If ever there was a time when politics needed motivation, then it is now! Politicians themselves need motivation, given the amount of abuse heaped on them. People need to be motivated by politicians if we are going to have a healthy democracy. And finally, we want policies that motivate us too. Motivation is aContinue reading “THINKING ABOUT POLITICS AND MOTIVATION”
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MOTIVATION AND SIR ANDREW AGUECHEEK
It’s a well known fact: Shakespeare writes great plays. Many books have been written explaining why his plays are great, as if an explanation were needed: the truth is people like going to see them, and have done for four hundred years or more. But that does require some explanation, surely? I don’t dispute allContinue reading “MOTIVATION AND SIR ANDREW AGUECHEEK”
THE ROOT OF MOTIVATION AND PERFORMANCE
Every one wants to perform, except those who self-sabotage. They self-sabotage because their conscious minds want to succeed, but another programme deep within does not, and – critically – does not really believe that they can. Why is performance so important? Because we are all being judged by everybody else every minute of theContinue reading “THE ROOT OF MOTIVATION AND PERFORMANCE”
THE THREE COLOURS OF MOTIVATION
There are three colours of motivation. Which one is motivating you this winter? First, there is Green motivation. Green motivation is very strong – perhaps the strongest of all. If it were a sound it would be a big deep bass note – vibrating and resonating in the very core of us. As aContinue reading “THE THREE COLOURS OF MOTIVATION”
WINTER MOTIVATION
Hello everyone – and happy New Year. What challenges lie ahead, and how are we going to cope with them? As I write this my garden – here in the South of England – is coated white. In the twenty years I have lived in Bournemouth I have never seen so much snow andContinue reading “WINTER MOTIVATION”
END OF YEAR THOUGHTS
Welcome everyone to the end of the year; it’s great to think we’ve made it! Not only, hopefully, are we still alive, but our businesses are still running too. This latter point is probably more surprising than actually physically existing, given the sheer incompetence of Governments, especially ours in the UK, and the general greedContinue reading “END OF YEAR THOUGHTS”
PHILIP THE FIRST
Money Week ran an article recently on the West’s only hope – economically – against the East. It’s called innovation – apparently, we are very good at it and we need to do more if we are to thrive. That comes as no surprise to Motivational Maps Ltd – we are a company thatContinue reading “PHILIP THE FIRST”
MOTIVATE YOUR CAREER
Occasionally, you get a staggering email, and realise you – or rather your product – has made an astonishing difference. Of course, I also happen to believe that I – and others with a similar philosophy, attitude and outlook – make massive differences all the time; it’s just we are not always aware of it.Continue reading “MOTIVATE YOUR CAREER”
THE JOYOUS PAST
I am not a particularly sentimental person: when I heard about Friends Re-United I was unmoved, and I am not especially keen on Facebook, although I have found myself reconnecting there with some great people from my past. What surprises me is some of them seeking me out! What staggers me, though, is what hasContinue reading “THE JOYOUS PAST”
DAN PINK AND MOTIVATION
My friend, Pascoe Sawyers, http://www.mylifeismybusiness.co.uk (check out his website – he has a great book out and there is a video clip of him live) sent me recently a link to Dan Pink’s talk at Oxford on motivation: http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html In eighteen minutes Dan puts in a tremendous performance, and covers a lot of ground. TheContinue reading “DAN PINK AND MOTIVATION”
The Mapping Motivation Series 