Becoming a Business Practitioner is a big step, but the rewards are also tremendous. We wanted to speak with our BPs and get a sense of what they felt the biggest challenges and rewards of being a BP were, as well as foreground the amazing work they do. This interview with Paul Ward is our eighth instalment, revealing the secrets of life as a BP and the incredible difference they make in the Maps community and beyond.
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Interview with a BP #7: Sonia Gavira
‘The Map really was telling me my story as I was living it then.’ Another way to word this might be it was reflecting her real story and journey, which is what therapists naturally do with their clients in order to help them grasp their narrative.
Interview with a BP #6: Christopher Lawrence
BP stands for “Business Practitioner”. Join us as we interview inspiring BPs about their journey to becoming leaders, coaches, and mentors. Today, we feature Christopher Lawrence, a Motivational Maps Business Practitioner, Life Leadership Coach, Entrepreneur, Change Coach, Certified Master Coach Practitioner (CMCP) and trainer, and founder of Change My Life coaching.
Interview with a BP #5: Mark Terrell
BP stands for “Business Practitioner”. Join us as we interview inspiring BPs about their journey to becoming leaders, coaches, and mentors. Today, we feature Mark Terrell, a Motivational Maps Business Practitioner, leadership coach and trainer, and creator of The Reluctant Leader.
UNLOCKING MOTIVATION PART 1: INSERT MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH HERE
Motivation is not secret, it is not Hermetic lore to be sealed away by a cadre of elite. Motivation is for all. As a result, I want to share some of the information and secrets contained in these books with you here to help you think about how you can improve your life. I’ll be writing nine blogs in total, covering topics from all three books. Are you read to come with me on this motivation journey? I hope so!
EXTRACT FROM “MAPPING MOTIVATION FOR COACHING” – PART 2
Coaching starts with considering the issue of self-awareness for the simple reason that the person who is not self-aware has – by definition – no awareness, or consciousness, that there is anything on which to work within one self. This applies as much to self-development as it does to coaching a client. If a cat scratches its fur going through a barbed wire fence, we know it has become ‘aware’ of the injury because it will start to lick the wound relentlessly in its efforts to heal the scratch.
The Need for Productivity
Why do we want to be motivated? So far, in this web series, we’ve discussed numerous ways in which we can get motivated, and maintain our motivation levels through stressful experiences, but it’s worth also pausing and considering why we want to attain motivation in the first place. There are so many reasons, but one key one – at least from a business standpoint, as opposed to the personal and spiritual sphere – is performance and productivity; the two go hand in hand.
Emotions, Risk, Change, Feel, Think and Know: geddit?
In my third blog based on, Mapping Motivation, from Routledge (http://amzn.to/2eqdSQq) I'd like to look at one fascinating aspect of Chapter 3. The nine-point summary at the end of the chapter says: "Speed of decision-making, attitude to risk, and desire for change are also aligned with the nine motivators – as are our orientation toContinue reading “Emotions, Risk, Change, Feel, Think and Know: geddit?”
The Mapping Motivation Series 