MOTIVATE OTHERS: WAYS 71 - 80

101 WAYS TO MOTIVATE OTHERS

(REVISED EDITION)

STEVE CHANDLER & SCOTT RICHARDSON

(226 PAGES)

 

100 WAYS	NOTES
71	USE THE POWER OF DEADLINES The best way to predict the future is to create it -Peter F. Drucker- Deadline is described as a time by which something must be done. Deadlines propel action.  Without deadlines, there is no goal, just a nebulous request that adds to the general confusion at work.
72	TRANSLATE WORRY INTO CONCERN Difficulties are meant to rouse not discharge. -William Ellery Channing, Minister Psychologist- Practice upgrading worry to concern.  Once concern is stated, create the action plan to address it.  People are motivated by people in love with life than by people who worry about life.
73	LET YOUR MIND RULE YOUR HEART If you don’t think about the future, you won’t have one -Henry Ford- Leadership requires that the chess master in you be in charge of the thinking and decision-making processes throughout the day. Leadership is about making clear, smart decisions about where and how you spend your time.  Leading people is about getting smarter with your time every day.
74	BUILD A CULTURE OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I Have always said that if I were a rich man I’d hire a professional praiser -Sir Osbert Sitwell, Poet- One way to motivate others better is to change the question you ask yourself each day.  Instead of “How do I get them to do less of what bothers me” ask them “What is the best thing I can do to get my team to do more of what I want them to do?” Most managers find out what’s wrong, and then criticize that.  They look for problems. Recognition, acknowledgment and appreciation works better. Whenever possible, recognize those people in front of other people.  Send an award or a note from the company’s president.
75	SEIZE RESPONSIBLITY 99% of failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses -George Washington Carver- Responsible is response-able or being able to respond.  It’s simply the ability to respond, the ability to do something. When responsibility is clear, problems can be solved and people will know the direction to move forward.
76	GET SOME COACHING YOURSELF A teacher affect eternity. He can never tell where his influence stops. -Henry B. Adam, American Historian- The object of watching processes is to allow the leader to discover his or her hidden strengths and to bring them to the forefront. Coaching makes the opportunity to explore the upper limits of excellence a conscious part of the leader’s career.
77	MAKE IT HAPPEN TODAY What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well a half an hour? -Ralph Waldo Emerson- Make each day your masterpiece: John Wooden (Successful college Basket-ball Coach) Focus on today.  Make today the proudest day of your life. To most of us, the future is where our happiness lies.  So we project things into the future.  But the past is where the problem began, so we also spend lots of time in the past.  But actually every good thing that has ever happened, happened now.
78	LEARN THE INNER THING Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Whoever looks outside only dreams, whoever looks inside also a wakens. -Carl Jung- The Inner forces in every human being can be called on to achieve great things.
79.	FORGET ABOUT FAILURE  A life spent making mistake is not only more honourable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing -George Bernard Shaw- Manager often obsess about failure.  Failure can be turned into something good if it’s studied for the wisdom to be gained from it.  According to great professor of linguistics S.I. Hayakawa the are basically 2 kinds of people: The kind who fails at something and says I failed at that. The kind who fails at something and says I’ m a failure. As you lead people today, always keep in mind that there’s nothing wrong with them.  Get connected and show your people how to leave all their ‘I’m a failure’ thought and be that. ‘I failed at that’ person.
80.	FOLLOW CONSULTING WITH ACTION Action is eloquence -Shakespear- Leaders are the most important people in the organization because they can choose not to make things happen as well as to make things happen. A coach can only shine a light and assist.  It’s always the willingness if the leader to generate the action that makes a true difference.