All tagged motivation
Ayelet Fishbach’s Get It Done: Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation was an informative read, offering exactly what the subtitle suggests: interesting (surprising?) lessons from a variety of angles on what creates motivation (or not) for people.
Henry Camp told a parable about his own experience in trying to motivate people, in particular his sales staff. I cannot do the story justice, so I won't. Henry is a great storyteller, and he's always given off a warm, humble-but-understanding vibe. Maybe that's his Louisville roots.
Mobile phones are the best thing since sliced bread. They are the worst invention since television commercials. Yin. Yang. Are your mobile devices distracting you from getting things done? Or are they part of your web of tools that you use to accomplish things today?
Another book in my long backlog was Ray Immelman's "Great Boss Dead Boss." I finally picked up a copy and thoroughly enjoyed it. As with many good books, the ideas have me looking at the world in a slightly different way.
My review of Chip and Dan Heath's new book, Switch. It has been making the rounds of my networks, and now it sits next to me with lots of dog-eared paged and underlinings. And special thanks to Tammy Green for adding another point of view to my thoughts here.
Dave Pollard has derived "Nine reasons we don't do what we should do," and I suspect there is an even deeper reason: motivation.