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Very interesting presentation by David White about the approach people have towards web tools.
Very interesting presentation by David White about the approach people have towards web tools.
By: Dirk Zeller, www.rechampions.com
Lao-Tzu said, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." John Maxwell said, "Success is a journey not a destination." You combine the two, and create this wisdom: the success journey begins with a single step. Unfortunately, that is precisely what stops most people¦that first step. That little step separates the abundance from the failure. Without that first step you are guaranteed to not accomplish your objective.
Without reaching out and picking up the phone and making the first lead follow-up call or prospecting call, we are assured failure. It is that one motion of picking up and dialing that first number that separates the winner from the loser. In terms of time, it is less than 2 seconds that will determine your outcome.
Now I realize that there is some pain involved with lead follow up and prospecting. There is also pain involved if you don't do it. There are two kinds of pain, the pain of discipline (the making of the lead follow-up and prospecting calls) and the pain of regret. The truth is we are going to experience one of them. It is unavoidable to not experience one. You just have to choose which you would rather live with. You are one who ultimately does the choosing.
When we take the step to make the calls, we are experiencing the pain of discipline, the pain of potential rejection. You also may experience the pain of sacrifice and pain of hard work. To avoid the pain of regret you must pursue this course with single-minded purpose. You must decide and commit to the disciplined path. "All glory comes from daring to begin," said Eugene Ware. If you do not begin you have selected the pain of regret.
If we don't attack our dreams we will experience the greatest pain in life, the pain of regret. Sydney Harris wrote, "Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is the regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable."
The regret of not doing what we know we should do, the regret of not achieving our goals and dreams. The regret of not crafting a grand lifestyle for our family and ourselves. The regret of not living up to our potential or by living off our potential. At what point does potential turn into regret? There is that moment in time. It's different for each and every one of us. Are you nearing that point? Bill Parcels said, "You lose with potential. You win with performance."
Performance is contained in the pain of discipline. Discipline involves work and commitment. Success is not purchased at any one time, but on the installment plan. We only achieve success through disciplined effort over time. When we make the calls daily to our leads, prospects, past clients, sphere, expireds and FSBOs, we will achieve success guaranteed. We will also move far away form the pain of regret.
When we create a habit of daily discipline, an almost "magical" thing will happen. One day you will realize that your discipline has turned into desire. The desire to make the calls daily. The wanting to make the calls because of the habit and the results. The road will get easier to stay on.
The reason the first step is so hard is the pain position. The position of the pain is different for the discipline verses the regret. The pain of discipline we feel now...today. The pain of regret we may not feel for hours, days, weeks, months, and years. This will often cause us to make the wrong selection, because we would prefer to not have pain now or ever. The pain of discipline will pass and transform to desire. The pain of regret can linger forever.
Start the process to discipline. Start today toward discipline and sway form regret. Begin your success journey today with a single, first step.
On the surface you’re all, this is some dumb chickflick about a little sorority Barbie who wants to get her boyfriend back. But it’s really a tale of amazing determination and personal growth. I find it inspiring.
The scene pictured above (©MGM, no doubt) is when Elle Woods decides that to regain the respect and interest of said boyfriend, she has to become a serious law student, the kind of girl the boyfriend’s brother is engaged to. She doesn’t give any thought to how impossible it seems to everybody else that she thinks she can gain admission to Harvard. She doggedly sets about the various tasks that need to be accomplished in her mission, and the next thing you know, there she is at Harvard orientation. After a few more setbacks, her determination kicks into overdrive and she gradually becomes the person no one gave her credit for ever possibly becoming. What I love about the character is that regardless of her misguided reason for making her decision in the first place, she sets a daunting goal, makes it happen, and as a result has incredible personal growth. I can learn a lot from Elle Woods. (The sequel wasn’t nearly as good.)1 reason not to be discouraged if someone is "already doing it." Just look at all the twitter tools out there http://ow.ly/Idw5 motivation
I’ve written before about the importance of surrounding yourself with positive people. A sincere pep-talk from a colleague/friend doesn’t mean you won’t have bad days or moments of despair — it’s that these challenges won’t break your spirit because, with help, you’ll keep them in perspective. It’s how people defeat Cancer, find valuable lessons in tragedy, and eventually, peace out of grief.
Training your mind to focus on the positive takes discipline, the humility to act on advice from other people, and the willingness to accept well-deserved praise. This cannot be done in a vacuum, nor in a negative and abusive environment.
Source: http://www.flackrabbit.com/blog/
Studies Find Reward Often No Motivator
Creativity and intrinsic interest diminish if task is done for gain
by Alfie Kohn
Special to the Boston Globe
[reprinted with permission of the author from the Monday, 19 January 1987, Boston Globe. Also granted translation rights by kind courtesy of the author in 2003. ed.]In the laboratory, rats get Rice Krispies. In the classroom the top students get A's, and in the factory or office the best workers get raises. It's an article of faith for most of us that rewards promote better performance.
