There are a considerable amount of mental and financial resources allocated toward better understanding what motivates us. Many companies, including my employer, have adopted the Pay for Performance model. Paying for performance sounds good on the surface; but, it really only leads to short-sighted thinking just to capture the dangling carrot.
Could this be the root of the financial services industry’s downfall?
At some point in your life (maybe many times throughout your life), you will have to stand up and face that big, bad, terrible giant that’s been blocking, distracting, scaring, and keeping you from doing the things necessary to achieve your goals.
In folklore, a giant is a being with human form but superhuman size and strength.
In real life, it’s just your shadow.
You can look at painful experiences in two ways:
The lens through which you view your experiences will either encourage or discourage those around you.
One best prepares you to be a politician. The other… a linchpin.
During my sixteen years of playing football, it was said many times that “big time players make big time plays in big time games.” In football there is a huge difference between those who ‘play football’ versus those who are ‘football players’.
The same is true in business. Anyone who says that sports and business are different… never wore a jock strap.
Never let ‘em see you sweat… right?
Yeah right!
I don’t know your story, but this is mine. My “white flag” moment. Thanks to my friend John Griffin at GoFish Productions for making me sweat… A LOT!
Question: What’s your story?
The most universally recognized way to express gratitude or appreciation for something done for you is to say “Thank You!”
In French, it’s “merci!”
In Spanish, it’s “gracias!”
In Dutch, it’s “bedankt!”
In German, it’s “danke!”
Regardless of the language in which it’s said… the sincerity in which it is expressed can make another person feel really good about themselves.
Find the beat and then march.
“Everybody can be great because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You don’t have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You don’t have to know Einstein’s Theory of Relativity to serve. You don’t have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Question: What is your opinion?
How are you doing with your new year’s resolutions?
We start off every year with new goals and resolutions. We track our expenses, go to church, hit the gym, start eating healthier, and commit to focusing on the positive.
We start seeing results in the way we think, feel, and act. In fact, co-workers, family, and friends comment on your changes and we get all giddy inside.
Then, comes February.
