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I had a great training day the other day on motivation and self-esteem. During it I recommended a simple technique for increasing self-esteem which I have found over the years to work. One of my clients, Adrian, said, “You ought to write a blog about that”. Hm. Good idea. Dr Nathaniel Brandon called self-esteem theContinue reading “SELF ESTEEM AND MOTIVATION”

Probably the most well established fact about why businesses fail is that the number one reason is: they don’t communicate! Invariably, they fail to communicate with customers as well as staff. The next result of this failure is lack of interest and lack of belief in the organization. Communication itself is a broad term coveringContinue reading “LISTENING’S MOTIVATIONAL POWER”

Is it me or is it just a faddish whim i am experiencing when i say i wish to have some quiet motivation? Apparently we need motivation to get us out of our comfort zone – that area of un-achievement familiar to most people i guess at some period of their life. In that senseContinue reading “QUIET MOTIVATION”

I was looking up Motivational Memos as a Google search hoping to find my own blog – we sometimes need validation, don't we? I'm here, right? The blog exists too? Lo, there it was but in a synchronistic moment i discovered another blog for motivational memos: http://www.motivationalmemo.com/the-longevity-of-positivity/ and what a delight that was! Peter Sinclair hasContinue reading “ROLE MODELS AND THE IDEAL SELF”

When Play Becomes Work A fascinating article by Shankar Vedantam in the Washington Post (28/7/08) –http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/27/AR2008072701440.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns – makes the point that rewards and punishments have replaced people’s intrinsic motivations; correspondingly, the effect has been counterproductive: namely, people become less motivated as a result of these rewards and punishments. The article concludes that people (employers, parents, andContinue reading “WHEN PLAY BECOMES WORK”

I have recently become involved in an educational debate within the RSA. Education is a pretty important subject one might think, although one could be excused for agreeing with GK Chesterton’s observation: "The chief thing about the subject of education is that it is not a subject at all. There is no such thing asContinue reading “PURPOSE OF EDUCATION”

I have just come back from Londonwith a typical motivational problem that always seems to occur. Perhaps other motivational experts can help me with it. The situation was that I was prosecuting a case before a Sports Tribunal. An incident occurred a year ago in a sporting competition. My son, Joe, encountered some abuse, asContinue reading “PROBLEMS BEING A MOTIVATION EXPERT”

Help – I have just had a fantastic week BUT … I now need motivation to write this blog. Why is this? I should be able to do it: I am a published author – and my friend, the Great Neil Moodley, tells me I should do it. The Great Mooders has even pointed meContinue reading “HERE WE GO – NUMBER 1”