Motivation

fear

Is fear a good motivator?

Last year about this time I wrote a post called, Is Guilt A Good Motivator. The conclusion I made was that sometimes guilt can be a powerful driver of needed action. It turns out,

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guilt

Is guilt a good motivator?

I know guilt is a useless emotion, yet it drives behavior more than we would like to admit.   So, I have been thinking about the question, “Is guilt a good

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Do You Have a Cheerleader?

In my get known, get connected, get head talk, I talk about the relationships that you want and need. One of those relationships, whether it is with a mentor, a

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Do You Ask Yourself These Questions?

Who knew that last week’s newsletter would cause such a response!   Some of you loved it and the twist in language created an entirely new perspective. It was their

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A Habit All Leaders Should Adopt

I really love getting emails out of the blue, from people I do and do not know, who have been impacted by my work. I just received this awesome email

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Tone is everything…Look what you did!

Look what you did     As you read those words, what tone (or punctuation) did you impute on them?     Did you hear them spoken to a child that just

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Why you should try and be bad at it

Last week, I asked what makes you better. As someone who believes in continuous learning, this is something I think about a lot.   I wrote about two communities that

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Starting something new is hard!

I can’t live without my iPhone. I love the functionality and how efficient it can make some communications. But I will never forget, rather my husband never lets me forget, when

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Motivate

Are you talking about it?

People at times have described me as a “motivational speaker” and for some reason that always made me uncomfortable. The truth is, I don’t believe you can motivate anyone since

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