Category Archives: Books

Practical activities from the Mapping Motivation books. Welcome back for the final instalment of this series of articles in which we use practical exercises to explore motivation and more. Over the course of this series, we have explored the Roots of Motivation, Coaching, Teamwork, Leadership, and Engagement. In this final article, we shall explore theContinue reading “The Roots of Top Performance”

Practical activities from Mapping Motivation Welcome back for the fourth instalment of a new series of articles in which we use practical exercises to explore motivation and more. You can find the first article, which explores Roots of Motivation,  here. In the previous article, we discussed the Roots of Engagement. Today, we’re shifting the focusContinue reading “The Roots of Coaching”

Practical activities from Mapping Motivation for Engagement (James Sale and Steve Jones, Routledge, 2019)  Welcome back to the next instalment of a series of articles in which we use practical exercises to explore motivation and more. You can find the first article, which explores Roots of Motivation, here. In previous articles, we discussed the RootsContinue reading “The Roots of Engagement”

Practical activities from Mapping Motivation Welcome back for the third instalment of a new series of articles in which we use practical exercises to explore motivation and more. You can find the first article, which explores Roots of Motivation,  here. In the previous article, we discussed the Roots of Leadership. Today, we’re looking at teamwork.Continue reading “Roots of Teamwork”

Practical activities from Mapping Motivation…As many wise men and women have observed: “You are what you think.” However, this is only true when that thinking is not merely rumination, but intentional thought that in turn leads to action, to changing behaviours and habits, and eventually to a profound alteration in consciousness. As trainers, coaches, andContinue reading “Roots of Motivation”

As the great writer Alan Moore once said, “Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth.” Therefore, there are few things more inspiring and motivational than a truly good book. We asked some of our experienced Motivational Map practitioners to select their “most motivational book” and explainContinue reading “3 Motivational Book Recommendations”

This is the time of year where resolutions and intentions are being set, goals are being defined, and in general one is looking to get a sense of what the year might hold. For many, this is a time to set personal development goals, which might include training courses but also reading a few well-chosenContinue reading “My 9 favourite motivational books”

  How can Motivational Maps foster a continuous learning culture? One phrase I have seen getting a lot of attention recently is “continuous learning” or alternatively “lifelong learning”. This is, in my view, a very good thing, because it goes some way towards rectifying one of the great errors of modern education: the idea thatContinue reading “Motivational Maps and Continuous Learning”

Our last article took a close look at what Mark Terrell had to say about motivation in his book Motivated. Today we will be looking at another recent book on motivation: Create Motivation by Motivational Maps Senior Practitioner, Kate Turner. Kate Turner expertly sets the scene for us at the start of her book, establishingContinue reading “Create Motivation – Kate Turner”

There is a common perception nowadays that movies or novels – fiction – is just light entertainment designed to distract us from the boring mundanity of everyday lives. But of course the ancients understood differently, that fictional narratives could contain great wisdom and understanding, with the greatest of them going on to become mythology –Continue reading “Why Nine Motivators? What The Lord of the Rings has to tell us about Motivational Maps!”