Let’s face it, there are people who just don’t seem to care about giving their best at work. This is one of the biggest frustrations of managers. It’s easy for us to believe these people lack a work ethic or have a significant character flaw. This kind of thinking often leads to a negative relationship … Read more
One way to build your personal and professional brand is to commit to being you best each day. But it’s a choice you have to make. While many wake up each morning wondering how their day will go, high achievers wake up ready to make the day great. The successful create daily habits that … Read more
Perfection is a damaging myth. The more you pursue it the further you are from it. A common fallacy is that we often believe people expect us to be perfect. The truth is, we all know that nobody can be perfect. In fact, people don’t want to be around perfection pursuing people. It’s a … Read more
If you have read my book, 28 Days to a Motivated Team or any of my blog posts you know I am a zealot about correctly defining the concept of motivation. When you think about being a motivating leader, you must think of motivation as the environment you create, not as something you do to … Read more
What if you could experience a situation before it actually happened? You can!! Your brain can make this happen and aid your ability to perform and achieve at your very best. Athletes, speakers, actors, performers, and average people like you and I have learned to use the power of visualization to reach their goals. Jerry … Read more
It sneaks up on us. We don’t even realize how long we do it each day. And it’s one of the quickest ways to obstruct our physical energy and motivation. I’m talking about sitting. The average person sits about 7.7 hours each day and the research tells us that this amount is too much and … Read more
This is the reason I wrote my latest ebook, The 5 Habits of Maximum Motivation. If you’ve kept up with my blog you know I focus on the science of motivation both in life and work. Because of this, I get many questions related to personal motivation or how to motivate employees. The most popular … Read more
It’s been a popular stance, over the past decade, to say that money hinders intrinsic motivation on the job. This belief is based on popular thought and teachings that started in the mid-1970’s based on the research of Edward Deci and Richard Ryan. The ideas has gained more momentum over the past few years … Read more
Reality shows have captured the minds and hearts of TV watchers for many years now. We are all intrigued by getting an inside view of what people think during difficult experiences and how people respond, both good and bad, to the adversities of the game. Every person on the show has motivation to achieve or win. What’s interesting to me … Read more
Goals are great and they are certainly a scientifically proven method for achieving the outcomes we have in mind. But while goals help us focus on our desired achievements, they can easily become the very thing that keeps us from being truly successful in life. Don’t see me as a pessimist — I’m far from … Read more