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Life and Business Leadership Insight
- January/February 04

In this issue:

"The Secret Foundation of Performance"

Hi

Some of you who know me well recognise my interest in performance, behaviour and outcomes. I am fascinated by how behaviours begin, direct, influence and achieve outcomes both good and otherwise.

Over the New Year I decided that I would dedicate more of my site to the successful establishment of performance enhancing rituals so that each person has the opportunity to learn more about what they can do to be better self-leaders.

I have always believed that our day to day performance is linked to specific variables that we can control if we have the desire and motivation to manipulate them.

I often hear from people that they lack the motivation to achieve the change they desire and you know what I never believe them…

I do not believe for one second that some people are born with motivation and others miss out. I am from the school that believes that motivation has more to do with the value you place on an objective and whether you have the self-leadership rituals bedded down in your life that actually enable you to apply yourself to whatever goal you desire both physically, emotionally and mentally.

Abraham Maslow was also someone of a similar belief.
His landmark work on the basis of human motivation has been broadly discussed and still holds enormous "clout" when understanding why some people achieve more of their goals than others.

His philosophy was relatively simple; he believed that before a person can focus on higher level goals, basic human needs must first be satisfied. He was of course referring to the physical needs of human beings and whilst he was talking about life sustaining things such as food, water, sleep, rest and activity his hypothesis also holds true for "modern day" combinations of the above.

His logic was simple…if you are starving hungry there is only one thing that you are focussed on, food…nothing else matters. The same can be said of all his other "physical" needs; you lack one badly enough it becomes your absolute focus.

(If you would like to investigate Maslow's hierarchy further go to: www.businessballs.com and search for Maslow)

So all of this makes me believe that the person that says "I'm not motivated" is in reality probably saying that my self-leadership rituals are incomplete (ie: I'm tired, or eating the wrong things, or missing out on regular activity etc, etc) and not well enough structured to provide the base level of physical wellness to stimulate the mental wellness loop resulting in improved self-esteem and down the road a little -motivation.

Many people say mind-body but body-mind has a large roll to play in the successful achievement of your goals.

So next time you are tempted to say that I am not motivated, ask yourself is that really the case or are you just tired, hungry for the right food, dehydrated, lethargic through lack of activity or tense?

Richard
Australia's "Self-Leadership Specialist"

Some of the information found in this newsletter may have been adapted from the Crocodiles not Waterlilies Self-leadership Program with kind permission from Roger Anthony.



  

 

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"The Art of Straight Talk" (Communication Skills)

March 16, 2004
9:30am-1:30pm

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Performance Enhancing Substance:

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."

Rene Descartes

Performance Enhancing Reading Material:

"The Chant Of Jimmy Blacksmith"
Thomas Keneally. Penguin ISBN 0-1400.3620-2

(An account of the struggle of the aborigine to co-exist with whites and aspire to their value system. A fascinating insight into the racism and abuse the blacks suffered in white society.)


Monthly Self-leadership Challenge…

This is a new section dedicated to challenging you to become a more complete professional.

This month's challenge: To read a book for each month of the year over 2004.

First, write the goal down and ensure that you put it somewhere obvious.
Second, establish some sacred reading time each day for thirty minutes.
Third, select a book that you will find stimulating.

Enjoy building your knowledge (another part of Maslow's hierarchy of human needs...)

Hear Richard Speak…

Richard will be speaking conducting a new series of "Self-Leadership" seminars in 2004. Please visit http://www.richardday.com.au/upcomingworkshops.html to enrol on line or gain more information.

Upcoming Workshops...

"The Art of Straight Talk" (Communication Skills):

Duration:
Half day workshop.

Dates & Times:
16.3.04 from 9.30am - 1.30pm.

Venue:
Como Business Centre Boardroom. Level 19, 644 Chapel Street, Prahran.
Bus: 98236200

Investment:

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Includes the following: Folder with notes, a complimentary e-newsletter and a certificate of attendance.

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