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How To Stay Motivated and Thrive!

How To Stay Motivated and Thrive!. Agenda. Definition of Motivation Motivating Factors How To Stay Motivated: What Gets in the Way Goals, Obstacles, Solutions, Outcome What does it mean to thrive ? Conclusion. What is Motivation ?. The act or process of motivating! Drive or incentive

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How To Stay Motivated and Thrive!

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  1. How To Stay MotivatedandThrive! Howard Miller, Business Coach 415-642-0843 howards_miller@sbcglobal.net

  2. Agenda • Definition of Motivation • Motivating Factors • How To Stay Motivated: What Gets in the Way • Goals, Obstacles, Solutions, Outcome • What does it mean to thrive? • Conclusion Howard Miller, Business Coach 415-642-0843 howards_miller@sbcglobal.net

  3. What is Motivation? • The act or process of motivating! • Drive or incentive • Questions that excite. Howard Miller, Business Coach 415-642-0843 howards_miller@sbcglobal.net

  4. Motivating Factors • Money! Howard Miller, Business Coach 415-642-0843 howards_miller@sbcglobal.net

  5. Does Money Motivate? • Money is comparative • Depends on discretionary income (not disposable) • There are other motivators • They can be more enduring – especially for professionals Howard Miller, Business Coach 415-642-0843 howards_miller@sbcglobal.net

  6. Other Elements of Motivation • Comfort: primary needs and drives • Structure: financial/security • Relationships: love/warmth/friendship • Recognition: status/praise Howard Miller, Business Coach 415-642-0843 howards_miller@sbcglobal.net

  7. Other Elements of Motivation • Power: control/authority • Autonomy: Self – actualization/fulfillment Howard Miller, Business Coach 415-642-0843 howards_miller@sbcglobal.net

  8. Other Elements of Motivation • Fear • Urgency Howard Miller, Business Coach 415-642-0843 howards_miller@sbcglobal.net

  9. Workplace Motivators • Theoretical – Drive For Knowledge • Utilitarian/Economic – Drive For Money • Aesthetic – Drive for Form and Harmony Howard Miller, Business Coach 415-642-0843 howards_miller@sbcglobal.net

  10. Workplace Motivators • Social/Altruistic – Drive for Helpfulness • Individualistic/Political – Drive for Power • Traditional/Regulatory – Drive for Order Howard Miller, Business Coach 415-642-0843 howards_miller@sbcglobal.net

  11. How to Stay Motivated? • What gets in the way? • How do you loose your centeredness by rattling yourself? • How do you set yourself up? Howard Miller, Business Coach 415-642-0843 howards_miller@sbcglobal.net

  12. How do you set yourself up?* • Fear of failure (or even fear of success) • Not feeling centered • Unrealistic expectations of yourself • Can't stop congratulating yourself on how well it's going • Unable to get inspired • Too caught up in the past or the future to be in the present Howard Miller, Business Coach 415-642-0843 howards_miller@sbcglobal.net

  13. How do you set yourself up? • Lacking in compassion or empathy • Unable to speak from the heart • Wanting and needing to be successful and recognized • Fatigued and rushed • Worried about how people perceive you Howard Miller, Business Coach 415-642-0843 howards_miller@sbcglobal.net

  14. How do you set yourself up? • Difficulty dealing with conflict • Wanting and needing to be in charge and in control • Fear of being in control • Too shy to build rapport • Feeling bored and unchallenged Howard Miller, Business Coach 415-642-0843 howards_miller@sbcglobal.net

  15. How do you set yourself up? • Inflexible - can't adapt to changing situations • Feeling superior and know it all • Feeling inferior and not good enough • Defensive and unable to listen to criticism • Feeling unprepared Howard Miller, Business Coach 415-642-0843 howards_miller@sbcglobal.net

  16. How do you set yourself up? • Ungrounded and unfocused • Overly attached to a particular outcome • Not really listening to what people are saying • Wanting and needing to be accepted and included • Emotionally distant or shut down Howard Miller, Business Coach 415-642-0843 howards_miller@sbcglobal.net

  17. How do you set yourself up? • Not really wanting to be here doing this work • Staying upset with yourself over making a mistake • How others act towards you determines your own self worth • Unable to let go of what someone did or said • Too busy talking to notice the impact you are having on your listeners Howard Miller, Business Coach 415-642-0843 howards_miller@sbcglobal.net

  18. What do you do about it?! • Be proactive! • Determine your goals. • What gets in the way and how do you resolve it? • Determine the resulting outcome. • An outcome becomes a ….habit! Howard Miller, Business Coach 415-642-0843 howards_miller@sbcglobal.net

  19. Goals vs. Values • Goals – The purpose toward which an endeavor is directed; an objective, an intention. • Values - Values are who we are. They represent our unique and individual essence. Howard Miller, Business Coach 415-642-0843 howards_miller@sbcglobal.net

  20. Thriving! • Be inspired. • Inspiration – the response flowing essentially from one’s own internal energies. Howard Miller, Business Coach 415-642-0843 howards_miller@sbcglobal.net

  21. Conclusion • Figure out what gets you motivated. • Create goals from what gets you motivated. • Determine what gets in the way. • Create solutions • Achieve outcomes. • Stay on this course to thrive! Howard Miller, Business Coach 415-642-0843 howards_miller@sbcglobal.net

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