diminished by that, as in the leader has no time for them.
10	THINK OF MANAGEMENT AS EASY Always think of what you have to do as easy and it will be - Emile Coue, Psychologist - A thought is more than a thought, it creates your reality.  It is important to see the power that thought has in the world of leadership.  Leadership requires high level of humanity.  Thought is the key to be successful at motivating other.

MOTIVATE OTHERS: WAYS 41 - 50

100 WAYS TO MOTOVATE OTHERS

(RESIVED EDITION)

STEVE CHANDLER & SCOTT RICHARDSON

(226 PAGES)

100 WAYS	NOTES
41	USE POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT The first duty of a leader is optimism. How does your subordinate feel after meeting with you? Does he feel uplifted? If not, you are not a leader. - Field Marshall, Montgomery - Most managers are too busy chasing down problems and then criticizing the problematic people who create the problems. Positive reinforcement is powerful when it comes to guiding and shaping human performance.
42	TEACH YOUR PEOPLE “NO POWER” As we look ahead into the next century, leader will be those who empower others. - Bill Gates - The greatest value of planning and goal-setting is that it gives you your own life to live.  It puts you back in charge.  It allows you to focus on what’s most important to you.  Learn to say “Yes” to the things that are important to them, then you’d find that saying “no” to what’s not important will get easier and easier.
43	KEEP YOUR PEOPLE THINKING FRIENDLY CUSTOMER THOUGHTS There is only are boss: The customer - Sam Walton - Building Relationship does not come easy.  The leaders have to set the tone.  The whole purpose of business is to take such good care of the customer that the customer will sure return for more.
44	USE YOUR BEST TIME FOR YOUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE It’s so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it - Robert Pirsig, Philosopher/Author - It’s so important to use your best time for your biggest challenge.  Many leader are at their best in the first hours of the morning.  Whichever is the best time to shine, invest in into the big challenge. Most of us confuse pleasure with happiness.  Know ahead of time what is the biggest challenge.  The ultimate source of a leader’s professional happiness is the feeling of accomplishment.
45	USE 10 MINUTES WELL Man must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind him to the fact that each moment of his life is a miracle and a mystery - H. G. Wells - Have short motivating quotations posted in plain view.  It’s a way to make yourself up to your potential.
46	KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO GROW Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments - Jim Rohn, Business Philosopher - Most managers place there things above the “plan” in their priority hierarchy: ·         Not upsetting other people’s feelings ·         The commitment to looking extremely busy ·         Fire-fighting and problem solving ·         Explaining and justifying other people’s performance ·         Being liked Most meetings focus on the obstacles to success.  Why not focus on growing.
47	SOFTEN YOUR HEART He is only advancing in life whose heart is getting softer, his blood warmer, his brain quicker, and his spirit entering into living peace - John Raskin, Art and social critic - People who really succeed in leadership transform the entire activity away from the concept of managing into the day-to-day concept of building relationships.  Always think in terms of relationship with other person: ·         To make it better ·         To serve better ·         To contribute more ·         To demonstrate commitment ·         Make them happier ·         Make information easier to excess. A leader knows that communication solves almost all problems.  Avoidance worsens all problems. According to master teacher Lance Secretin: Leaderships is not so much about technique and methods as it is about opening the heart.  Leadership is about inspiration - of oneself and of others. Great leadership is about human experiences, not processes. Leadership Is not a formula or a program, it is a human activity that comes from the heart and considers the heart of others.
48	COACH YOUR PEOPLE TO COMPLETE Nothing is so fatiguing as the external hanging on of an uncomplete task. - William James, Psychologist/Philosopher - Everything that is incomplete in your life is an energy drain.  It is stopping you from creating more business.  It’s draining productivity, imagination and vitality away.  Clean up those incomplete and their motivation will surprise you.
49	DO THE MATH ON YOUR APPROACH We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give - Winston Churchill - When you are a positive leader with positive thoughts about the future and the people you lead, you add something to every person you talk to.  You bring something of value to every communication.  Because positive (+) always adds something.  Negative thoughts rob you of your energy.  Your own strength and energy motivates others. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same - Carlos Castaneda –
50	COUNT YOURSELF IN To decide to be at the level of choice, is to take responsibility for your life and to be in control of your life - Arbie M. Dale, Psychologist/Author - Leader who take ownership motivate more effectively.  It makes life interesting, it make work a better experience and it’s more fun.  True leadership inspires a spirit of buy-in. True leaders are rare.  They take the lead, not waiting for the company to give something good to follow. A great individual will always be more creative than the company as a whole.