Find a million ways to stay motivated to keep from going to autopilot

Back of the room was our av guru
Back of the room was an av guru

 

In any life category, how do we push ourselves all day, everyday, to keep from going through the motions?

Yesterday did two things I’ve never done in a classroom before. And this is on top of doing roughly a dozen other rare things.

Find a million ways to stay motivated to keep from going on autopilot.

This is our responsibility and no one else’s.

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Bet You Have It Too

Far Away?
Far Away?

Passion.  Bet you have a ton of passion.

Maybe you’re in a job where your passion thrives. Maybe you’re not.

Does passion make for a better worker?

Do you do your best work around something you’re passionate about?

How many leaders are in positions that got them a better title, a better paycheck, better meetings, and better perks, but took them further from their passion?

And then there are people who have found their passion, their dream job, but over the years they have allowed things beyond their control to poison themselves.

Imagine your own situation.

Perhaps This Is Why

A Rising Tide Raises All Boats
A Rising Tide Raises All Boats

Yesterday’s post about transformational learning (that’s what it was).

Sometimes leaders push people down, unintentionally.

And sometimes, although it may not seem so, we do it to ourselves.

Either way, we need to read this carefully and not be guilty – to ourselves and to others.

“If you underestimate human potential, you waste it.” — unknown

How Important is Trust?

Do You Trust The Makers Of Candy Cigarettes?
Do You Trust The Makers Of Candy Cigarettes?

Trust is often placed on the list of top leadership skills, while people are compiling key leadership skills and attributes.

How important is trust when stacked up against all the other critical leadership values?

Ever ponder the top key leadership values great leaders possess? Are you now? Good. Here are some that always make the list:

  • Vision
  • Communication
  • Results
  • Inspiration
  • Integrity
  • Trust
  • Experience
  • Relationships
  • Recognition
  • Passion
  • Focus

What do you say is your number one leadership trait?

For me, it’s trust. Everything else revolves around this simple, and often overlooked leader character trait. I place trust ahead of passion, because a leader may have passion, but people mistrust motives, for example.

If you really think about it, how can anything else matter without trust?

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