Motivation on the Run

 

 Motivation33 [20:39m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Number 33 is ready for your downloading pleasure. I talk about “new directions” and one of my New Year’s Goals that is in progress, spending more time writing. I also talk a little about the Motivation aspect of peer pressure and how to use it for the positive rather than let the negative get hold. [...]

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This morning I was thinking about peer pressure and how it effects the actions of people, both young and old. We all are familiar with the peer pressure that is put on the youth of today, but few realize the extent of the same on adults. Our youth are in the early stages of learning [...]

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If you are fed up with all the hoorah and are ready to punch someone out, stop, take a breath and head over to Despair.com. This appears to be the anti-motivation site on the Internet complete with unmotivating posters and coffee mugs. You can also purchase the book, The Art of Demotivation and bring yourself [...]

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Luke Johnson must have read Motivation 2.0 with a desire to extend its reach (or not). Johnson seems to be a real cynic on the whole motivational front, from coaches to Anthony Robbins. At least he works to support his case rather than just being negative by bringing up some of the same reasons I [...]

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I have started another of my new year resolutions for 2006. One of my goals is to write more original posts on the two main blogs, Motivation on the Run and Business Unusual for 2006. First was setting the goal of writing more original material, then getting it defined and clarified. The stated goal is, [...]

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This article is one of the most enlightening I’ve read in a long time. It shows us for what we are and how we think we are in control. The premise is, giving the information that you will die without changing one thing, will you change. The answer will surprise some and not others. The [...]

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 Motivation32 [23:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week I talk about the importance of recognizing an employee in a state of hurt or depression and about the making of a new verb, BOSS. I had been working on a blog post and decided to include it in the podcast this week. Below is the post, as is. Have a great week… [...]

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Leadership and motivation are difficult concepts to grasp and as proof, look around at all the un-motivated people there are in corporate America today. Management blames the workers and workers blame management. It has become a visious circle that leads to un-productivity. It even pervades our schools and universities, as students sleep through classes or [...]

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I ran across this link at Be Excellent and had to pass it on to you. Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People is the standard by which other books and programs are judged. This is a very good summary and will whet your appetite to read the entire book. How to Win [...]

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How important is being or having a mentor? I think that the importance is hard to measure on a scale, but in life and business, it is one of the most important relationships you will ever make. This article is well written and covers the “having a mentor” side of the equation in depth and [...]

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