But a growing body of research suggests that this law is not nearly as ironclad as was once thought. Psychologists have been finding that rewards can lower performance levels, especially when the performance involves creativity.
A related series of studies shows that intrinsic interest in a task — the sense that something is worth doing for its own sake — typically declines when someone is rewarded for doing it.
If a reward — money, awards, praise, or winning a contest — comes to be seen as the reason one is engaging in an activity, that activity will be viewed as less enjoyable in its own right.
With the exception of some behaviorists who doubt the very existence of intrinsic motivation, these conclusions are now widely accepted among psychologists. Taken together, they suggest we may unwittingly be squelching interest and discouraging innovation among workers, students and artists.
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Control plays role
There is general agreement, however, that not all rewards have the same effect. Offering a flat fee for participating in an experiment — similar to an hourly wage in the workplace — usually does not reduce intrinsic motivation. It is only when the rewards are based on performing a given task or doing a good job at it — analogous to piece-rate payment and bonuses, respectively — that the problem develops.
The key, then, lies in how a reward is experienced. If we come to view ourselves as working to get something, we will no longer find that activity worth doing in its own right.
There is an old joke that nicely illustrates the principle. An elderly man, harassed by the taunts of neighborhood children, finally devises a scheme. He offered to pay each child a dollar if they would all return Tuesday and yell their insults again. They did so eagerly and received the money, but he told them he could only pay 25 cents on Wednesday. When they returned, insulted him again and collected their quarters, he informed them that Thursday's rate would be just a penny. “Forget it,” they said — and never taunted him again.
Alfie Kohn, a Cambridge, MA writer, is the author of “No Contest: The Case Against Competition,” published by Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, MA. ISBN 0-395-39387-6. For more information on this topic, see the author's website (www.alfiekohn.org) and his book PUNISHED BY REWARDS (rev. ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1999).
I recently read "Sway" by Ori and Rom Brafman (http://www.swaybook.com/). In that fun read, the authors tell a story that shows how parts of our brains that respond to reward cannot function while more creative and charitable parts of our brains are functioning. Reward focus means a necessary shutdown of certain creativity!
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Client: Yahoo Networks Visit online -->Innovation is the organizational goal of creativity. We don’t just want great ideas; we want great ideas that do something new and amazing, or that are so great they make other people want them.
So you have great ideas, and you’re learning how to develop brilliant ideas consistently. You’ve even become the idea person in your organization. So how do you turn those ideas into something concrete? How do you become an innovator?
From problem-solving to planning to team building and vision, over the course of almost a year, we have looked at a variety of topics that address innovation. Click on the links below to read through the entire series.
Part 1: The Social Factors
Published December 11, 2008Part 2: Trendwatching
Published December 18, 2008Part 3: Solo Innovation
Published December 25, 2008Part 4: Form a Strategic Partnership
Published January 15, 2008Part 5: Go Where the Competition Is
Published January 29, 2009Part 6: Do What Others Won’t
Published February 18, 2009Part 7: Be Remarkable
Published February 26, 2009Part 8: Make It Stick
Published March 5, 2009Part 9: Go Where You Haven’t Been
Published March 12, 2009Part 10: Expand Your Vocabulary
Published March 19, 2009Part 11: Identify the Problem
Published March 26, 2009Part 12: Make a Dream Come True
Published April 2, 2009Part 13: Identify Your Passion
Published April 9, 2009Part 14: Be Ambidextrous
Published June 25, 2009Part 15: Be an Idea Champion
Published July 2, 2009Part 16: Identify a Need
Published April 9, 2009Part 17: Look for Loopholes
Published July 16, 2009Part 18: Uncover the Backstory
Published July 23, 2009Part 19: Be a Trendwatcher
Published July 30, 2009Part 20: Look for Repetition
Published August 6, 2009Part 21: Don’t Be Afraid to Reinvent
Published August 13, 2009Part 22: Ask the Right Questions
Published August 28, 2009Part 23: Choose the Right Problem
Published September 10, 2009Part 24: Prepare to Plan
Published September 18, 2009Part 25: Get Your Facts Straight
Published October 1, 2009Part 26: Build Support
Published October 22, 2009Part 27: Use Smart Marketing
Published October 29, 2009Part 28: Stay True to the Vision
Published November 5, 2009Part 29: Do One Thing, Brilliantly
Published November 12, 2009Part 30: The Heart of the Matter
Published November 19, 2009
Check out this series from Twitter friend @dee_wilcox ...it's called "How To Be An Innovator" but with the topics she covers it could very well be called, "How to Approach Your Social Business" or "How to Bring a Whole-Mind Way of Thinking to Everything You Do".
I covet this series already and plan to follow it, step-by-step, for empowerment and inspiration.