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One thing that never fails to surprise me is the power of words, especially in the hands of a good author. They sum it up – say it all – in one deft turn of phrase, and that can be so motivating, even when the message itself has nothing to do with motivation. I guess theContinue reading “SOME AUTHORS SAY IT …”

I was thinking about all the gloom and doom of the last 3 or 4 months . One amazing thing piled on another. How quickly we have forgotten the appalling guilt of the Bankers; surely because we have discovered the corruption of the politicians – one sickening, gut-wrenching list of betrayals after another.   ThereContinue reading “WHAT TO DO IN TOUGH TIMES”

Sometimes when I visit companies I become acutely aware of SPOW. SPOW is a buzz word that ought to have greater currency. According to the Free Dictionary SPOW means Scope and Program of Work. Nope. According to Wikipedia SPOW means Science Parks of Wallonia. Nope. They all have it wrong, and in any case weContinue reading “ARE WE SURVIVING SPOW?”

Motivational Maps Ltd, my company, has a fantastic product called the Motivational Map – it can tell you what your motivators are in rank order, what that means, and how motivated you are. Good, eh? Yes, but everything has its limitations, and today I ought to be frank about using the Maps, and possibly anyContinue reading “AVOID MOTIVATING GAME PLAYERS”

It’s been a Budget week and most commentators seem to think we have reached the end of an era: the New Labour project has ended, and we are in a new period. Well, thank God for that is all I can say! The news can be unremittingly bad – we start inhaling the atmosphere ofContinue reading “DE-MOTIVATION HAPPENS!”

We don’t know a lot about the life of William Shakespeare, which is surprising. When you consider how well documented some of his contemporaries were, when you consider that he was living well into the age of print, and when you consider how prolific and great a writer he was, then it most certainly isContinue reading “THE MOTIVATION OF SHAKESPEARE – ON HIS BIRTHDAY/DEATH DAY”

Welcome to the Spring – that is how the world feels today. Here in Bournemouth the sun is shining and I have been in my garden for an hour practising Chi Gung. Plus, of course, it is the First of April. This will not be everyone’s experience today – for some it will be veryContinue reading “THE MOTIVATION OF MEMORIES”

Murder is certainly a strange thing and I am sure we want less of it. I was walking down Bournemouth beach on Sunday, heading for the town centre with my wife. It was a beautiful, almost summer day, although it was in fact only early spring. The sky was blue, the sun was bright, andContinue reading “MURDER AND MOTIVATION”

  We certainly don’t need lessons on how to de-motivate people; too many people are great at this already. But sometimes an example arises that is too good to be left untold – a true story of how to create reverse motivation. My friend Keith Selby told me a great story recently about John, theContinue reading “REVERSE MOTIVATION”

Motivation is fully one third of the performance mix: if we want to know how to perform better, we need to review our strategy, our knowledge/skill set, and – yes –our motivational levels. In fact motivation is virtually synonymous with our energy levels as we approach any task or activity. Then, if that is theContinue reading “WHY MOTIVATION IS LARGELY IGNORED”