Motivation on the Run

 

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Another great evening for recording a podcast and #6 is planned, presented, and published. Three very important Ps to a podcaster. That and the more important “D” word, download… now enjoy…

SHOW NOTES

On Goals:
Young salesmen and the mistake of quotas, not goals…

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/06/cdu.html

If Your Goal Is Success, Don’t Consult These Gurus
For years, motivational speakers have celebrated a Yale study on why people succeed. It’s powerful! Compelling! Too bad it doesn’t exist.

Research Associate Beverly Waters reports that a recent outbreak of articles citing the study in publications as diverse as Dental Economics and Success magazines prompted her to undertake an exhaustive search of Yale alumni archives — where she found no evidence that such a study had ever been conducted. Says Waters, “We are quite confident that the ’study’ did not take place. We suspect it is a myth.”