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5 Thoughts for Keeping Your Motivation on Hazy, Hot, and Humid Days

Jul 31, 2022 | Uncategorized

 

“Our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.”  M. Scott Peck – The “Road Less Traveled”

  1. Manage Your Thoughts – Use positive self-talk. If you are not in your own corner, do not expect others to be. Bombard yourself with positive thoughts; do this consciously and the thoughts will eventually soak down into your subconscious mind and become a part of your very being. Everything we see or hear influences us. Positive books, note cards, and other reminders are helpful in getting and keeping you motivated.
  2. Focus your enthusiasm on goals. Do not become overwhelmed by that big goal in the future. Sit down and write your goals, why you want to achieve them and what steps you need to take to reach them. Set long-range goals, then break these down into intermediate and short-term goals. Next devise plans on what you must do to reach each goal by specific dates. By breaking each large goal into smaller ones, you are likely to keep making progress and reach those big wins.
  3. Manage the Environment. You create and maintain an environment that is conducive to ongoing motivation. Create a work environment that energizes you and surround yourself with positive, goal-directed, self-motivated people.
  4. Maintain a healthy lifestyle. Eating a healthy diet and getting adequate exercise will make you feel better and keep tiredness and low morale from derailing you.
  5. Make and keep commitments. Consistently keeping commitments to yourself and others is key to living a fulfilling life and to reaching goals during those dogdays of summer.

If you are still having trouble, remember your deepest motivation starts in your brain. Neurotransmitters spark chemical messages to keep you alert and on task. Things like meditation, self-reflection and mindfulness can help stimulate pathways in your brain. They can also help you gain clarity to identify and understand the ideas or goals that hold the deepest meaning to you, or your “Big Why.”

When you can define your “Big Why,” your deeds and actions will be filled with more purpose and meaning. You will feel calmer and make fewer mistakes. Most importantly, you will have the motivation to make the transition from idea to action in your personal, professional, and spiritual life.

With these guidelines, you can get out of the hazy, hot, and humid and into the clearer, cooler life you have been daydreaming about all summer.

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The Primary Driver of Success

May 28, 2019 | Business Growth, Business Owners, CEOs, Goal Setting, Productivity, Uncategorized

As business owners and CEOs, we are focused on increasing the bottom line. We establish goals to increase revenues, bring in new clients, and decrease unnecessary spending. We commit ourselves to understanding our organization and our industry, we are focused on our company’s vision, and we work with our teams to craft a clear strategic plan. We know the importance of hiring top performers and employee development, but we often neglect, or push aside, personal growth as leaders.

D. Wayne Calloway, former CEO of PepsiCo, once said, “I’ll bet most of the companies that are in life-or-death battles got into that kind of trouble because they didn’t pay enough attention to developing their leaders.”

Business leaders must consistently strive toward personal development for two primary reasons: They cannot improve or even maintain their results while staying the same, and they set the standard for their teams.

Leaders within organizations can be guided through this process by internal and contracted programs, but at the top of the hierarchy, business owners and CEOs are responsible to pave their own path. If they do not, the consequences are often devastating both to the individual and the organization.

Self-reflection and intentionality are foundational to personal growth. In his article, “Reflection Critical for Self-Improvement,” Allen R. McConnell explains how change requires two things: a goal and an understanding of where one is in relation to that goal.

In the pursuit of personal enhancement, leaders must identify who they desire to be and what they desire to accomplish both personally and professionally. Then, they must analyze where they are and what they need to do to reach their goals. This should be a life-long process that evolves as goals are accomplished and new ones are created.

Leaders who practice self-reflection are also more likely to behave ethically and morally. May Rollo, known as the father of existential psychology, said (man’s) capacity for ethical judgment … is based upon his consciousness of himself. Organizational leaders throughout history have caused substantial harm to not only themselves, their families, and their businesses, but contributed to severe ruin in the world economy and natural environment. The leaders with the most power have the highest potential for abuse. Leaders must consistently assess their personal motivations and seek advisement when necessary to avoid being overcome by the destructive nature of power.

If you want to begin or sustain your journey toward personal growth as a business owner or CEO, please join us at my next workshop, “6 Down, 6 to Go: A Mid-Year Tune-Up” on June 11. Click here for more information.

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