MOTIVATE OTHERS: WAYS 91 - 101

101 WAYS TO MOTIVATE OTHERS

(REVISED EDITION)

STEVE CHANDLER & SCOTT RICHARDSON

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100 WAYS	NOTES
91	COME FROM THE FUTURE The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet. -Theodore M. Hesburgh, Former President Notre Dame- A good motivator will use the past as a springboard that immediately leads to a discussion of the future. A leader knows that leadership means leading people into the future. Shifting to better leadership includes:  Make an ever-increasing percentage of your communication focus on future. Planning Design goal Look at opportunities Be thorough and well-prepared when it comes to discussing the future.
92	TEACH THEM TO TEACH THEMSELVES If you want a man to be for you, never let him feel he is dependent on you. Make him feel you are in some way dependent on him -General George C. Marshall- Your goal is to be absolutely unafraid of the people you lead being better than you are.
93	STOP APOLOGIZING FOR CHANGE If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end in near -Jack Welch- A true leader does not apologize for change.  A true leader does not feed into the fear that so easily accompanies change. The leader is an advocate for the change.  A leader continuously communicates the benefits of having an ever-changing organization.  Every change is made for a reason.  Every change was decided upon because the positives of the change out-weight the negatives. Simply learn the positives through and through.  Leadership is communication of the upsides. Every change is made for the sole purpose of strengthening the ultimately viability of the organization.
94	LET PEOPLE FIND IT People ask the difference between a leader and boss. The leader work in the open and boss in covert. The leader leads and the boss drives. -Theodore Roosevelt- There is never one right way to do something.  Let your people develop their own ways. People will motivate themselves in their own way if you gently guide them toward the outcome you want.
95	BE A RUTHLESS OPTIMIST A leader is a dealer in hope -Napoleon Bonaparte- Pessimism is the most fundamental of all mistake. Optimism is the practice of focusing on opportunities and possibilities rather than complaints and fears. A true optimist is unafraid of confronting and understanding the problems in the organization.  Optimistic leader acknowledge the downside of every situation, then focus the majority of their thinking on the upside. Optimism in the face of a grumbling and pessimistic team takes courage and energy.
96	PAY ATTENTION Do not hope wholly to reason away your troubles; do not feed them with attention, and they will die imperceptibly away. Fix your thought open your business, fill your internals with company break in upon your mind. -Samuel Johnson- Anything you pay attention to expands.  It grows. Reward end result more than anything else.  Whatever you praise grows.  It’s the law of the harvest. Attention is powerful.
97	CREAT A ROUTINE Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacle vanish -John Quincy Adams- Make up your routine, and follow your routine.
98	DELIVER THE REWARD Love is always creative and fear always destructive. If you could only love enough, you would be the most powerful person in the world -Emmet Fox, Author/Philosopher- Positive reinforcement of the desired behaviour works faster and much more permanently than criticizing poor behaviour.  Leaders who reward their people for good performance get more good performance than leaders who run around putting out fires caused by their people’s poor performance. Dedicate a certain portion of each day to rewarding people.
99	SLOW DOWN Nothing so conclusively proves a men’s ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself -Thomas J. Watson, Former CEO, IBM- You’ll lead better if you slow down.  You’ll get more done.  The most important element of slowing down is to know that you’re always working on the right thing to be working on at any given time.
100	DECIDE TO BE GREAT When life demands more of people then they demand of life – as a ordinarily the case – what result is a resentment of life almost as deed-seated as the fear of death? It’s good to be great.  People want to follow you.  People start to respect you.  People want to be more like you.  People want to do things for you. There is no excuse for not being great.
101	LET THEM SEE YOU CHANGE AND GROW. Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself -Leo Tolstoy- Nothing inspires and motivates people as much as watching someone else change for the better.  Offer yourself as a role model for personal change. Studies show that if you appear strong and fit, you’ll be better able to motivate other.  Even change in attire can be motivational.